AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

No. B259392.

236 Cal.App.4th 673 (2015)

186 Cal. Rptr. 3d 746

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

As modified May 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Bibring for Petitioner American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California.

Jennifer Lynch for Petitioner Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Katie Townsend for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 4 Media Organizations as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

James R. Wheaton and Cherokee D.M. Melton for Northern California Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No Appearance for Respondent.

Jones & Mayer, Martin J. Mayer , James R. Touchstone and Deborah Pernice Knefel for the California State Sheriffs' Association, California Police Chiefs' Association and the California Peace Officers' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Carlos De La Guerra , Managing Assistant City Attorney, Debra L. Gonzales , Assistant City Attorney, and Heather L. Aubry , Deputy City Attorney, for Real Parties in Interest City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department.

Collins Collins Muir + Stewart, Eric Brown , Tomas A. Guterres and James C. Jardin for Real Parties in Interest County of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

In this writ proceeding we must determine whether the California Public Records Act (CPRA; Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) exemption for law enforcement records of investigations (Gov. Code, § 6254, subd. (f))1 applies to records generated...

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