Michel & Associates and C. D. Michel for the Geographic Information Systems Community as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Law Offices of Michael W. Stamp, Michael W. Stamp and Molly Erickson for The Open Monterey Project as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
M. Rhead Enion for Academic Researchers in Public Health, Urban Planning and Environmental Justice as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Meyer, Klipper & Mohr, Christopher A. Mohr , Michael R. Klipper ; Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, Jeffrey G. Knowles and Julia D. Greer for Consumer Data Industry Association, CoreLogic, LexisNexis, The National Association of Professional Background Screeners and the Software & Information Industry Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Holme Roberts & Owen, Rachel Matteo-Boehm , Katherine Keating and Leila Knox for First Amendment Coalition, Freedom Communications, Inc., Los Angeles Times Communication LLC, The Associated Press, Bay Area News Group, Bloomberg News, Courthouse News Service, Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, The McClatchy Company, Patch Media Corporation, The San Francisco Examiner, Wired, American Society of News Editors, Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Citizen Media Law Project, Electronic Frontier Foundation, First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, National Freedom of Information Coalition, Openthegovernment.org, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Society of Professional Journalists as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Best Best & Krieger and Shawn Hagerty for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.
OPINION
IKOLA, J.—
The issue in this case is whether the California Public Records Act (the Act) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) requires a government agency to disclose to any requesting person (who pays the cost of duplication) the database associated with a geographic information system.1 In a petition for writ of mandate, Sierra Club asserts such a right to a database developed by the County of Orange...
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