RIVERO v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A075959.

54 Cal.App.4th 1048 (1997)

FRANCISCO JOSE RIVERO, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; ARLO SMITH as District Attorney, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

April 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Randall B. Aiman-Smith for Petitioner.

Thomas R. Burke, Davis Wright Tremaine and Elizabeth Pritzker as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Louise H. Renne, City Attorney, Patrick J. Mahoney and Hajime Tada, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

Here we hold that neither the California Public Records Act (CPRA) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.)1 nor the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (Ordinance) (S.F. Admin. Code, ch. 67) compels disclosure of district attorney criminal investigation files. Section 25303 prevents a county board of supervisors from obstructing the investigatory and prosecutorial

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