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FED. OF ENG'RS, LOCAL 21 v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A108488.

27 Cal.Rptr.3d 262 (2005)

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENGINEERS, LOCAL 21, AFL-CIO, et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT of Alameda County, Respondent. Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc, et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division 3.

Review Granted July 27, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane W. Reno, Davis & Reno, San Francisco, for Petitioner International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO, et al.

Steven T. Mattas, Eric W. Danly, Santa Rose, for Respondent.

Karl Olson, Erica L. Craven, Levy, Ram & Olson, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest, Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.

Alison Berry Wilkinson, Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson, for Real Party in Interest, Oakland Police Officers' Association.

PARRILLI, J.

Does the right to privacy in one's personal finances preclude disclosure of the names and salaries of high-earning public employees? We conclude it does not. Once they have received their salaries, public employees enjoy the same rights of financial privacy as other citizens. Payment of public employee salaries, however, is a public expense, and the amounts and recipients of that expense are public records...

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