COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA CTY.

No. H031740.

171 Cal.App.4th 119 (2009)

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; JANICE NAYMARK et al., Real Parties in Interest. [And five consolidated cases.]

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

February 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Marcy L. Berkman, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner County of Santa Clara.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Jonathan K. Renner, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher E. Krueger and Anthony R. Hakl, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner State of California.

Richard Doyle, City Attorney, Nora Frimann, Chief Trial Attorney, Lisa Herrick and Brian C. Hopper, Deputy City Attorneys, for Petitioner City of San Jose.

William R. Seligmann, City Attorney of Campbell for Petitioner City of Campbell.

Donald A. Larkin, Assistant City Attorney for Petitioner City of Palo Alto.

Orry P. Korb, Los Gatos Town Attorney for Petitioner Town of Los Gatos.

McManis Faulkner & Morgan, James McManis, Marwa Elzankaly, Christine Peek and Geoffrey Bentzel for Real Parties in Interest.

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Deborah A. McCarthy, Chief Deputy, for Amici Curiae League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties.


OPINION

MIHARA, Acting P. J.

These six writ petitions all raise the same issue. The question is whether, under the California Public Records Act (the CPRA; Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) and the California Supreme Court's decision in Filarsky v. Superior Court (2002) 28 Cal.4th 419 [121 Cal.Rptr.2d 844, 49 P.3d 194

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