BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Nos. A136803, A136806.

218 Cal.App.4th 577 (2013)

160 Cal. Rptr. 3d 285

BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE BAYS OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN PABLO AND SUISUN et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION, Real Party in Interest. SAN FRANCISCO BAR PILOTS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSOCIATION, Real Party in Interest.

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

August 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, John Saurenman , Assistant Attorney General, and Christiana Tiedemann , Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioners in No. A136803.

Phillips, Erlewine & Given, R. Scott Erlewine and Cari A. Cohorn for Petitioners in No. A136806.

No appearance for Respondent.

Flynn, Delich & Wise, Conte C. Cicala ; Davis Wright Tremaine , Thomas R. Burke ; and Michael C. Jacob for Real Party in Interest.

Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski and Karl Olson for Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, California Newspaper Publishers Association and McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BRUINIERS, J.

The California Public Records Act (CPRA) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) provides for the inspection of public records maintained by state and local agencies. The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), real party in interest in this case, petitioned the trial court for a writ of mandate compelling production under the CPRA of certain records held by Captain Bruce Horton, the then designated port agent of...

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