VENTURA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSN. v. COUNTY OF VENTURA

No. B300006.

61 Cal.App.5th 585 (2021)

VENTURA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF VENTURA et al., Defendants and Respondents; CLAUDIA Y. BAUTISTA, as Public Defender, etc., Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

March 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Y. Bautista , Public Defender, Michael C. McMahon , Deputy Public Defender, for Intervener and Appellant.

Rains Lucia Sterm St. Phalle & Silver, Richard A. Levine and Brian P. Ross for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Leroy Smith , County Counsel, and Emily T. Gardner , Assistant County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

David E. Snyder ; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, James M. Chadwick , Tenaya Rodewald and Andrea Feathers for Amicus Curiae First Amendment Coalition.

Law Offices of Kelly A. Aviles, Kelly A. Aviles ; Jeff Glasser for Amici Curiae Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC, The Associated Press, and Scripps NP Operating, LLC, publisher of the Ventura County Star.

Allyssa Victory Villanueva, Amy Gilbert ; Peter Bibring , Melanie P. Ochoa , Rekha Arulanantham ; Law Offices of Michael Risher, Michael Risher ; Munger, Tolles & Olson and Jacob S. Kreilkamp for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California and of Southern California.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

Senate Bill No. 1421 (Senate Bill 1421) went into effect on January 1, 2019. Among other things, it amended Penal Code section 832.71 to allow disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) (CPRA) of records relating to officer...

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