Powers v. City of Richmond

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

The Legislature has provided that actions seeking disclosure of documents under the Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.; hereafter the PRA) may be brought and tried in superior court, and thus are within that court’s original jurisdiction. (Id., §§ 6258-6259.) The Legislature has further provided that superior court decisions in PRA cases are not appealable but instead are “immediately reviewable by petition to the appellate court for the issuance of an extraordinary writ.” (Id., § 6259, subd. (c), hereafter § 6259(c).)

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