Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court

Opinion

BRICK, J. *

The primary issue in this case is whether a public agency can be required under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.)* 1 (the Act or the CPRA) to seek records it does not prepare, own, use or retain in the conduct of its business. Real party in interest Reuters America LLC (Reuters) filed a petition for writ of mandate in the superior court under the CPRA requesting individual fund information for investments made by the Regents of the University of California (the Regents). 2 The superior court granted the writ and found that the Regents was required…