Legal Opinion
St. Croix v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 28, 2014No. A140308PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BECTON, J. *
San Francisco resident Allen Grossman, relying on state and local public records laws, sought to obtain from John St. Croix, Executive Director of the San Francisco Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission or commission), documents pertaining to the development of certain commission regulations. St. Croix provided more than 120 documents, but, citing the attorney-client privilege (see Evid. Code, §§ 952, 954), withheld 24 written communications between the commission and the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office.
Grossman argued, and the trial court held, that a provision of the…
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