San Gabriel Tribune v. Superior Court

Opinion

HANSON (Thaxton), J.

San Gabriel Tribune filed petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to Government Code section 6258, providing for injunctive relief to obtain disclosure of a public record. At issue is the propriety of the refusal by the City of West Covina, real party in interest (hereafter respondent City or City), to disclose financial statements to the petitioner, San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Newspaper). Petitioner Newspaper seeks access to financial statements used to evaluate a rate increase that the City granted to real party in interest, West Covina Disposal Company (hereafter…