Ardon v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

CHIN, J.

In civil discovery proceedings during the course of litigation between plaintiff Estuardo Ardon and defendant City of Los Angeles (City), the trial court determined that certain documents City possessed were privileged under the attorney-client privilege or the privilege for attorney work product, and City withheld them from plaintiff. Years later, plaintiff filed a request under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.; Public Records Act) seeking to obtain documents relating to the subject matter of the litigation. In response, City’s administrative office…