Legal Opinion
City of Santa Rosa v. Press Democrat
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 16, 1986No. A032965PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RACANELLI, P. J.
In this appeal we confront the novel question whether a city may maintain an action for declaratory relief to determine its obligation to disclose the contents of a police report in response to a request by a local newspaper for disclosure under the California Public Records Act. (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq. 1 ) We will conclude that the trial court acted properly in sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the action.
Procedural Background
Since the appeal arises from the sustaining of a demurrer without leave to amend, we consider only the properly pleaded factual…
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