Exemptions to the Open Records law in California include the following:

6253.5. Notwithstanding Sections 6252 and 6253, statewide, county,
city, and district initiative, referendum, and recall petitions,
petitions circulated pursuant to Section 5091 of the Education Code,
petitions for the reorganization of school districts submitted
pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 35700) of Chapter 4 of
Part 21 of the Education Code, petitions for the reorganization of
community college districts submitted pursuant to Part 46 (commencing
with Section 74000) of the Education Code and all memoranda prepared
by the county elections officials in the examination of the
petitions indicating which registered voters have signed particular
petitions shall not be deemed to be public records and shall not be
open to inspection except by the public officer or public employees
who have the duty of receiving, examining or preserving the petitions
or who are responsible for the preparation of that memoranda and, if
the petition is found to be insufficient, by the proponents of the
petition and the representatives of the proponents as may be
designated by the proponents in writing in order to determine which
signatures were disqualified and the reasons therefor. However, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Fair Political
Practices Commission, a district attorney, a school district or a
community college district attorney, and a city attorney shall be
permitted to examine the material upon approval of the appropriate
superior court.
If the proponents of a petition are permitted to examine the
petition and memoranda, the examination shall commence not later than
21 days after certification of insufficiency.
(a) As used in this section, "petition" shall mean any petition to
which a registered voter has affixed his or her signature.
(b) As used in this section "proponents of the petition" means the
following:
(1) For statewide initiative and referendum measures, the person
or persons who submit a draft of a petition proposing the measure to
the Attorney General with a request that he or she prepare a title
and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure.

(2) For other initiative and referenda on measures, the person or
persons who publish a notice of intention to circulate petitions, or,
where publication is not required, who file petitions with the
elections official.
(3) For recall measures, the person or persons defined in Section
343 of the Elections Code.
(4) For petitions circulated pursuant to Section 5091 of the
Education Code, the person or persons having charge of the petition
who submit the petition to the county superintendent of schools.
(5) For petitions circulated pursuant to Article 1 (commencing
with Section 35700) of Chapter 4 of Part 21 of the Education Code,
the person or persons designated as chief petitioners under Section
35701 of the Education Code.
(6) For petitions circulated pursuant to Part 46 (commencing with
Section 74000) of the Education Code, the person or persons
designated as chief petitioners under Sections 74102, 74133, and
74152 of the Education Code.

6253.6. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6252 and
6253, information compiled by public officers or public employees
revealing the identity of persons who have requested bilingual
ballots or ballot pamphlets, made in accordance with any federal or
state law, or other data that would reveal the identity of the
requester, shall not be deemed to be public records and shall not be
provided to any person other than public officers or public employees
who are responsible for receiving those requests and processing the
same.
(b) Nothing contained in subdivision (a) shall be construed as
prohibiting any person who is otherwise authorized by law from
examining election materials, including, but not limited to,
affidavits of registration, provided that requests for bilingual
ballots or ballot pamphlets shall be subject to the restrictions
contained in subdivision (a).

6254. Except as provided in Sections 6254.7 and 6254.13, nothing in
this chapter shall be construed to require disclosure of records
that are any of the following:
(a) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency
memoranda that are not retained by the public agency in the ordinary
course of business, if the public interest in withholding those
records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
(b) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the public
agency is a party, or to claims made pursuant to Division 3.6
(commencing with Section 810), until the pending litigation or claim
has been finally adjudicated or otherwise settled.
(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(d) Contained in or related to any of the following:
(1) Applications filed with any state agency responsible for the
regulation or supervision of the issuance of securities or of
financial institutions, including, but not limited to, banks, savings
and loan associations, industrial loan companies, credit unions, and
insurance companies.
(2) Examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on
behalf of, or for the use of, any state agency referred to in
paragraph (1).
(3) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency
communications prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of, any
state agency referred to in paragraph (1).
(4) Information received in confidence by any state agency
referred to in paragraph (1).
(e) Geological and geophysical data, plant production data, and
similar information relating to utility systems development, or
market or crop reports, that are obtained in confidence from any
person.
(f) Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or
records of intelligence information or security procedures of, the
office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice, and any
state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files
compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any
investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local
agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes.
However, state and local law enforcement agencies shall disclose the
names and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses other than
confidential informants to, the incident, the description of any
property involved, the date, time, and location of the incident, all
diagrams, statements of the parties involved in the incident, the
statements of all witnesses, other than confidential informants, to
the victims of an incident, or an authorized representative thereof,
an insurance carrier against which a claim has been or might be made,
and any person suffering bodily injury or property damage or loss,
as the result of the incident caused by arson, burglary, fire,
explosion, larceny, robbery, carjacking, vandalism, vehicle theft, or
a crime as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 13951, unless the
disclosure would endanger the safety of a witness or other person
involved in the investigation, or unless disclosure would endanger
the successful completion of the investigation or a related
investigation. However, nothing in this division shall require the
disclosure of that portion of those investigative files that reflects
the analysis or conclusions of the investigating officer.
Customer lists provided to a state or local police agency by an
alarm or security company at the request of the agency shall be
construed to be records subject to this subdivision.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, state and
local law enforcement agencies shall make public the following
information, except to the extent that disclosure of a particular
item of information would endanger the safety of a person involved in
an investigation or would endanger the successful completion of the
investigation or a related investigation:
(1) The full name and occupation of every individual arrested by
the agency, the individual's physical description including date of
birth, color of eyes and hair, sex, height and weight, the time and
date of arrest, the time and date of booking, the location of the
arrest, the factual circumstances surrounding the arrest, the amount
of bail set, the time and manner of release or the location where the
individual is currently being held, and all charges the individual
is being held upon, including any outstanding warrants from other
jurisdictions and parole or probation holds.
(2) Subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 841.5 of the
Penal Code, the time, substance, and location of all complaints or
requests for assistance received by the agency and the time and
nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent the
information regarding crimes alleged or committed or any other
incident investigated is recorded, the time, date, and location of
occurrence, the time and date of the report, the name and age of the
victim, the factual circumstances surrounding the crime or incident,
and a general description of any injuries, property, or weapons
involved. The name of a victim of any crime defined by Section 220,
261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 286, 288, 288a, 289,
422.6, 422.7, 422.75, or 646.9 of the Penal Code may be withheld at
the victim's request, or at the request of the victim's parent or
guardian if the victim is a minor. When a person is the victim of
more than one crime, information disclosing that the person is a
victim of a crime defined by Section 220, 261, 261.5, 262, 264,
264.1, 273a, 273d, 286, 288, 288a, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, or
646.9 of the Penal Code may be deleted at the request of the victim,
or the victim's parent or guardian if the victim is a minor, in
making the report of the crime, or of any crime or incident
accompanying the crime, available to the public in compliance with
the requirements of this paragraph.
(3) Subject to the restrictions of Section 841.5 of the Penal Code
and this subdivision, the current address of every individual
arrested by the agency and the current address of the victim of a
crime, where the requester declares under penalty of perjury that the
request is made for a scholarly, journalistic, political, or
governmental purpose, or that the request is made for investigation
purposes by a licensed private investigator as described in Chapter
11.3 (commencing with Section 7512) of Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code. However, the address of the victim of any crime
defined by Section 220, 261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1, 273a, 273d,
273.5, 286, 288, 288a, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, or 646.9 of the
Penal Code shall remain confidential. Address information obtained
pursuant to this paragraph may not be used directly or indirectly, or
furnished to another, to sell a product or service to any individual
or group of individuals, and the requester shall execute a
declaration to that effect under penalty of perjury. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prohibit or limit a scholarly,
journalistic, political, or government use of address information
obtained pursuant to this paragraph.
(g) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data used
to administer a licensing examination, examination for employment, or
academic examination, except as provided for in Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 99150) of Part 65 of the Education Code.
(h) The contents of real estate appraisals or engineering or
feasibility estimates and evaluations made for or by the state or
local agency relative to the acquisition of property, or to
prospective public supply and construction contracts, until all of
the property has been acquired or all of the contract agreement
obtained. However, the law of eminent domain shall not be affected by
this provision.
(i) Information required from any taxpayer in connection with the
collection of local taxes that is received in confidence and the
disclosure of the information to other persons would result in unfair
competitive disadvantage to the person supplying the information.
(j) Library circulation records kept for the purpose of
identifying the borrower of items available in libraries, and library
and museum materials made or acquired and presented solely for
reference or exhibition purposes. The exemption in this subdivision
shall not apply to records of fines imposed on the borrowers.
(k) Records, the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited
pursuant to federal or state law, including, but not limited to,
provisions of the Evidence Code relating to privilege.
(l) Correspondence of and to the Governor or employees of the
Governor's office or in the custody of or maintained by the Governor'
s Legal Affairs Secretary. However, public records shall not be
transferred to the custody of the Governor's Legal Affairs Secretary
to evade the disclosure provisions of this chapter.
(m) In the custody of or maintained by the Legislative Counsel,
except those records in the public database maintained by the
Legislative Counsel that are described in Section 10248.
(n) Statements of personal worth or personal financial data
required by a licensing agency and filed by an applicant with the
licensing agency to establish his or her personal qualification for
the license, certificate, or permit applied for.
(o) Financial data contained in applications for financing under
Division 27 (commencing with Section 44500) of the Health and Safety
Code, where an authorized officer of the California Pollution Control
Financing Authority determines that disclosure of the financial data
would be competitively injurious to the applicant and the data is
required in order to obtain guarantees from the United States Small
Business Administration. The California Pollution Control Financing
Authority shall adopt rules for review of individual requests for
confidentiality under this section and for making available to the
public those portions of an application that are subject to
disclosure under this chapter.
(p) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by
Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512), Chapter 10.5 (commencing
with Section 3525), and Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of
Division 4 of Title 1, that reveal a state agency's deliberative
processes, impressions, evaluations, opinions, recommendations,
meeting minutes, research, work products, theories, or strategy, or
that provide instruction, advice, or training to employees who do not
have full collective bargaining and representation rights under
these chapters. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to
limit the disclosure duties of a state agency with respect to any
other records relating to the activities governed by the employee
relations acts referred to in this subdivision.
(q) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by
Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 14081), Article 2.8 (commencing
with Section 14087.5), and Article 2.91 (commencing with Section
14089) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, that reveal the special negotiator's deliberative
processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion of the
negotiations with providers of health care services, impressions,
opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or
training to employees.
Except for the portion of a contract containing the rates of
payment, contracts for inpatient services entered into pursuant to
these articles, on or after April 1, 1984, shall be open to
inspection one year after they are fully executed. If a contract for
inpatient services that is entered into prior to April 1, 1984, is
amended on or after April 1, 1984, the amendment, except for any
portion containing the rates of payment, shall be open to inspection
one year after it is fully executed. If the California Medical
Assistance Commission enters into contracts with health care
providers for other than inpatient hospital services, those contracts
shall be open to inspection one year after they are fully executed.

Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection
under this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment
containing the rates of payment shall be open to inspection.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire contract or
amendment shall be open to inspection by the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee and the Legislative Analyst's Office. The committee and
that office shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and
amendments until the time a contract or amendment is fully open to
inspection by the public.
(r) Records of Native American graves, cemeteries, and sacred
places and records of Native American places, features, and objects
described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources
Code maintained by, or in the possession of, the Native American
Heritage Commission, another state agency, or a local agency.
(s) A final accreditation report of the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals that has been transmitted to the State
Department of Health Services pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
1282 of the Health and Safety Code.
(t) Records of a local hospital district, formed pursuant to
Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety
Code, or the records of a municipal hospital, formed pursuant to
Article 7 (commencing with Section 37600) or Article 8 (commencing
with Section 37650) of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of Title 4 of this
code, that relate to any contract with an insurer or nonprofit
hospital service plan for inpatient or outpatient services for
alternative rates pursuant to Section 10133 or 11512 of the Insurance
Code. However, the record shall be open to inspection within one
year after the contract is fully executed.
(u) (1) Information contained in applications for licenses to
carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 12050 of the Penal Code by
the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal
police department that indicates when or where the applicant is
vulnerable to attack or that concerns the applicant's medical or
psychological history or that of members of his or her family.
(2) The home address and telephone number of peace officers,
judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in
applications for licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
Section 12050 of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the
chief or other head of a municipal police department.
(3) The home address and telephone number of peace officers,
judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in
licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 12050 of the
Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a
municipal police department.
(v) (1) Records of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program
related to activities governed by Part 6.3 (commencing with Section
12695) and Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700) of Division 2 of
the Insurance Code, and that reveal the deliberative processes,
discussions, communications, or any other portion of the negotiations
with health plans, or the impressions, opinions, recommendations,
meeting minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy of the
board or its staff, or records that provide instructions, advice, or
training to employees.
(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the
rates of payment, contracts for health coverage entered into pursuant
to Part 6.3 (commencing with Section 12695) or Part 6.5 (commencing
with Section 12700) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, on or after
July 1, 1991, shall be open to inspection one year after they have
been fully executed.
(B) If a contract for health coverage that is entered into prior
to July 1, 1991, is amended on or after July 1, 1991, the amendment,
except for any portion containing the rates of payment, shall be open
to inspection one year after the amendment has been fully executed.

(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to
inspection pursuant to this subdivision, the portion of the contract
or amendment containing the rates of payment shall be open to
inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire
contract or amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by
the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain
the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until
the contract or amendments to a contract is open to inspection
pursuant to paragraph (3).
(w) (1) Records of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program
related to activities governed by Chapter 14 (commencing with Section
10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, and that
reveal the deliberative processes, discussions, communications, or
any other portion of the negotiations with health plans, or the
impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research,
work product, theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or
records that provide instructions, advice, or training to employees.

(2) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates
of payment, contracts for health coverage entered into pursuant to
Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of
the Insurance Code, on or after January 1, 1993, shall be open to
inspection one year after they have been fully executed.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire
contract or amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by
the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain
the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until
the contract or amendments to a contract is open to inspection
pursuant to paragraph (2).

registration renewal, as a service contractor filed with the Director
of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Chapter 20 (commencing with Section
9800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, for the
purpose of establishing the service contractor's net worth, or
financial data regarding the funded accounts held in escrow for
service contracts held in force in this state by a service
contractor.
(y) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
related to activities governed by Part 6.2 (commencing with Section
12693) or Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2
of the Insurance Code, and that reveal the deliberative processes,
discussions, communications, or any other portion of the negotiations
with health plans, or the impressions, opinions, recommendations,
meeting minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy of the
board or its staff, or records that provide instructions, advice, or
training to employees.
(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the
rates of payment, contracts entered into pursuant to Part 6.2
(commencing with Section 12693) or Part 6.4 (commencing with Section
12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, on or after January 1,
1998, shall be open to inspection one year after they have been
fully executed.
(B) In the event that a contract entered into pursuant to Part 6.2
(commencing with Section 12693) or Part 6.4 (commencing with Section
12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code is amended, the
amendment shall be open to inspection one year after the amendment
has been fully executed.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to
inspection pursuant to this subdivision, the portion of the contract
or amendment containing the rates of payment shall be open to
inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire
contract or amendments to a contract shall be open to inspection by
the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The committee shall maintain
the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection pursuant
to paragraph (2) or (3).
(5) The exemption from disclosure provided pursuant to this
subdivision for the contracts, deliberative processes, discussions,
communications, negotiations with health plans, impressions,
opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the board or its staff shall also apply to
the contracts, deliberative processes, discussions, communications,
negotiations with health plans, impressions, opinions,
recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product, theories,
or strategy of applicants pursuant to Part 6.4 (commencing with
Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code.
(z) Records obtained pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c)
of Section 2891.1 of the Public Utilities Code.
(aa) A document prepared by or for a state or local agency that
assesses its vulnerability to terrorist attack or other criminal acts
intended to disrupt the public agency's operations and that is for
distribution or consideration in a closed session.
(bb) Critical infrastructure information, as defined in Section
131(3) of Title 6 of the United States Code, that is voluntarily
submitted to the California Office of Homeland Security for use by
that office, including the identity of the person who or entity that
voluntarily submitted the information. As used in this subdivision,
"voluntarily submitted" means submitted in the absence of the office
exercising any legal authority to compel access to or submission of
critical infrastructure information. This subdivision shall not
affect the status of information in the possession of any other state
or local governmental agency.
(cc) All information provided to the Secretary of State by a
person for the purpose of registration in the Advance Health Care
Directive Registry, except that those records shall be released at
the request of a health care provider, a public guardian, or the
registrant's legal representative.
Nothing in this section prevents any agency from opening its
records concerning the administration of the agency to public
inspection, unless disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law.
Nothing in this section prevents any health facility from
disclosing to a certified bargaining agent relevant financing
information pursuant to Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act
(29 U.S.C. Sec. 158).

6254.1. (a) Except as provided in Section 6254.7, nothing in this
chapter requires disclosure of records that are the residence address
of any person contained in the records of the Department of Housing
and Community Development, if the person has requested
confidentiality of that information, in accordance with Section 18081
of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Nothing in this chapter requires the disclosure of the
residence or mailing address of any person in any record of the
Department of Motor Vehicles except in accordance with Section
1808.21 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) Nothing in this chapter requires the disclosure of the results
of a test undertaken pursuant to Section 12804.8 of the Vehicle
Code.

6254.3. (a) The home addresses and home telephone numbers of state
employees and employees of a school district or county office of
education shall not be deemed to be public records and shall not be
open to public inspection, except that disclosure of that information
may be made as follows:
(1) To an agent, or a family member of the individual to whom the
information pertains.
(2) To an officer or employee of another state agency, school
district, or county office of education when necessary for the
performance of its official duties.
(3) To an employee organization pursuant to regulations and
decisions of the Public Employment Relations Board, except that the
home addresses and home telephone numbers of employees performing law
enforcement-related functions shall not be disclosed.
(4) To an agent or employee of a health benefit plan providing
health services or administering claims for health services to state,
school districts, and county office of education employees and their
enrolled dependents, for the purpose of providing the health
services or administering claims for employees and their enrolled
dependents.
(b) Upon written request of any employee, a state agency, school
district, or county office of education shall not disclose the
employee's home address or home telephone number pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) and an agency shall remove the
employee's home address and home telephone number from any mailing
list maintained by the agency, except if the list is used exclusively
by the agency to contact the employee.

6254.4. (a) The home address, telephone number, e-mail address,
precinct number, or other number specified by the Secretary of State
for voter registration purposes, and prior registration information
shown on the voter registration card for all registered voters, are
confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except
pursuant to Section 2194 of the Elections Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, "home address" means street
address only, and does not include an individual's city or post
office address.
(c) The California driver's license number, the California
identification card number, the social security number, and any other
unique identifier used by the State of California for purposes of
voter identification shown on a voter registration card of a
registered voter, or added to the voter registration records to
comply with the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42
U.S.C. Sec. 15301 et seq.), are confidential and shall not be
disclosed to any person.
(d) The signature of the voter that is shown on the voter
registration card is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any
person.

6254.10. Nothing in this chapter requires disclosure of records
that relate to archaeological site information and reports maintained
by, or in the possession of, the Department of Parks and Recreation,
the State Historical Resources Commission, the State Lands
Commission, the Native American Heritage Commission, another state
agency, or a local agency, including the records that the agency
obtains through a consultation process between a California Native
American tribe and a state or local agency.

6254.11. Nothing in this chapter requires the disclosure of records
that relate to volatile organic compounds or chemical substances
information received or compiled by an air pollution control officer
pursuant to Section 42303.2 of the Health and Safety Code.

6254.14. (a) Except as provided in Sections 6254 and 6254.7,
nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require disclosure of
records of the Department of Corrections that relate to health care
services contract negotiations, and that reveal the deliberative
processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion of the
negotiations, including, but not limited to, records related to those
negotiations such as meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the department, or its staff, or members of
the California Medical Assistance Commission, or its staff, who act
in consultation with, or on behalf of, the department.
Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of
payment, contracts for health services entered into by the Department
of Corrections or the California Medical Assistance Commission on or
after July 1, 1993, shall be open to inspection one year after they
are fully executed. In the event that a contract for health services
that is entered into prior to July 1, 1993, is amended on or after
July 1, 1993, the amendment, except for any portion containing rates
of payment, shall be open to inspection one year after it is fully
executed.
Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection
under this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment
containing the rates of payment shall be open to inspection.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire contract or
amendment shall be open to inspection by the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee and the Bureau of State Audits. The Joint Legislative
Audit Committee and the Bureau of State Audits shall maintain the
confidentiality of the contracts and amendments until the contract or
amendment is fully open to inspection by the public.
It is the intent of the Legislature that confidentiality of health
care provider contracts, and of the contracting process as provided
in this subdivision, is intended to protect the competitive nature of
the negotiation process, and shall not affect public access to other
information relating to the delivery of health care services.
(b) The inspection authority and confidentiality requirements
established in subdivisions (q), (v), and (w) of Section 6254 for the
Legislative Audit Committee shall also apply to the Bureau of State
Audits.

6254.15. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the
disclosure of records that are any of the following: corporate
financial records, corporate proprietary information including trade
secrets, and information relating to siting within the state
furnished to a government agency by a private company for the purpose
of permitting the agency to work with the company in retaining,
locating, or expanding a facility within California. Except as
provided below, incentives offered by state or local government
agencies, if any, shall be disclosed upon communication to the agency
or the public of a decision to stay, locate, relocate, or expand, by
a company, or upon application by that company to a governmental
agency for a general plan amendment, rezone, use permit, building
permit, or any other permit, whichever occurs first.
The agency shall delete, prior to disclosure to the public,
information that is exempt pursuant to this section from any record
describing state or local incentives offered by an agency to a
private business to retain, locate, relocate, or expand the business
within California.

6254.16. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the
disclosure of the name, credit history, utility usage data, home
address, or telephone number of utility customers of local agencies,
except that disclosure of name, utility usage data, and the home
address of utility customers of local agencies shall be made
available upon request as follows:
(a) To an agent or authorized family member of the person to whom
the information pertains.
(b) To an officer or employee of another governmental agency when
necessary for the performance of its official duties.
(c) Upon court order or the request of a law enforcement agency
relative to an ongoing investigation.
(d) Upon determination by the local agency that the utility
customer who is the subject of the request has used utility services
in a manner inconsistent with applicable local utility usage
policies.
(e) Upon determination by the local agency that the utility
customer who is the subject of the request is an elected or appointed
official with authority to determine the utility usage policies of
the local agency, provided that the home address of an appointed
official shall not be disclosed without his or her consent.
(f) Upon determination by the local agency that the public
interest in disclosure of the information clearly outweighs the
public interest in nondisclosure.

6254.17. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require
disclosure of records of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board that relate to a request for assistance under
Article 1 (commencing with Section 13950) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of
Division 3 of Title 2.
(b) This section shall not apply to a disclosure of the following
information, if no information is disclosed that connects the
information to a specific victim, derivative victim, or applicant
under Article 1 (commencing with Section 13950) of Chapter 5 of Part
4 of Division 3 of Title 2:
(1) The amount of money paid to a specific provider of services.
(2) Summary data concerning the types of crimes for which
assistance is provided.

6254.18. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require
disclosure of any personal information received, collected, or
compiled by a public agency regarding the employees, volunteers,
board members, owners, partners, officers, or contractors of a
reproductive health services facility who have notified the public
agency pursuant to subdivision (d) if the personal information is
contained in a document that relates to the facility.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Contractor" means an individual or entity that contracts with
a reproductive health services facility for services related to
patient care.
(2) "Personal information" means the following information related
to an individual that is maintained by a public agency: social
security number, physical description, home address, home telephone
number, statements of personal worth or personal financial data filed
pursuant to subdivision (n) of Section 6254, personal medical
history, employment history, electronic mail address, and information
that reveals any electronic network location or identity.
(3) "Public agency" means all of the following:
(A) The State Department of Health Services.
(B) The Department of Consumer Affairs.
(C) The Department of Managed Health Care.
(4) "Reproductive health services facility" means the office of a
licensed physician and surgeon whose specialty is family practice,
obstetrics, or gynecology, or a licensed clinic, where at least 50
percent of the patients of the physician or the clinic are provided
with family planning or abortion services.
(c) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or
declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent
jurisdiction to obtain access to employment history information
pursuant to Sections 6258 and 6259. If the court finds, based on the
facts of a particular case, that the public interest served by
disclosure of employment history information clearly outweighs the
public interest served by not disclosing the information, the court
shall order the officer or person charged with withholding the
information to disclose employment history information or show cause
why he or she should not do so pursuant to Section 6259.
(d) In order for this section to apply to an individual who is an
employee, volunteer, board member, officer, or contractor of a
reproductive health services facility, the individual shall notify
the public agency to which his or her personal information is being
submitted or has been submitted that he or she falls within the
application of this section. The reproductive health services
facility shall retain a copy of all notifications submitted pursuant
to this section. This notification shall be valid if it complies
with all of the following:
(1) Is on the official letterhead of the facility.
(2) Is clearly separate from any other language present on the
same page and is executed by a signature that serves no other purpose
than to execute the notification.
(3) Is signed and dated by both of the following:
(A) The individual whose information is being submitted.
(B) The executive officer or his or her designee of the
reproductive health services facility.
(e) The privacy protections for personal information authorized
pursuant to this section shall be effective from the time of
notification pursuant to subdivision (d) until either one of the
following occurs:
(1) Six months after the date of separation from a reproductive
health services facility for an individual who has served for not
more than one year as an employee, contractor, volunteer, board
member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility.
(2) One year after the date of separation from a reproductive
health services facility for an individual who has served for more
than one year as an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or
officer of the reproductive health services facility.
(f) Within 90 days of separation of an employee, contractor,
volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health
services facility who has provided notice to a public agency pursuant
to subdivision (c), the facility shall provide notice of the
separation to the relevant agency or agencies.
(g) Nothing in this section shall prevent the disclosure by a
government agency of data regarding age, race, ethnicity, national
origin, or gender of individuals whose personal information is
protected pursuant to this section, so long as the data contains no
individually identifiable information.

6254.18. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require
disclosure of any personal information received, collected, or
compiled by a public agency regarding the employees, volunteers,
board members, owners, partners, officers, or contractors of a
reproductive health services facility who have notified the public
agency pursuant to subdivision (d) if the personal information is
contained in a document that relates to the facility.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Contractor" means an individual or entity that contracts with
a reproductive health services facility for services related to
patient care.
(2) "Personal information" means the following information related
to an individual that is maintained by a public agency: social
security number, physical description, home address, home telephone
number, statements of personal worth or personal financial data filed
pursuant to subdivision (n) of Section 6254, personal medical
history, employment history, electronic mail address, and information
that reveals any electronic network location or identity.
(3) "Public agency" means all of the following:
(A) The State Department of Health Care Services.
(B) The Department of Consumer Affairs.
(C) The Department of Managed Health Care.
(D) The State Department of Public Health.
(4) "Reproductive health services facility" means the office of a
licensed physician and surgeon whose specialty is family practice,
obstetrics, or gynecology, or a licensed clinic, where at least 50
percent of the patients of the physician or the clinic are provided
with family planning or abortion services.
(c) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or
declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent
jurisdiction to obtain access to employment history information
pursuant to Sections 6258 and 6259. If the court finds, based on the
facts of a particular case, that the public interest served by
disclosure of employment history information clearly outweighs the
public interest served by not disclosing the information, the court
shall order the officer or person charged with withholding the
information to disclose employment history information or show cause
why he or she should not do so pursuant to Section 6259.
(d) In order for this section to apply to an individual who is an
employee, volunteer, board member, officer, or contractor of a
reproductive health services facility, the individual shall notify
the public agency to which his or her personal information is being
submitted or has been submitted that he or she falls within the
application of this section. The reproductive health services
facility shall retain a copy of all notifications submitted pursuant
to this section. This notification shall be valid if it complies with
all of the following:
(1) Is on the official letterhead of the facility.
(2) Is clearly separate from any other language present on the
same page and is executed by a signature that serves no other purpose
than to execute the notification.
(3) Is signed and dated by both of the following:
(A) The individual whose information is being submitted.
(B) The executive officer or his or her designee of the
reproductive health services facility.
(e) The privacy protections for personal information authorized
pursuant to this section shall be effective from the time of
notification pursuant to subdivision (d) until either one of the
following occurs:
(1) Six months after the date of separation from a reproductive
health services facility for an individual who has served for not
more than one year as an employee, contractor, volunteer, board
member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility.
(2) One year after the date of separation from a reproductive
health services facility for an individual who has served for more
than one year as an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or
officer of the reproductive health services facility.
(f) Within 90 days of separation of an employee, contractor,
volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health
services facility who has provided notice to a public agency pursuant
to subdivision (c), the facility shall provide notice of the
separation to the relevant agency or agencies.
(g) Nothing in this section shall prevent the disclosure by a
government agency of data regarding age, race, ethnicity, national
origin, or gender of individuals whose personal information is
protected pursuant to this section, so long as the data contains no
individually identifiable information.

6254.20. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the
disclosure of records that relate to electronically collected
personal information, as defined by Section 11015.5, received,
collected, or compiled by a state agency.

6254.21. (a) No state or local agency shall post the home address
or telephone number of any elected or appointed official on the
Internet without first obtaining the written permission of that
individual.
(b) No person shall knowingly post the home address or telephone
number of any elected or appointed official, or of the official's
residing spouse or child on the Internet knowing that person is an
elected or appointed official and intending to cause imminent great
bodily harm that is likely to occur or threatening to cause imminent
great bodily harm to that individual. A violation of this subdivision
is a misdemeanor. A violation of this subdivision that leads to the
bodily injury of the official, or his or her residing spouse or
child, is a misdemeanor or a felony.
(c) (1) No person, business, or association shall publicly post or
publicly display on the Internet the home address or telephone
number of any elected or appointed official if that official has made
a written demand of that person, business, or association to not
disclose his or her home address or telephone number. A written
demand made under this paragraph by a state constitutional officer, a
mayor, or a Member of the Legislature, a city council, or a board of
supervisors shall include a statement describing a threat or fear
for the safety of that official or of any person residing at the
official's home address. A written demand made under this paragraph
by an elected official shall be effective for four years, regardless
of whether or not the official's term has expired prior to the end of
the four-year period. For this purpose, "publicly post" or "publicly
display" means to intentionally communicate or otherwise make
available to the general public.
(2) An official whose home address or telephone number is made
public as a result of a violation of paragraph (1) may bring an
action seeking injunctive or declarative relief in any court of
competent jurisdiction. If a jury or court finds that a violation has
occurred, it may grant injunctive or declarative relief and shall
award the official court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
(d) (1) No person, business, or association shall solicit, sell,
or trade on the Internet the home address or telephone number of an
elected or appointed official with the intent to cause imminent great
bodily harm to the official or to any person residing at the
official's home address.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an official whose
home address or telephone number is solicited, sold, or traded in
violation of paragraph (1) may bring an action in any court of
competent jurisdiction. If a jury or court finds that a violation has
occurred, it shall award damages to that official in an amount up to
a maximum of three times the actual damages but in no case less than
four thousand dollars ($4,000).
(e) An interactive computer service or access software provider,
as defined in Section 230(f) of Title 47 of the United States Code,
shall not be liable under this section unless the service or provider
intends to abet or cause imminent great bodily harm that is likely
to occur or threatens to cause imminent great bodily harm to an
elected or appointed official.
(f) For purposes of this section, "elected or appointed official"
includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) State constitutional officers.
(2) Members of the Legislature.
(3) Judges and court commissioners.
(4) District attorneys.
(5) Public defenders.
(6) Members of a city council.
(7) Members of a board of supervisors.
(8) Appointees of the Governor.
(9) Appointees of the Legislature.
(10) Mayors.
(11) City attorneys.
(12) Police chiefs and sheriffs.
(13) A public safety official as defined in Section 6254.24.
(14) State administrative law judges.
(15) Federal judges and federal defenders.
(16) Members of the United States Congress and appointees of the
President.
(g) Nothing in this section is intended to preclude punishment
instead under Sections 69, 76, or 422 of the Penal Code, or any other
provision of law.

6254.22. Nothing in this chapter or any other provision of law
shall require the disclosure of records of a health plan that is
licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of
1975 (Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the
Health and Safety Code) and that is governed by a county board of
supervisors, whether paper records, records maintained in the
management information system, or records in any other form, that
relate to provider rate or payment determinations, allocation or
distribution methodologies for provider payments, formulae or
calculations for these payments, and contract negotiations with
providers of health care for alternative rates for a period of three
years after the contract is fully executed. The transmission of the
records, or the information contained therein in an alternative form,
to the board of supervisors shall not constitute a waiver of
exemption from disclosure, and the records and information once
transmitted to the board of supervisors shall be subject to this same
exemption. The provisions of this section shall not prevent access
to any records by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in the
exercise of its powers pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section
10500) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 2. The
provisions of this section also shall not prevent access to any
records by the Department of Corporations in the exercise of its
powers pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1340) of
Chapter 2.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.

6254.23. Nothing in this chapter or any other provision of law
shall require the disclosure of a risk assessment or railroad
infrastructure protection program filed with the Public Utilities
Commission, the Director of Homeland Security, and the Office of
Emergency Services pursuant to Article 7.3 (commencing with Section
7665) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of the Public Utilities Code.

6254.25. Nothing in this chapter or any other provision of law
shall require the disclosure of a memorandum submitted to a state
body or to the legislative body of a local agency by its legal
counsel pursuant to subdivision (q) of Section 11126 or Section
54956.9 until the pending litigation has been finally adjudicated or
otherwise settled. The memorandum shall be protected by the attorney
work-product privilege until the pending litigation has been finally
adjudicated or otherwise settled.

6254.26. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or other
law, the following records regarding alternative investments in
which public investment funds invest shall not be subject to
disclosure pursuant to this chapter, unless the information has
already been publicly released by the keeper of the information:
(1) Due diligence materials that are proprietary to the public
investment fund or the alternative investment vehicle.
(2) Quarterly and annual financial statements of alternative
investment vehicles.
(3) Meeting materials of alternative investment vehicles.
(4) Records containing information regarding the portfolio
positions in which alternative investment funds invest.
(5) Capital call and distribution notices.
(6) Alternative investment agreements and all related documents.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the following information
contained in records described in subdivision (a) regarding
alternative investments in which public investment funds invest shall
be subject to disclosure pursuant to this chapter and shall not be
considered a trade secret exempt from disclosure:
(1) The name, address, and vintage year of each alternative
investment vehicle.
(2) The dollar amount of the commitment made to each alternative
investment vehicle by the public investment fund since inception.
(3) The dollar amount of cash contributions made by the public
investment fund to each alternative investment vehicle since
inception.
(4) The dollar amount, on a fiscal yearend basis, of cash
distributions received by the public investment fund from each
alternative investment vehicle.
(5) The dollar amount, on a fiscal yearend basis, of cash
distributions received by the public investment fund plus remaining
value of partnership assets attributable to the public investment
fund's investment in each alternative investment vehicle.
(6) The net internal rate of return of each alternative investment
vehicle since inception.
(7) The investment multiple of each alternative investment vehicle
since inception.
(8) The dollar amount of the total management fees and costs paid
on an annual fiscal yearend basis, by the public investment fund to
each alternative investment vehicle.
(9) The dollar amount of cash profit received by public investment
funds from each alternative investment vehicle on a fiscal year-end
basis.
(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
(1) "Alternative investment" means an investment in a private
equity fund, venture fund, hedge fund, or absolute return fund.
(2) "Alternative investment vehicle" means the limited
partnership, limited liability company, or similar legal structure
through which the public investment fund invests in portfolio
companies.
(3) "Portfolio positions" means individual portfolio investments
made by the alternative investment vehicles.
(4) "Public investment fund" means any public pension or
retirement system, and any public endowment or foundation.

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