California Courts of Appeal
Feb. 11, 2014
Public officials, private emails, public records
You will not be shocked to learn that many government officials try to avoid public disclosure by using their personal email account to send and receive emails about government business. By Peter Scheer
For years government officials in California have known that their emails about official business are subject to disclosure as public records. Although mayors, city managers, supervisors and superintendents may not like this, the applicability of the public records law to email messages is settled.
You will not be shocked to learn, however, that many government officials try to avoid disclosure by using their personal email account to se...
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