Court of Appeal, Third District, California. BRV, INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Siskiyou County, Respondent; Dunsmuir Joint Union High School District et al., Real Parties in Interest. No. C050224.

ABSTRACT: In the 2006 OPINION of NICHOLSON, Acting P. J., Morrison, J., and Butz, J., concurred, the court had to “determine whether the California Public Records Act (Gov.Code, § 6250 et seq.; Public Records Act or the Act) ¹ requires the report to be released or allows it to remain confidential.   Under the circumstances presented here, we conclude the Public Records Act requires disclosure, subject to conditions.” The report was prepared by an investigator “analyzing allegations of misconduct by the district's superintendent.” The DISPOSITION: The petition for extraordinary writ is granted.   The District shall release to BRV the Davis report in its entirety (consisting of approximately 257 pages in total, including the letter detailing Davis's findings and opinions, the interview summaries, any memoranda written by Davis, and her interview notes), subject first to redacting the names, home addresses, phone numbers, and job titles of all persons mentioned in the report other than Morris or elected members of the District's Board.   Costs and reasonable attorney fees in this proceeding are awarded to petitioner. (§ 6259, subd. (d).).

1 All undesignated section references are to the Government Code.


Court of Appeal, Third District, California. BRV, INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Siskiyou County, Respondent; Dunsmuir Joint Union High School District et al., Real Parties in Interest. No. C050224.
Decided: September 29, 2006