Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. The act requires an agency to justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under express provisions of the act, or that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the provision requiring justification for withholding any record.