Federated Univ. Police Off. Assn. v. Super. Ct.

I.

INTRODUCTION

The Federated University Police Officers Association (FUPOA), a labor union representing University of California (UC) police officers, has filed a petition for writ of mandate from a trial court order requiring the release of unredacted reports containing the names of UC police officers under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.). The public records requests were made by real parties in interest Los Angles Times Communications LLC and The McClatchy Company doing business as The Sacramento Bee (newspapers), to gain access to complete, unredacted versions of two reports commissioned by the University of California Board of Regents (the Regents). The reports studied a November 18, 2011 incident on the UC Davis campus during which UC Davis police officers were videotaped pepper spraying demonstrators who were nonviolently protesting escalating college costs on the UC Davis campus

1 (pepper spray incident). The reports reviewed the facts leading up to the pepper spray incident, made conclusions regarding responsibility for the incident, and concluded with policy recommendations to ensure that such a polarizing incident did not reoccur.…