LAUSD

INTRODUCTION

Real parties in interest the City of Long Beach (the City) and its city attorney, Robert E. Shannon, sought records from petitioner the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) relating to a school construction project. When LAUSD refused to release the records, the trial court issued an. order compelling the production of documents under the California Public Records Act (CPRA or the Act). (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.) In this petition for extraordinary relief, LAUSD seeks an order to stay the trial court’s order.

LAUSD contends that neither the City nor City Attorney Shannon is entitled to request the public documents because they are not “persons” within the meaning of the CPRA (§ 6252). Thus, we are called upon to address an issue left unresolved by the Supreme Court, “whether a public agency is authorized to .. . seek disclosure of public records in the possession of another public agency.” (Filarsky v. Superior Court (2002) 28 Cal.4th 419, 431 [ 121 Cal.Rptr.2d 844 , 49 P.3d 194 ].)

We hold that the City and City Attorney Shannon may obtain public records from LAUSD. We deny the request for extraordinary relief and affirm the order of the trial…