Section 36525 Of Part 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 4. >> Part 1.
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. (a) As used in this section "city auditor" includes an
elected or appointed officer or full-time employee of the city who is
compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
(b) All books, papers, records, and correspondence of the city
auditor pertaining to his or her work are public records subject to
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1
and shall be filed at any of the regularly maintained offices of the
city auditor. However, none of the following items or papers of which
these items are a part may be released to the public by the city
auditor, or his or her employees:
(1) Personal papers and correspondence of any person providing
assistance to the city auditor when that person has requested in
writing that his or her papers and correspondence be kept private and
confidential. Those papers and that correspondence shall become
public records if the written request is withdrawn or upon the order
of the city auditor.
(2) Papers, correspondence, memoranda, or any substantive
information pertaining to any audit not completed.
(3) Papers, correspondence, or memoranda pertaining to any audit
that has been completed, which papers, correspondence, or memoranda
are not used in support of any report resulting from the audit.