Government Code section 6250: “In enacting this chapter, the Legislature, mindful of the right of individuals to privacy, finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state.”
Physical copies: Copy of record must be provided upon payment of “direct costs of duplication”
only actual copying cost may be required (including the cost of ink, paper, equipment, machine operator expense, but:
not time spent to research, locate, retrieve, and re-file.
Electronic Copies
Electronic copies: Cost of duplication is limited to the “direct cost.” If request requires data compilation or extraction, or programming, requester may be required to bear the cost.