Ok this is a tool you should all be familiar with and comfortable using. Below is a posting to a link to help reporters and the public get to the public’s records: http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-records/index/
In quest for records, preparation is best weapon — The basic premise of the California public records act is that it forces government officials to release data to whoever asks for it. Unless, of course, they don’t want to. Below is a pdf of the CPRA:
california-public-records-act.pdf