(a) The maximum deadlines provided in the California Public Records Act are appropriate for extensive or demanding requests, but shall not be used to delay fulfilling a simple, routine or otherwise readily answerable request.
(b) The person seeking the information need not state his or her reason for making the request, or the use to which the information will be put, and requesters shall not be routinely asked to make such a disclosure. Where a record being requested contains information most of which is exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act and this Chapter, the County Counsel or custodian of the record may inform the requester of the nature and extent of the non-exempt public information and inquire as to the requester’s purpose for seeking it, in order to suggest alternative sources for the information which may involve less redaction or to otherwise prepare a response to the request.
(c) No record shall be withheld from disclosure in its entirety unless all information contained in it is exempt from disclosure based on an express provision of this Chapter, an exemption provided by California Public Records Act, or on an express prohibition against disclosure imposed by California or Federal law. Information that is exempt from disclosure shall be masked, deleted, or otherwise segregated in order that the nonexempt portion of a requested record may be released.
(Ord. 4125, passed - -2010)