What are some records that cannot be disclosed?
• Some exceptions to disclosure include but are not limited to: • Inter- or intra-agency “advisory, consultative or deliberative material;” • Any record within the attorney-client privilege; • Records pertaining to litigation under the California Tort Claims Act to which the City of Berkeley is a party; • Information which, if disclosed, would give an advantage to competitors or bidders; • Personnel records, medical records and similar files which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if publicly disclosed; • Documents protected from disclosure by the State Constitutional Right to Privacy; • Certain law enforcement records including records of complaints to or investigations conducted by any state or local police agency; • Criminal history records; • Initiative, referendum and recall petitions; • Records protected from disclosure by state and federal laws; and • Certain documents in which the public interest in not disclosing the document outweighs the public int
