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From: CMCA Executive Director
Se nt: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 8:15:17 AM
To: K Santana@diamondbarca.gov
Subje ct: AB 1821 (Public Records Act) Amended — Support Letters Should Be Resubmitted — Updated Support Lette
Se ns itivity: N ormal
AB 1 8 2 1 (Public Records Act) Am e nded
Support Letters S hould be Resubmitted
He llo CMCA Me mbe rs,
AB 1821, a bill that w o uld update the Public R e co rds Act, w as ame nde d in the S e nate o n
June 10, 2026. The bill still include s the impo rtant change fro m cale ndar days to busine ss
days fo r the CPR A initial re spo nse pe rio d and e xte nsio n pe rio d.
The re ce nt ame ndme nts also add ne w pro vis io ns re late d to :
Designat ed met ho ds fo r submit t ing public rec o rds request s, including a
re quire d physical o ffice lo catio n and spe cifie d e mail addre ss; agenc y aut ho rit y t o
designat e o t her reaso nable submissio n met ho ds, s uch as an o nline po rtal; and
clarificatio n that request s sub mit t ed o ut sid e an agenc y ’s designat ed
submissio n me t ho d s may no t t rigger t he same CPRA respo nse t ime lines
unle ss o the rw ise spe cifie d in the bill
Fees fo r se a rc h a nd re view t ime fo r c o mmerc ial use request s, w ith
e xe mptio ns fo r ce rtain re que s te rs, including e ducatio nal o r no nco mme rcial
scie ntific institutio ns, go ve rnme nt age ncie s, and re pre se ntative s o f the ne w s
me dia; and
A c o urt p ro c ess fo r det ermining whet her a request wa s submit t ed wit h
malic io us int ent be fo re an age ncy may impo s e se arch and re vie w fe e s in that
circumstance .
An updat e d t emplat e suppo rt let t er re fle c t ing t he June 10 a mendment s has b een
po st ed t o t he CMCA Legisla t ive Hub webpage. Age ncie s may use the update d
te mplate as a re so urce if the y cho o s e to submit o r re submit a s uppo rt le tte r.
If your agency previously submit t ed a support let t er , please r esubmit it t hrough t he
Legislat ure’s posit ion let t er port al as s oon as pos s ible, ass uming your agency st ill
support s t he bill in it s current form.
Be caus e prio r le tte rs w e re submitte d w hile the bill w as in the Asse mbly, the y may no t
auto matically carry o ve r to the S e nate side , particularly in light o f the re ce nt
ame ndme nts. The re is no ne e d to re vise the s ubstance o f yo ur le tte r if yo ur age ncy’s
suppo rt re mains base d o n the busine ss-day clarificatio n; ho w e ve r, age ncie s may update
the ir le tte rs to re fe re nce the June 10 ame ndme nts if the y cho o se .
If a suppo rt le tte r is no t re submitte d, the re is a stro ng po ss ibility that the age ncy w ill no t
be liste d in suppo rt in the S e nate Judiciary Co mmitte e analysis.
As a re minde r, me mbe rs sho uld w o rk w ith the ir age ncy le ade rship and fo llo w the ir
age ncy’s pro ce s s be fo re submitting any bill po sitio ns.
Le tte rs may be submitte d thro ugh the Le gislature ’s po sitio n le tte r po rtal:
https://cale gislatio n.lc.ca.go v/Advo cate s/
Thank yo u fo r yo ur co ntinue d e ngage me nt and suppo rt.
Warm re gards,
The CMCA Le gislative Te am
CMCA Legislative Hub
California Munic ipal Clerk s Ass oc iation
3620 Americ an River Drive, Suite 230
Sac ramento, CA 95864
(916) 330-2706
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