A&A: Does a councilmember use of personal email address mean all messages are exempt?
Q: I was wondering if a city councilmember uses his personal email address as his primary source of contact, lists it on a city’s website as his email address, if any communication done on that email address is still exempt from the California Public Records Act? Is any legislation is coming down the line to address that? A: First of all, there is no rule that e-mail communications regarding the public’s business that are sent