California Supreme Court upholds right to access county mapping database
The California Supreme Court struck a blow today for public access to government records in reversing a lower court decision holding that Orange County did not have to provide the public its geographic information system (GIS) free of charge. The Sierra Club sued the county after it proposed a fee of $375,000 for the database. The GIS creates a map with parcels of land including geographic boundaries, assessor parcel numbers, street address and links to