City Attorney — records and review
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Request records held by the City Attorney’s Office. Use the separate Supervisor of Records service below to ask for review of another City agency’s withheld or redacted records; it does not decide timeliness or issue violations.
Before you start
- Processing time · CPRA copy requests — initial determination; this is not a record-delivery deadline
- within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records in the possession of the agency [1]
- Processing time · CPRA unusual circumstances — written notice must give reasons and the expected determination date
- The notice shall not specify a date that would result in an extension for more than 14 days. [2]
- Payments · CPRA copies — applicable duplication or statutory fees; inspection and special record products can differ
- payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable. [3]
Email or mail a petition to the Supervisor of Records. This reviews whether records are public; it does not decide whether a response was timely or issue violations.
Before you start
- Appeals · Review scope — public status of records only
- The Supervisor of Records does not: Decide if responses are timely Issue violations against City departments [10]
- Information & documents · Supervisor of Records — petition contents
- Your contact information The department you asked for records The records you want The date you asked for records Why you think the records were improperly withheld or redacted Copies of relevant emails or letters [11]
- Processing time · Review petitions — stated aim, not an initial CPRA determination or guaranteed delivery time
- The Supervisor of Records aims to respond to petitions within 10 days. Some petitions may take longer. [12]
Fees
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Forms & documents
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- [1] California Government Code — public records determination (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · California Government Code 7922.535 (a)
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Each agency, upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records in the possession of the agency and shall promptly notify the person making the request of the determination and the reasons therefor.
- [2] California Government Code — public records determination (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · California Government Code 7922.535 (b)
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In unusual circumstances, the time limit prescribed in this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 7922.500) may be extended by written notice from the head of the agency or a designee to the person making the request, setting forth the reasons for the extension and the date on which a determination is expected to be dispatched. The notice shall not specify a date that would result in an extension for more than 14 days.
- [3] California Government Code — public records copy-fees (opens in a new tab)
California Legislature · California Government Code 7922.530(a)
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upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable.
- [4] San Francisco County — public records attorney-records (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records — Request public records from the City Attorney's Office.
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Request public records from the City Attorney's Office.
- [5] San Francisco County — public records attorney-records (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records — Request public records from the City Attorney's Office.
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Request public records from the City Attorney's Office.
- [6] San Francisco County — public records review (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records — Ask the Supervisor of Records to review a response by a City agency to your public records requ
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Ask the Supervisor of Records to review a response by a City agency to your public records request.
- [7] San Francisco County — public records attorney-records (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records contact — City Attorney — initial records request — email
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public.records@sfcityatty.org
- [8] San Francisco County — public records attorney-records (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records contact — City Attorney — call if email acknowledgement is not received — phone
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415‑554‑4700
- [9] San Francisco County — public records review (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records contact — Supervisor of Records — petition about withheld or redacted records — email
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Supervisor.Records@sfcityatty.org
- [10] San Francisco County — public records review (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records requirement — Review scope — public status of records only
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The Supervisor of Records does not: Decide if responses are timely Issue violations against City departments
- [11] San Francisco County — public records review (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records requirement — Supervisor of Records — petition contents
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Your contact information The department you asked for records The records you want The date you asked for records Why you think the records were improperly withheld or redacted Copies of relevant emails or letters
- [12] San Francisco County — public records review (opens in a new tab)
San Francisco County · Public records requirement — Review petitions — stated aim, not an initial CPRA determination or guaranteed delivery time
Source reviewed October 14, 2026View supporting excerpt
The Supervisor of Records aims to respond to petitions within 10 days. Some petitions may take longer.