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The Public Records Act defines “public records” as “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.” The Public Records Act is codified in Government Code Section 6250 et seq. The entire Government Code is available online at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.

To submit a request to access public records from the City of San Mateo, go to the San Mateo Public Records Request Center www.cityofsanmateo.org/PublicRecords. Through our public records archive, you can also view the City's responses to other people's requests for public records