Government Code section 7922.000

An agency shall justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under express provisions of this division, or that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.

Source: Section 7922.000, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=7922.000. (updated Jan. 1, 2022; accessed Sep. 7, 2026).

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Original Source: Section 7922.000, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=7922.000. (last accessed May 12, 2025).