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inspection and/or copying after the exempt portions have been deleted. Any request for records <br />and any responding documents may be subject to review by the City's legal counsel prior to any <br />inspection of the records or delivery of copies. <br />3. Records Exempt from Disclosure <br />Records which are exempt from disclosure by law include but are not limited to the <br />following: <br />(a) Preliminary drafts, notes, interagency, or intra -agency memoranda which are not <br />retained by the City in the ordinary course of business, provided that the public <br />interest in withholding such records clearly outweighs the public interest in <br />disclosure. (Gov. Code § 6254, subd. (a).) <br />(b) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the City is a party, or to claims <br />made pursuant to Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the <br />Government Code, until such pending litigation or claim has been finally <br />adjudicated or otherwise settled. (Gov. Code § 6254, subd. (b).) <br />(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an <br />unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. (Gov. Code § 6354, subd. (c).) <br />(d) Statements of personal worth or personal financial data required by the City and <br />filed by an applicant with the City to establish his/her personal qualification for <br />the license, certificate or permit applied for. (Gov. Code § 6254, subd. (n).) <br />(e) The contents of real estate appraisals, engineering or feasibility estimates, and <br />evaluations made for or by the City relative to the acquisition of property, or to <br />prospective public supply and construction contracts, until all of the property has <br />been acquired or all of the contract agreements are obtained; provided that the law <br />of eminent domain shall not be affected by this provision. (Gov. Code § 6254, <br />subd. (h).) <br />(f) Computer software developed by a state or local agency is not itself a public <br />record. (Gov. Code § 6254.9.) <br />(g) The records made, if any, of closed sessions, along with any confidential <br />information that has been acquired by being present in a closed session, are not <br />public records subject to inspection, to the extent permitted by the Ralph M. <br />Brown Act and the Public Records Act. (Gov. Code §§ 54957.2, 54963.) <br />(h) Records the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal or <br />state law (i.e., attorney-client privilege under the California Evidence Code). <br />(Gov. Code § 6254, subd. (k).) <br />-2- <br />