Requests for public records must be made to individual County departments, agencies, commissions and committees.
If you are unable to identify the appropriate department and need assistance, the Office of Countywide Communications, can direct you to the appropriate department, agency, commission or committee.
Note: Countywide Communications does not collect requests for records from other departments. Requests for departmental public records should be submitted to the appropriate department and not to the Countywide Communications.
Records shall be made promptly available for inspection, and for copying within ten (10) calendar days. In unusual circumstances, the ten (10) days may be extended by written notice from the department or agency head, commission or committee secretary, or from his or her designee, for no more than an additional fourteen (14) days as provided by law.
A fee for copies of public records may be charged which covers the direct costs of duplication as determined by the County’s Auditor-Controller. (Los Angeles County Code § 2.170.010(a).) It is the policy of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to waive charges for duplicating routine records when requested by the media. (Board of Supervisors Policy Manual, “Media Policy Guidelines For Departments,” Policy #3.140 adopted 03/29/94.