Regional centers: public records.

Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services contracts with regional centers to provide support and services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee unless the records are otherwise exempt from disclosure by state or federal law. This bill would expressly subject regional centers to the California Public Records Act, unless the records are otherwise exempt, by including regional centers in the definition of local agencies for the purposes of the act.