Civil actions: unlawful detainer: court records.

Existing law provides summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property in specified cases, including a case in which an owner of real property seeks to displace, on the ground of unlawful detainer, a tenant or lessee of accommodations that the owner has withdrawn from rent or lease. Existing law requires the clerk of the court to allow access to the records of those summary proceedings, as specified. This bill would prohibit the clerk from allowing access to the records of an unlawful detainer action described above, except as specified. The bill would require the owner in such a case to identify the type of unlawful detainer action in the caption of the owner's complaint. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.