Records Management
The City Clerk is custodian of the City's records and is responsible for administering the City's records management system utilizing approved procedures for destruction and/or microfilming of inactive records. The City Clerk is responsible for the care and custody of all official records and documents of the City, and researches and disseminates information for staff and the public. These records include all City deeds, contract, leases, ordinances, resolutions, minutes and the Municipal Code.
Public Records
California law designates the vast majority of the City's records as available for public disclosure. These laws also provide certain categories of records that are exempt from public disclosure, such as personnel records, records related to current litigation, or current real estate negotiations, and such.
Please contact (949) 248-3501 with questions. For a PDF of the form, please download the Records Request Form(PDF, 329KB).
You may submit a request via:
Responding to Requests for Public Records
Once a request has been submitted to the City for specific records, the City Clerk Specialist will coordinate a response to your request. If copies are needed, a fee may be applied.
Public Records Requests will be responded to within 10 days. To expedite the process, please utilize the online tools available to the public to conduct research:
Online Records Search
eTrakIt - Building Permits
City Council and Commissions: Meetings, Agendas, and Minutes
Community View: Maps & Planning Information
SB272 - Enterprise Systems Catalog
Senate Bill 272, approved on October 22, 2015, adds a section to the California Public Records Act requiring local agencies to create a catalog of Enterprise Systems by July 1, 2016 with annual updates. Full text of SB272 is available at ca.gov.
Enterprise Systems Catalog(PDF, 112KB)