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a) The Inspector General shall not destroy any papers or memoranda used to support a completed review within three years after a report is released. (

b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), all books, papers, records, and correspondence of the office pertaining to its work are public records subject to Division 10 (commencing with

Section 7920.000) of Title of the Government Code and shall be filed at any of the regularly maintained offices of the Inspector General. (

c) The following books, papers, records, and correspondence of the Office of the Inspector General pertaining to its work are not public records subject to Division 10 (commencing with

Section 7920.000) of Title of the Government Code, nor shall they be subject to discovery pursuant to any provision of Title 3 (commencing with

Section 1985) of Part of the Code of Civil Procedure or

Chapter 7 (commencing with

Section 19570) of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code in any manner:

(1) All reports, papers, correspondence, memoranda, electronic communications, or other documents that are otherwise exempt from disclosure pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (

d) of

Section 6126.5,

Section 6126.6, subdivision (

c) of

Section 6128, subdivision (

c) of

Section 6126, or all other applicable laws regarding confidentiality, including, but not limited to, the California Public Records Act, the Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights, the Information Practices Act of 1977, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act of 1977, and the provisions of

Section 832.7, relating to the disposition notification for complaints against peace officers.

(2) Any papers, correspondence, memoranda, electronic communications, or other documents pertaining to any audit or review that has not been completed.

(3) Any papers, correspondence, memoranda, electronic communications, or other documents pertaining to internal discussions between the Inspector General and the Inspector General’s staff, or between staff members of the Inspector General, or any personal notes of the Inspector General or the Inspector General’s staff.

(4) All identifying information, and any personal papers or correspondence from any person requesting assistance from the Inspector General, except in those cases where the Inspector General determines that disclosure of the information is necessary in the interests of justice.

(5) Any papers, correspondence, memoranda, electronic communications, or other documents pertaining to contemporaneous public oversight pursuant to

Section or subdivision (

h) or (

i) of

Section 6126.