Political Ally Sues SJC Councilwoman Over OC Weekly Public Records Request

A self-described investigative reporter filed a lawsuit last month against San Juan Capistrano city councilwoman Pam Patterson over a California Public Records Act request. Clinton Worthington, who cites his past scribbles as a local columnist in the Capistrano Dispatch and Community Common Sense newspaper in a related temporary restraining order request, isn’t trying to pry Patterson’s emails and text messages from undue delays or unjustified exemptions. Instead, he wants a protective court order sealing his correspondences with her from a records request made by the Weekly in April; one that still hasn’t been completely fulfilled to this date.

Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:

https://www.ocweekly.com/political-ally-sues-sjc-councilwoman-over-oc-weekly-public-records