# 🛡️ California Public Records: A Technical and Legal Reference for the Post-AB 473 Era **Daniel Ari Friedman** (2026) · *Zenodo* [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20789899) --- ## Abstract > A technical and legal reference to California public-records ecosystem, anchored by the CPRA recodified by AB 473. ## Keywords `California Public Records Act` · `open data` · `CKAN` · `Socrata` · `ArcGIS` · `cognitive security` · `civic technology` ## Methods - California Public Records Act (CPRA) legal analysis - Open-data portal integration (CKAN/Socrata/ArcGIS) - Government transparency framework evaluation ## Key Findings - California's AB 473 recodification of CPRA to Government Code §§ 7920.000 et seq. creates new technical access surfaces for public records - CKAN, Socrata, and ArcGIS API ecosystems form the operational backbone of California open-data infrastructure - Exemption rules constrain automated access and require domain-specific mitigation strategies for civic technology ## Artifacts - DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.20789899](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20789899) - Artifact DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.20789916](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20789916) - Zenodo record: [https://zenodo.org/records/20789916](https://zenodo.org/records/20789916) - PDF: [Friedman_2026_California_8f09eac2.pdf](Friedman_2026_California_8f09eac2.pdf) - PDF SHA-256: [See Zenodo record](https://zenodo.org/records/20789916) ## Citation > Daniel Ari Friedman (2026). *California Public Records: A Technical and Legal Reference for the Post-AB 473 Era*. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20789899. URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20789899. ## Related - [Full Bibliography](../../pages/BIBLIOGRAPHY.md) - [All Papers](../README.md)