By enacting Senate Bill 272 (SB 272) on October 11, 2015, the State of California requires local agencies to make a catalog of enterprise systems publicly available upon request and accessible on an agency’s website.

Under SB 272, an enterprise system is defined as an original data source or a system that “collects, exchanges, and analyzes information that the agency uses.” Information subject to disclosure includes system vendor, product, purpose, system custodian, types of data, and frequency collected.

Local agencies must disclose enterprise systems, with the following exceptions:

• Physical access control systems, including employee identification management, video monitoring, and other physical control systems
• Infrastructure and mechanical control systems, including those that control or manage streetlights, electrical, natural gas, or water or sewer functions
• Systems related to 911 dispatch and operation or emergency services
• Systems that would be restricted from disclosure pursuant to Section 6254.19
• The specific records that the information system collects, exchanges, or analyzes

In addition, the bill is not intended to “permit public access to records held by an agency to which access is otherwise restricted by statute or to alter the process for requesting public records.”

If the public interest is served by not disclosing or is best served by disclosure of “system name, brief title, or identifier of the system,” the agency may provide these brief details.

View Senate Bill 272 (SB 272).

View ReGen Monterey’s Enterprise Systems Catalog.