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1 (a) "Personnel records" means any file maintained under that individual's 2 name by his or her employing agency and containing records relating to 3 any of the following: 4 (1) Personal data, including marital status, family members, educational 5 and employment history, home addresses, or similar information. 6 (2) Medical history. 7 (3) Election of employee benefits. 8 (4) Employee advancement, appraisal, or discipline. 9 (5) Complaints, or investigations of complaints, concerning an event or 10 transaction in which he or she participated, or which he or she perceived, 11 and pertaining to the manner in which he or she performed his or her 12 duties. 13 (6)Any other information the disclosure of which would constitute an 14 unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. 15 31. The Attorney General concluded "[t]he disclosure of peace officer 16 personnel records in violation of ... section 832.7 may constitute a crime under the 17 terms of Government Code section 1222 if the conditions of the latter statute are met." 18 (82 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 246 (1999).) 19 32. Government Code section 1222, makes a public officer's "willful omission 20 to perform any duty enjoined by law" a misdemeanor. Defendants' failure (omission)to 21 treat the impacted officers' personnel documents as confidential was willful, in that the 22 defendants acted on purpose with the intent the records be released publicly. 23 Defendants' actions, as described above constituted a willful omission to perform a 24 public duty enjoined by law. 25 33. Defendants knowingly and intentionally produced records in response to a 26 public records request that Defendants knew or should have know were protected from 27 release due to the records constituting and/or containing confidential peace officer 28 personnel file information. Said disclosure was done in violations of Penal Code 8 COMPLAINT