The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a necessary and fundamental right of every person in this state.
(b) California State University auxiliary organizations promote and assist the Trustees of the California State University by engaging in activities that are essential and integral to the mission and purpose of the California State University.
(c) California State University auxiliary organizations are independently governed corporations that are legally separate from the California State University.
(d) Access to records used, owned, or maintained by auxiliary organizations must be balanced by the need to protect the individual privacy rights of donors and volunteers, and to protect an auxiliary organization’s fiduciary interests.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 247, Sec. 2. (SB 8) Effective January 1, 2012.)