No person, unless authorized by the Mayor, City Administrator or City Clerk shall remove any public records, documents, instruments, books or papers, ordinances, resolutions, or correspondence or other official papers or records of the City of Lakewood from the City Hall. The foregoing applies to public records or original documents or duplicate original documents or papers of the City of Lakewood.
All public records in the custody of any city officer, unless made confidential by state law or ordinance in order to protect the public interest, or otherwise excepted by the provisions of Section 1881 and 1892 of the Civil Code of Procedure of the State of California, shall be open to public inspection at reasonable times where the same are of general public interest.
Unless otherwise specified by law or ordinance the City Clerk shall have custody of public records, documents, instruments, books, papers, ordinances, resolutions, correspondence and other official records of the City of Lakewood. The city officer having custody of public records, documents, instruments, books and papers, as well as ordinances, resolutions, minutes, correspondence and other official records of the City of Lakewood shall not be required to distribute or deliver copies of the same or certified copies of the same to the public unless the same are public records open for inspection and the following fees have been paid in advance therefore: