There is a difference between a a foia a public request and a administrative record request act
This why it is so important to understand and know the difference
The public request act can be found under California government code 6250-6270 and is used predominantly for state request such district attorney law enforcement and can be used for public state entity in California
The administrative record request act can be used on judicial proceed in regards to matter concern the people
The administrative record request act can be found under cal rules of court 10.500 which allows Judicial administrative record" means any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the people's business that is prepared, owned, used, or retained by a judicial branch entity regardless of the writing's physical form or characteristics, except an adjudicative record.
The freedom of information act and is use predominantly for federal agencies such as housing and urban development and FBI and DEA and would be used only for agency under federal jurisdiction