Court Opinion

ID: 9605039
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:29:46.064271+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:25.780547
License: Public Domain

NEWMAN, J.
 I concur, except that I do not agree with the statements in the lead opinion regarding a finding by the board “that disclosure of identity and producing the witnesses would subject the informant to significant and specific risk of harm” (ante, p. 308).
There has been no suggestion here that the Legislature ever considered the informant problem. Since it is not at all clear how “reasonable persons ... in the conduct of serious affairs” (Ed. Code, § 48914, subd. (f)) would react to that problem, those who are convinced that it should be addressed should seek action by the Legislature, not dicta from this court.