https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/08/extremely-disturbing-why-san-jose-mayor-sam-liccardo-is-being-sued-over-private-emails/

Five years after the California Supreme Court ruled that texts and emails sent by public officials on their personal devices or accounts containing public business should be considered public records, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and the city are being sued for violating the landmark ruling they sparked.

The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in Santa Clara County Superior Court by digital nonprofit news outlet San José Spotlight and the First Amendment Coalition, alleges that Liccardo and other city employees failed to thoroughly search for and provide requested emails, text messages and other records on private devices and accounts that involve public business.