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California Government Code Section 818.7

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No board, commission, or any public officer or employee of
the state or of any district, county, city and county, or city is
liable for any damage or injury to any person resulting from the
publication of any reports, records, prints, or photographs of or
concerning any person convicted of violation of any law relating to
the use, sale, or possession of controlled substances, when such
publication is to school authorities for use in instruction on the
subject of controlled substances or to any person when used for the
purpose of general education.  However, the name of any person
concerning whom any such reports, records, prints, or photographs are
used shall be kept confidential and every reasonable effort shall be
made to maintain as confidential any information which may tend to
identify such person.

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