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This week, my colleague Tim Arango wrote about the rocky, contentious rollout of a new law that requires police departments to make public more records about officers’ conduct.

The law suddenly made California — which has one of the nation’s highest rates of police shootings — among the most open states when it comes to police records. For decades, it has been one of the most secretive.

The change has caused friction between law enforcement agencies and those pushing for transparency, including journalists and family members of people who have been killed by the police.

That’s where Tim picks up the issue today:

More than a quarter of a million dollars to provide public police records?

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department this week told KPBS that it would cost $354,524.22 to provide records on police shootings that the television channel had requested under a new state law.