But San Diego is better than some other municipalities. A friend started dating a guy who seemed too good to be true. I offered to dig around on him. I found out that LA counties databases are not as nice as San Diego’s. I think I had trouble finding court cases, etc. (3 years in – he turned out to be as good as advertised… so that was a happy ending.)
I’m a big fan of transparency with our government. I love the online public records.