The funny thing is if you put in an IPRA (Inspection of Public Records Act) request at the county where I work, you'll have the entire parcel layer in three day

The funny thing is if you put in an IPRA (Inspection of Public Records Act) request at the county where I work, you'll have the entire parcel layer in three days for the cost of a blank DVD. Counties need this data to do their job, there is no reason to see it as a further profit source. If people stopped asking for the data, we would still keep and maintain in. Of course, I'm not in California were people seem to get overcharged for everything.