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California Evidence Code Section 917 provides as follows:

EVIDENCE CODE
SECTION 917

917.  (a) Whenever a privilege is claimed on the ground that the
matter sought to be disclosed is a communication made in confidence
in the course of the lawyer-client, physician-patient,
psychotherapist-patient, clergyman-penitent, husband-wife, sexual
assault victim-counselor, or domestic violence victim-counselor
relationship, the communication is presumed to have been made in
confidence and the opponent of the claim of privilege has the burden
of proof to establish that the communication was not confidential.
   (b) A communication between persons in a relationship listed in
subdivision (a) does not lose its privileged character for the sole
reason that it is communicated by electronic means or because persons
involved in the delivery, facilitation, or storage of electronic
communication may have access to the content of the communication.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "electronic" has the same
meaning provided in Section 1633.2 of the Civil Code.

See California Discovery-Ch. 2-Evidence Code Definitions
          California Evidence Code Section 900-905-Official Site   
         California Evidence Code §§ 911-920-Official Site
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