Legal Question in Appeals and Writs in California

Re: transcripts

No, since the other party presumably is using the transcripts to prepare her brief. You can borrow them *after* her brief is filed, though, pursuant to Rule 8.153 of the California Rules of Court:

Rule 8.153. Lending the record

(a) Request

Within 20 days after the record is filed in the reviewing court, a party that has not purchased its own copy of the record may request another party, in writing, to lend it that party's copy of the record. The other party must then lend its copy of the record when it serves its brief.

(b) Time to return

The borrowing party must return the copy of the record when it serves its brief or the time to file its brief has expired.

(c) Cost

The borrowing party must bear the cost of sending the copy of the record to and from the borrowing party.