California Public Records Request #1 SD County Emp

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From: Shauna Black <shaunajblack@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Subject: California Public Records Request #1
To: Michael.Workman@sdcounty.ca.gov
Cc: JW_August@10news.com, scott.lewis@voiceofsandiego.org




Dear Mr. Workman,

Please provide all requested information in electronic format 

Pursuant to my rights under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) and FOIA, I ask to inspect the following as soon as possible:

1. A complete list of all employee of the San Diego County "District Attorney" office including full name, title/position, direct telephone number, email address and salary.

2. A complete list of all employee of the San Diego County "Public Defenders" office including full name, title/position, direct telephone number, email address and salary.

3. A complete list of all employee of the San Diego County "County Counsel" office including full name, title/position, direct telephone number, email address and salary.

4. A complete list of all employee of the San Diego County "Department of Child Support Services" including full name, title/position, direct telephone number, email address and salary.

5. Name of point of contact(s) who will be providing me this information on behalf of the county with their name, phone, e-mail, agency.

 
If you do not have the records I have described, please forward this request to the person or people that do have the records and let me know by e-mail shaunajblack@yahoo.com
 

what other agency or official is more likely to have them, and what if any related records you have that may be responsive to my request. As you may know, the following laws apply to this request.

 

Prompt Disclosure: Government Code Section 6253 (b), (d)

Records not exempt from disclosure are to be made "promptly available." No provision of the CPRA and FOIA, including the response periods noted below, "shall be construed to permit an agency to delay or obstruct the inspection or copying of public records."

 

Deadlines: Government Code Section 6253 (c)

 

You are required "promptly" and in no case more than 10 calendar days from the date of this request, to determine, and inform me in writing, whether you are going to decline all or part of the request, and the law(s) that you are relying on, unless within that period you notify me in writing that you intend to take up to an additional 14 days to make the determination because of your need:

 

1. to search for and collect the requested records from field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the office processing the request;
 

2. to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records that are demanded in a single request;

 

3. for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another agency having substantial interest in the determination of the request or among two or more components of the agency having substantial subject matter interest therein; or

 

4. to compile data, to write programming language or a computer program, or to construct a computer report to extract data.

 

Your notice must set forth "the reasons for the extension and the date on which a determination is expected to be dispatched." If you determine that any of the records I have requested are disclosable, your written notice must "state the estimated date and time when the records will be made available."
 

Constitutional Rule of Interpretation: Article I, Section 3 (b) and FOIA

The California Constitution requires that the Public Records Act "shall be broadly construed if it furthers the people's right of access, and narrowly construed if it limits the right of access." This rule must be heeded in interpreting any exemptions from disclosure you believe to be applicable.
 

Freedom of Information Act applies since county is accepting Title IV funding making all county departments subject to FOIA disclosures.

 

Fees: Government Code Section 6253 (b)

There is no fee chargeable for inspection of a record (Attorney General's Opinion No. 01-605).
 

Thank you for your prompt attention to this request. When the records are ready for inspection, or you have a determination letter prepared, please contact me by e-mail: shaunajblack@yahoo.com
 

 

Meanwhile, please let me know if you need further clarification. Refer to Request #1 when referring to this correspondence.

Each and every separate request should be handled individually regardless of the number of request sent or the information requested.


Thank You,

Shauna J. Black