Anti-Abortion Agencies Requests (California Department of Public Health)

Thank you for contacting the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to obtain public records.

Your Public Records Act (PRA) request dated July 15, 2019, is being processed.  Reference Number P006470-071519 has been assigned for tracking purposes.  Please refer to this reference number for use when accessing the CDPH Public Records Center Portal to monitor the progress of your request.

CDPH strives to answer all requests for public records in as timely a manner as possible.  Under California law, CDPH must respond to your inquiry no later than ten calendar days from receipt of the request to notify you whether records will be disclosed.   Note that some records are exempted from disclosure.  If the requested records are exempt, we will inform you in writing as to why.

The Public Records Act (see Govt. Code §6250 et. seq.) provides that CDPH may extend the response period for up to 14 calendar days should it be necessary to search for records located at off-site facilities or if the request involves a voluminous amount of records.  We will notify you within 10 days of receipt of your request if a 14-day extension is necessary.  If fees are involved, CDPH will need to collect the fees before releasing the records.  However, there is typically no fee for records released electronically through the Public Records Center Portal.

The 10- and 14-day response periods are to allow CDPH time to determine how long it will take to disclose the requested records.  Depending on the number of records requested or other factors, a response may take longer.  CDPH will do its best to provide documents on a rolling basis as they become available and to keep you informed as to the timing and type of records to be released.

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RE: Public Records Reference # P006470-071519
Dear Shafaq Patel:
This letter is in response to your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request sent to the California Department of Public Health (Department), originally received by the Department on July 15, 2019.  The Department extended the response time under Government Code § 6253 (c)(3), to August 8, 2019, and therefore, serves this response on August 8, 2019.

You requested the following records:

Materials related to requests for information regarding abortion services. Please include as responsive:

1. Any public records requests, as well as any provided responses or responsive materials, submitted by groups with a publicly known focus on anti-abortion and pro-life sentiments. Please include but do not limit responsive materials to those referencing the following organizations:
- Pro-Life Action League
- National Right to Life
- Check My Clinic
- The Center for Medical Progress
- Coalition for Life
- Operation Rescue
- Right to Life.

If there is a group, like a local city group, that has this sentiment but was not listed, please also provide their requests as well.

2. All communications, from Jan. 1, 2015 to present day, between your agency and representatives of the following organizations:
- Pro-Life Action League
- National Right to Life
- Check My Clinic
- The Center for Medical Progress
- Coalition for Life
- Operation Rescue
- Right to Life.

3. Any and all requests and documents with following words:
ABORTION
PREGNANCY TERMINATION
TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
UNBORN BABIES
INDUCED ABORTION
FETAL TISSUE
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION
TELEMEDICINE

Please be advised the Department does not have to create records in response to a Public Records Act request, but rather to produce responsive and non-exempt records to a requester.
While the Department provides public records in its possession that are otherwise non-privileged, non-exempt, and are responsive to requests, there are no responsive records to your request noted above that have been located at this time.  Therefore, we have no records to produce with this response letter.

Sincerely,
CDPH Public Records Center Administrator