California DMV + Cruise

Aarian Marshall filed this request with the Department of Motor Vehicles of California.
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22-03296

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From: Aarian Marshall

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

I request access to and copies of contacts and correspondence between DMV employees and officials and employees of Cruise LLC, dated between May 17, 2022, and June 10, 2022.

This request includes, but is not limited to, presentations, permits, schedules, schematics, budget documents, and correspondence between state representatives and the company.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Aarian Marshall

From: Department of Motor Vehicles

July 1, 2022

VIA EMAIL: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

Aarian Marshall
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 130463
263 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

Re: Public Records Act Request
22-03296

Dear Ms. Marshall:

The California Department of Motor Vehicles acknowledges receipt of your email dated and received on June 21, 2022, requesting the following records pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et seq.).

"I request access to and copies of contacts and correspondence between DMV employees and officials and employees of Cruise LLC, dated between May 17, 2022, and June 10, 2022.

This request includes, but is not limited to, presentations, permits, schedules, schematics, budget documents, and correspondence between state representatives and the company.

Government Code section 6253, subdivision (c), allows the Department a fourteen (14) day extension to respond to a California Public Records Act request in "unusual circumstances," as enumerated in subdivision (c). The following "unusual circumstances" apply to this matter:

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

* The need 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.

Accordingly, the Department will inform you of its decision within fourteen (14) days from the date of this communication.

Thank you.

Jae S. Ahn
Attorney, Legal Affairs
Department of Motor Vehicles
office: 916-657-6469
fax: 916-657-6243

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From: Department of Motor Vehicles

Dear Ms. Marshall:

Attached is the Department's response to your request. As noted in the attached letter, due to the size and number of files, links to download the records responsive to your request will be attached to a following email from the Department's secure file transfer server. Please check spam or trash folder as messages from this server have been known to be filtered. Please let me know if you do not receive this email and I may be able to provide an alternate method.

Thank you.

Jae S. Ahn
Attorney, Legal Affairs
Department of Motor Vehicles
office: 916-657-6469
fax: 916-657-6243

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Dear Ms. Marshall:

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Attachments Cruise_Attachment_AVB01394.pdf (38.7 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfR7xlbkWAi1zciw3OuwVyfKmV4RgZXGS%2F6ymZAToeCdjqC2jNMBzuMV%2B3lw4zZzMg7Xm%0D%0AgwU5Hf5x%2BEL%2F6%2BvFR4yXCuQPtnRT09FLamzcZGgG)
Cruise_Attachment_AVB01407.pdf (37.46 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfWCYC%2FbpYg06sErpKRA5uevq%2BCFqOG7%2F8wwcp8dlRXsmm9VOUkcschxZQsVkwzE7up60%0D%0ApuXjYm%2BRLJAqkAZURbGSrIlh83oD2YduyQ%2FpqThG)
Cruise_Letter_Modification_OL311_Complete AVB01394.pdf (38.18 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfSfnea%2BlWxLmkW3fD90WqOXiSoIK0o9kqdEv3GO9m8KE9ru%2FsUQVItPVuIOIt1Rr11nr%0D%0Aymj7FgDH7XA21tXU0KLf0RCwaS8za1iGGHyRvzr1TMeUqwER3kAV9iMJkzNMFQ%3D%3D)
Cruise_Letter_Modification_OL311_Complete AVB01382.pdf (37.77 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfe8h%2BurEDUHZOT921DvJnHY9yQfoXNI%2Bi12ntSZK79ASTm9JyudXdWWfYhXaEG1C6NH1%0D%0AO5ods6bc%2F2yITt000KnmSVkZstu76vPoCxcKnWs%2B7bG0UXKb9VzFO3SzMazIzg%3D%3D)
Cruise_Letter_Modification_OL311_Complete AVB01407.pdf (38.14 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfTQGtpqGPCJ8J54IQaS%2B9HfmKa1sdQaLUA6QgzUExY123phh1wB%2BVLJLVTUNuDXzvERX%0D%0Ar3iOV2XatdvuD1mPJYKYiWilzHPc59RgQnL3pkPsxzWeE3nvWA4UHkMB8bEgWg%3D%3D)
Fee Details for Brandon Cruise.pdf (99.48 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfc3G9tMkMFE64r1Q%2FV5%2FAt0ARvvuf6oSeHjTF9nz4FCc1gh6Q0rKL59WqTfxvWS%2FBket%0D%0AAvwlJG9UMJzpR9T123P%2FOJ1a0ga62GzpYrepI4ur)
OL316_Unsigned_Cruise_LLC_06022022.pdf (510.91 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfU%2BHCYeuCVWhTk%2FfZBjF2pq5Q%2BRGLIexLNcY1Nu6wdGOrCD2aWSRWY1AOsl2xtvZfG8w%0D%0Ar%2F1JAmSaD9uJUdE%2Bnym68OdFFAv0g4iwhHPARNAY)
OL316_Signed_Cruise_LLC_06022022.pdf (451.27 KB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfSehI6G%2FzPdAeLjKqawExmYWY697SeYAztO1nrmiSW28wgN2djMetPOHqfXJoPSBzgbo%0D%0AS0uTyas%2BX1bZwnVPkxhTJ3Q0Q4%2Fv2RsyR9V5nzWb)
Cruise permits_Redacted.pdf (26.59 MB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfQeRQ8WBQvVyqhPB1ECaGJTthvh3RRKiqfK1RA6reAAA66rRXSzstnqvawEGf%2F%2FSiJFN%0D%0AJKH842gYoaDRnQIw1d1npgQKGw%2BCsfSHReMtw8ma)
Cruise AVT Drivered Test Permit Renewal_Redacted.pdf (12.38 MB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfSf6e5DhyTUR5GTSoosEexO4JOL4KKV1w8i9YQdEMU1cx67d9FRdP1hdX5aNxD2NmtTY%0D%0AxtQIlr6TCXJbYIttTfXYRCh4xdatqMEf0HEcx7Gxrbb64DvIV6%2B5uCz68ny14w%3D%3D)
cruise communications_Redacted.pdf (6.65 MB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfZ7BxQnwX89IAeK7I%2FdZBqIFDtHoCjVlke8RMTFZhBt2VYN%2FHsXUxuj%2F05WS1DUKxqi8%0D%0ATC8o6WFI0tP6wLvD%2B1wlblNhIJx9ptrJpuffU8B7)
OL316_Signed_Cruise_LLC_06022022_Redacted.pdf (1.36 MB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqIE2MYE%2FmKwxNglqzD6je10qy58u2kxQDmG%0D%0AdmWl%2FLyvfWT5nf94iJGDw7JYUCTr1i9x8DEQcgwM8Dj7TNnTAPuSGtG3%2BSDhaTAbXSQ5nZYTp1vF%0D%0A0Hia%2FT7Tqh8ciUGqQVeh7l73uu0RoTQ0oZw6yUnk61G6B6HyZSjVez8E9mOBJA%3D%3D)
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Attached are links to download the records responsive to your request.

Thank you.

Jae Ahn
Attorney

From: Department of Motor Vehicles

July 18, 2022

VIA EMAIL: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

Aarion Marshall
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 130463
263 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115

Re: Public Records Act Request
22-03635

Dear Ms. Marshall:

The California Department of Motor Vehicles acknowledges receipt of your email dated and received on July 8, 2022, requesting the following records pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et seq.).

"I request access to and copies of contacts and correspondence between DMV employees and officials and employees of Cruise LLC, dated between May 28, 2022, and July 8, 2022.This request includes, but is not limited to, presentations, permits, schedules, schematics, budget documents, and correspondence between state representatives and the company."

Government Code section 6253, subdivision (c), allows the Department a fourteen (14) day extension to respond to a California Public Records Act request in "unusual circumstances," as enumerated in subdivision (c). The following "unusual circumstances" apply to this matter:

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

Accordingly, the Department will inform you of its decision within fourteen (14) days from the date of this communication.

Sincerely,

Jae S. Ahn
Attorney, Legal Affairs
Department of Motor Vehicles
office: 916-657-6469
fax: 916-657-6243

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From: Department of Motor Vehicles

Dear Ms. Marshall,

Please see the attached response to your Public Records Act request.

Please note that due to email file size limitations, the responsive records will be sent via secure file transfer. A subsequent email will contain instructions to download the records. If you do not receive such an email shortly after you receive this, please check your spam or junk folder.

Sincerely,

Ben

Benjamin W. Merritt
Attorney
Department of Motor Vehicles
Legal Affairs Division

2415 1st Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95818

Tel: 916-657-6469
Fax: 916-657-6243

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Attachments 22-03635 Wired (Marshall) PRA responsive documents.zip (23.85 MB) (https://sftc.dmv.ca.gov/download_public.html?token=Ie5eVOfscrG%2FEVxa7mmt8MaSMvBkck%2FJ7aG4TIIK%2FqLC1erI8YU8VxqjWEqcSaYBzei3Tpt4MDEy%0D%0ARpT0ny9RR4Fb%2Fr5XVZtE6ILTW5B7Mg1tG27tvAKO1akRmWCqTqpf%2BA8pjMXJ2ov8%2F%2FJ054u7KdgY%0D%0AFIa3kABJQQkHu3OobNf9As8TI4Oz5d%2FkHK4%2F3ifQnyv6sKyXD%2BjLH9ZmI0xMQw%3D%3D)
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