Michael Pollan emails with organic industry

Dear Mr. Neidenbach:

This is to acknowledge your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request
below. Your request has been forwarded to appropriate campus offices and a
search for responsive documents is currently underway. Records identified
as responsive to your request will be reviewed, and made available for your
access, in accordance with relevant law and University policy.

Please note that there is no central repository for all University records.
The identification and collection of potentially responsive records is only
the first step in the CPRA response process. The collected records must be
reviewed by this office to ensure that they are in fact responsive to your
request and to assess whether any legal privileges or exemptions from
disclosure are applicable and whether redactions may be required to protect
individuals’ rights to privacy. Please also bear in mind that we are
concurrently fulfilling numerous other requests, many of which were
received before yours and that we generally process requests in the order
in which they are received. The current timeframe for fulfillment of most
requests is 8 weeks, although this may vary due to the nature and
complexity of the request.

Although the requested records have not yet been fully identified, based on
the terms of the request, we have made a preliminary determination that the
request likely does seek disclosable records within the possession of the
University. This office will provide you with a status update after the
requested records have been thoroughly reviewed.

Please note that CPRA allows agencies to make records available “upon
payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication.” Government Code
section 6253(b). The University reserves its right to recoup duplication
costs. The charge is $0.20 per page for copies, and payment is required
before release of the records. Once we obtain an accurate page count, we
will inform you of the anticipated total cost.

Regards,

Liane Ko
Public Records Coordinator

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Public Records Office
University of California, Berkeley

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Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 6:28 PM
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Michael Pollan emails with
organic industry
To: pra@berkeley.edu

April 21, 2016
University of California, Berkeley
Public Records Coordinator
University of California, Berkeley
Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance Services
200 California Hall, MC #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (California Government Code
§§ 6250), I hereby request the following records:

Any emails to or from Michael Pollan that contain any of the following
terms in any field; "stonyfield", “unfi", "naturespath", "ccof",
"whitewave", "wholefoods", "organicvalley", "horizondairy", "mercola",
"ruskin", "gillam", "malkan", "vandana","navdanya", "usrtk", or "bronners"
from January 1, 2013 to present.

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,

Stephan Neidenbach

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PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is
being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share,
and manage public records requests. Also note that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than "MuckRock News" and the
department number) requests might be returned as undeliverable.
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Records requests received during that time period will be acknowledged once the University reopens.
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University of California, Berkeley

Dear Mr. Neidenback:

We apologize that our earlier message did not reach you.

After our preliminary search, we found that your request as drafted is
extremely broad (Government Code section 6255). Because we would like to
furnish you with a set of information that could satisfy your needs, we
would encourage you to consider narrowing the scope of your request.
Regards,

Liane Ko
Public Records Coordinator

************************************
Public Records Office
University of California, Berkeley

Dear Mr. Neidenbach: ​

This is to acknowledge your California Public Records Act (CPRA) request
below. Your request has been forwarded to appropriate campus offices and a
search for responsive documents is currently underway. Records identified
as responsive to your request will be reviewed, and made available for your
access, in accordance with relevant law and University policy.

Please note that there is no central repository for all University records.
The identification and collection of potentially responsive records is only
the first step in the CPRA response process. The collected records must be
reviewed by this office to ensure that they are in fact responsive to your
request and to assess whether any legal privileges or exemptions from
disclosure are applicable and whether redactions may be required to protect
individuals’ rights to privacy. Please also bear in mind that we are
concurrently fulfilling numerous other requests, many of which were
received before yours and that we generally process requests in the order
in which they are received. The current timeframe for fulfillment of most
requests is 8 weeks, although this may vary due to the nature and
complexity of the request.

Although the requested records have not yet been fully identified, based on
the terms of the request, we have made a preliminary determination that the
request likely does seek disclosable records within the possession of the
University. This office will provide you with a status update after the
requested records have been thoroughly reviewed.

Please note that CPRA allows agencies to make records available “upon
payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication.” Government Code
section 6253(b). The University reserves its right to recoup duplication
costs. The charge is $0.20 per page for copies, and payment is required
before release of the records. Once we obtain an accurate page count, we
will inform you of the anticipated total cost.

Regards,

Liane Ko
Public Records Coordinator

************************************
Public Records Office
University of California, Berkeley

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From:
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Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:11 PM
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Michael Pollan emails
with organic industry
To: pra@berkeley.edu

February 8, 2017
University of California, Berkeley
Public Records Coordinator
University of California, Berkeley
Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance Services
200 California Hall, MC #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500

This is a follow up to a previous request:

Any emails to or from Michael Pollan that contain any of the following
terms in any field; "gary ruskin", "carey gillam", "stacey malkan", "claire
robinson", or "jonathan latham" from January 1, 2013 to present.

Stephan
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Neidenbach

Dear Mr. Neidenbach :

This is a further response to your California Public Records Act (CPRA)
request. The University has determined that it has no public records that
are responsive to your request.

With this message, your request is now considered closed.
Regards,

Liane Ko

Public Records Coordinator

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Public Records Office
University of California, Berkeley