UCLA depression study
| Tracking # |
21-9344 |
| Submitted | Sept. 21, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | Aug. 31, 2022 |
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From: Aarian Marshall
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request for records pursuant to the California Public Records Act from WIRED magazine, a leading media outlet on technology for more than 25 years. This request is being made for newsgathering, not commercial, purposes.
WIRED hereby requests the following records between January 1, 2021, and the current date:
All electronic communications, including full message threads and attachments, between UCLA professor Nelson Freimer and employees of Apple, his collaborator on the mental health study described in this 2020 news release: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-launches-major-mental-health-study-to-discover-insights-about-depression. Apple employees use the email domain @apple.com.
Because this request is being made by a news organization on a matter of public interest, I ask that you waive any usually applicable fees. 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,
Tom Simonite
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Please see the attached letter regarding your request, as well as your original request for your reference.
Best Regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Please find attached a Letter Stating Need for Extension regarding your request, as well as your original request for your reference.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Please find attached a Letter of Estimated Availability regarding your request, as well as your original request for your reference.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 12, 2021. I wanted to let you know that I am still interested in the following documents, and to see if that date was still accurate. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 12, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Unfortunately, we must revise the estimated availability date regarding your attached request, as the requisite review has not yet been completed. We expect to provide our response by December 17, 2021. We apologize for the delay.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Aarian Marshall
Thank you for your message of November 12,
It is disappointing to hear that the review has not been completed. You wrote on October 15 that you estimated the documents would be ready by November 12. This estimate now appears to have been extremely inaccurate—you are now estimating completion by more than a month later. Can you tell me the reason for this reassessment?
Thanks,
Tom
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
We are in receipt of your email below. The California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) requires a public agency to make a determination within 10 days, plus an additional 14 days if needed, as to whether or not a request is seeking records that are publicly disclosable and, if so, to provide the estimated date that the records will be made available. Government Code section 6253(c). UCLA has met that requirement. In our October 15, 2021, letter to you, which was sent within 24 days of our receipt of your request, we notified you of our determination that responsive documents exist and provided you with an initial estimated availability date of November 12, 2021.
From time to time, UCLA must revise the estimated availability date it provides initially. This may be due to a variety of circumstances such as difficulties we encounter in obtaining the records, the volume of documents, or the time needed to review them. Each document we collect is carefully reviewed to determine whether it is indeed responsive to the request and, if so, whether the documents are, in whole or in part, subject to one or more of the exemptions to disclosure that exist under the CPRA, and redacted accordingly. We endeavor to provide an estimated availability date that is specific to each request and that is based on our understanding of the facts and circumstances of the request at the time the estimate is made. When those facts and circumstances change, we must sometimes change our estimate.
Your request seeks a substantial volume of documents. Based on the records we have collected thus far, and the work we have done to date, we currently estimate that we can provide you with records by December 17, 2021. We are working to meet this estimate and to begin producing documents to you on a rolling basis. We will advise you should anything change.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
We apologize, but the review process has not yet been completed on the attached Public Records Act request of yours, and so we must revise the estimated availability date to January 14, 2022. Your patience is very much appreciated.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You previously indicated that it would be completed on Jan. 14, 2022. I wanted to let you know that I am still interested in the following documents, and to see if that date was still accurate. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Jan. 14, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Please accept our sincere apologies, but the review process has not yet been completed on your attached Public Records Act request, so we must revise the estimated availability date to January 31, 2022. We very much appreciate your patience.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Jan. 31, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Although we had previously provided you with an estimated availability date of January 31, 2022, we need to revise this date as the review process has not yet been completed. We expect to provide our response by February 28, 2022. Thank you for your patience.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Please find attached a Response Letter and the first batch of records that are responsive to your request. Your original request is also attached for your reference.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Aarian Marshall
Thank you for sending the first batch of responsive records on 2/18. Can you tell me when the rest of the records will be made available?
Thanks,
Tom
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Tom Simonite
Senior writer // WIRED // San Francisco
Desk 415 276 5197 // Cell 415 754 8661
@tsimonite
From:
Dear Tom Simonite,
Thank you for your email. Please know that our office continues to work on your request and expects to have a subsequent batch completed and available for you by mid-May. Your patience is very much appreciated.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Feb. 28, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Feb. 28, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
This is a further update regarding your attached records request. Please accept our sincere apologies, but the review process has not yet been completed. We expect to have a further production to you by June 30, 2022. We very much appreciate your patience.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You previously indicated that it would be completed on June 30, 2022. I wanted to let you know that I am still interested in the following documents, and to see if that date was still accurate. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 30, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Unfortunately, we must revise the estimated availability date regarding your attached request, as the requisite review has not yet been completed. We expect to have a further production to you by July 29, 2022. We apologize for the delay.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 21, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on July 29, 2022. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #21-9344.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Although we had previously provided you with an estimated availability date of July 29, 2022, we need to revise this date as the review process has not yet been completed. We expect to have a further production to you by August 31, 2022. Thank you for your patience.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Mr. Simonite,
Thank you for your attached voicemail. Please know that records requests are handled on a case-by-case basis and the amount of time needed to respond can depend on many factors, such as the number of document custodians involved, types and volume of records requested, location(s) of potentially responsive records (i.e. - in which department(s) and/or in an offsite storage facility), and the requisite review by our office of every page of potentially responsive documents for legal privilege (such as attorney-client, personal privacy, etc.). Further, please know that, besides processing all requests made under the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”), this office also processes subpoenas for UCLA records, along with records requests made pursuant to other statutes/Acts, and we have a limited amount of staff to handle all the many hundreds of such records requests/subpoenas received each year.
Your records request, which seeks “all electronic communications… between UCLA professor Nelson Freimer and employees of Apple…” encompasses a substantial volume of documents. As potentially responsive records are collected, each and every document needs to be carefully reviewed to determine both whether it is indeed responsive to the request and/or if it or any material within it is subject to one or more of the exemptions to disclosure that exist under the CPRA, and then redacted accordingly. Additionally, we sometimes need to consult with others, such as University counsel, to further ensure that certain privileges/exemptions are being properly applied. The full process, as outlined above, is unfortunately rather time-consuming.
Regardless, please know that UCLA continues to work on your request and plans to produce a subsequent batch of records to you as soon as possible. As noted in our attached July 29, 2022, email, based on the work we have done to date, we currently estimate that we can provide you with additional records by August 31, 2022. Your patience is very much appreciated.
Best regards,
Robert Baldridge
Director, UCLA Information Practices
(310) 794-8741
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From: Aarian Marshall
Hi again, in your message responding to my voicemail you wrote that "we currently estimate that we can provide you with additional records by August 31, 2022."
It's now almost two months later. Can you tell me what happened?
Thanks,
Tom
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Thank you for your email. Please know that our office has sent you two updates since August 31st, which are attached. Please know that UCLA continues to work on your request, but the review process has not yet been completed due to the factors outlined in our August 17th email. We apologize for the delay and sincerely appreciate your patience. We will provide a further update on October 31st.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
From: University of California, Los Angeles
Dear Tom Simonite,
Please find attached a Response Letter and the second batch of records that are responsive to your request. Your original request is also attached for your reference.
Best regards,
UCLA Information Practices
records@ucla.edu<mailto:records@ucla.edu>
(310) 794-8741
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