Ring promo, Commerce
| Tracking # |
19-233 |
| Submitted | Aug. 9, 2019 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Reporting shows that your city government has entered a Promotional Discount Agreements with Ring, Amazon's home security camera company. (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3ag37/us-cities-are-helping-people-buy-amazon-surveillance-cameras-using-taxpayer-money) These agreements direct city funds toward providing a discount on Ring products, such as doorbell cameras.
Therefore, I hereby request the following records related to the Ring Promotional Discount Agreement:
1) All calendar invitations, instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other documents that mention Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any minutes/notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use, marketing, or promotion of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Promotional Discount Agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the city and Ring.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Ring or the Neighbors app.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).
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,
Caroline Haskins
From:
City of Commerce
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Hi there
Your first City of Commerce record request (request number #19-233) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.
This will acknowledge receipt of your Public Records Request received by the City of Commerce City Clerk's office. Please be aware that under the California Government Code Sections 6253 (c) the City has ten (10) days after the request is submitted to determine whether the records you have requested are subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act.
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Respectfully,
Angie Verdin, Deputy City Clerk
City of Commerce
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From: Caroline Haskins
Okay! Please let me know when documents responsive to my request have been uploaded there. Thanks so much!
From: Commerce City Clerk
An interim response, stating the request is being processed.
From:
Dear Ms. Haskins:
On behalf of Deputy City Attorney, Gloria Ramirez, attached please find correspondence responsive to your above-referenced request.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Deputy City Attorney Ramirez.
Best,
Maxine Caudillo
mcaudillo@agclawfirm.com<mailto:mcaudillo@agclawfirm.com>
Executive Assistant to Vincent C. Ewing
Legal Assistant to Gloria V. Ramirez
AGC - City of Industry, CA 91746
tel 562.699.5500 | fax 562.692.2244
Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin represents Cities, Counties, Special Districts - Airport, College, School, Transit, Water and other Public Agencies, Private Corporations and Business Entities
From: Caroline Haskins
Thank you for letting me know!
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 Aug. 9, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 16, 2019. 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 #19-233.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From:
City of Commerce
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Hi there
A document has been released for record request #19-233 along with the following message:
Good afternoon,
Attached, please find documents compiled in response to your Public Records Request. There are additional documents currently being reviewed for disclosure by our Legal team, those documents will be rolled out in batches. I will contact you as soon as more documents are available.
Feel free to contact me if I can assist you further.
Angie Verdin, Deputy City Clerk
* Request_19-233_documents_2019-09-25 151054 -0700.zip
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Request_19-233_documents_2019-09-252015105420-0700.zip
From: Commerce City Clerk
City of Commerce
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Hi there
A document has been released for record request #19-233 along with the following message:
Good afternoon Ms. Haskins,
Attached, please find information compiled in response to your Public Records Request. Our City Attorney is currently reviewing the final batch of documents, I will contact you in a few weeks if it is determined the documents are relevant/disclosable.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Angie Verdin, Deputy City Clerk
* Request_19-233_documents_2019-11-12 134144 -0800.zip
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Request_19-233_documents_2019-11-122013414420-0800.zip
From: Commerce City Clerk
City of Commerce
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Hi there
A document has been released for record request #19-233 along with the following message:
Good morning,
Our City Attorney has finalized the review of documents compiled in response to your Public Records Request; please see attached.
Feel free to contact me if I can assist you further.
Angie Verdin, Deputy City Clerk
* Request_19-233_documents_2019-12-10 100723 -0800.zip
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Request_19-233_documents_2019-12-102010072320-0800.zip
From: Commerce City Clerk
City of Commerce
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Hi there
Record request #19-233 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:
Please be advised, your Public Records Request is now closed. We have provided all records responsive to your request. Feel free to contact me at 323-722-4805 ext. 2342 or at angiev@ci.commerce.ca.us if you have any questions.
Angie Verdin, Deputy City Clerk
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