Annual/quarterly reports on civil rights lawsuits (Los Angeles City Clerk)

Hello Mr. Feathers,
Jackie forwarded you inquiry to me about records of lawsuits against the
LAPD.

The City Clerk's Office posts online all documents that we receive on
behalf of the City Council. The documents can be accessed through our
Council File Management System (CFMS) at:
http://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm

If a report was submitted to the council summarizing all such lawsuits or
if the City Council discussed any particular lawsuit, perhaps to approve a
settlement agreement, then you should be able to locate the documents
through that online index.

However the City Attorney's Office and the LAPD may have their own records
on such lawsuits against the LAPD and I am not certain if all such lawsuits
are even heard before the City Council, so I would suggest you contact
those departments directly. You can contact them through their web pages at

http://www.atty.lacity.org/index.htm
and
http://www.lapdonline.org/

Good luck in your search and please contact me if you have any questions of
the City Clerk's Office.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jacqueline Middleton <jackie.middleton@lacity.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:46 PM
Subject: Fwd: Freedom of Information Request: Annual/quarterly reports on
civil rights lawsuits (Los Angeles City Clerk)
To: Todd Gaydowski <todd.gaydowski@lacity.org>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Request: Annual/quarterly reports on
civil rights lawsuits (Los Angeles City Clerk)
To: jackie.middleton@lacity.org

September 10, 2014
Los Angeles City Clerk
200 N. Spring Street, Room 360
Los Angeles, CA 90012

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 26, 2014. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is
needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On Aug. 26, 2014:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California's Sunshine Amendment (Cal. Const. Art. I, §
3(b)), I hereby request the following records:

Copies of all reports, lists, or databases detailing the number and/or
status of lawsuits brought against the city's police department since 2009.
This should include requests for, or documentation of, funds used to cover
settlement agreements, court costs, or other expenses related to lawsuits.

This request should be construed to include any document submitted to,
compiled by, or in any way maintained by the city council that lists
lawsuits brought against the police department between 2009-2013. If a
document exists that contains the requested information for some, but not
all of the above mentioned years, please include that/those document(s).

I request that fees be waived because I am a journalist -- employed by the
Boston Globe and MuckRock news -- and intend to use the requested documents
in the interest of educating the public and not for any commercial reasons.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this
request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made
available to the general public free of charge as part of the public
information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the
news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for
commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,

Todd Feathers

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 13161
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly addressed
(i.e., with the requester's name rather than MuckRock News) requests might
be returned by the USPS as undeliverable.

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http://www.lacity.org/MyLA311/index.htmJackie Middleton
City of Los Angeles/City Clerk
Records Management Division
555 Ramirez Street, Space 320
(213) 473-8440 - Office
(213) 473-8450 - Fax

<http://cityclerk.lacity.org/m.clerkconnect/>
<http://lacity.org/MyLA311/index.htm>
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Todd Gaydowski
Records Management Officer
todd.gaydowski@lacity.org
(213) 473-8449