CDCR contracts with La Palma Correctional Center
| Submitted | Dec. 20, 2014 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California's Sunshine Amendment (Cal. Const. Art. I, § 3(b)), I hereby request the following records:
All contracts and their amendments between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for La Palma Correctional Center (http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/CA_Out_Of_State_Facilities.html)
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,
Beryl C.D. Lipton
From: Callison, Jeffrey
Thank you.
Our department does not have contracts with the facilities (Boston Avenue, Ocean View, and San Diego) that you listed in the three other Public Records Act requests that you submitted on Saturday. We also cannot find any documentation to show that we had contracts with those facilities in the past. As a result, we will not be processing those three requests.
Jeffrey Callison
Press Secretary, CDCR
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Mr. Callison,
Rather than send another request, I would like to amend this request to read:
All contracts and their amendments as well as all memorandums of understanding entered into by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding La Palma Correctional Center (http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/CA_Out_Of_State_Facilities.html)
If I should submit a separate request, please let me know, and I will do so.
Thank you very much for your help!
Beryl
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To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Mraule, Michelle@CDCR
Good Afternoon Ms. Lipton,
Attached is the cost letter for this request. It was sent to you on December 26, 2014. Once our office receives the funds for your request we will produce the requested documents.
Thank you.
Michelle Mraule - Associate Governmental Program Analyst
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office of Public and Employee Communications
(916) 445-4950 - Office
(916) 445-8492 - Direct Line
Michelle.Mraule@cdcr.ca.gov<mailto:Michelle.Mraule@cdcr.ca.gov>
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From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 20, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Mraule, Michelle@CDCR
Dear Ms. Lipton,
This is your second inquiry requesting an update on this Public Records Act request. A cost letter was sent to you on December 26, 2014 and I followed up with you on January 6, 2015. We have yet to receive the costs associated with your request. Please see the attached letter. Once we receive the costs we will forward you the requested information.
If you have any questions please feel free to call me at (916) 445-8492.
Thank you.
Michelle Mraule - Associate Governmental Program Analyst
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office of Public and Employee Communications
(916) 445-4950 - Office
(916) 445-8492 - Direct Line
Michelle.Mraule@cdcr.ca.gov<mailto:Michelle.Mraule@cdcr.ca.gov>
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.
From: Mraule, Michelle@CDCR
Dear Ms. Lipton,
This is your second inquiry requesting an update on this Public Records Act request. A cost letter was sent to you on December 26, 2014 and I followed up with you on January 6, 2015. We have yet to receive the costs associated with your request. Please see the attached letter. Once we receive the costs we will forward you the requested information.
If you have any questions please feel free to call me at (916) 445-8492.
Thank you.
Michelle Mraule - Associate Governmental Program Analyst
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office of Public and Employee Communications
(916) 445-4950 - Office
(916) 445-8492 - Direct Line
Michelle.Mraule@cdcr.ca.gov<mailto:Michelle.Mraule@cdcr.ca.gov>
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication.
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Ms. Mraule,
I apologize for the delay in my response to this request. I would still like to obtain the responsive materials. However, I would also like to expand my request to include all of the following elements:
• the initial Invitation to Bid, Request for Proposal, or equivalent call for contractors
• the responsive materials provided by the winning bidder
• all other vendor responses
• all evaluation material, scorecards, reports, and notes generated in the selection process
• the current contract
• all exhibits
• all amendments
Should I submit a new request?
Thank you for all of your help,
Beryl
From: Callison, Jeffrey
Ms. Lipton,
You should be aware that costs are incurred when we process PRAs even if the requestor does not end up paying for the work to be done. While you do, of course, retain the right to submit Public Records Act requests, I hope you will please also respect the value of public resources by following through on your requests after we have spent weeks or months evaluating them and preparing to respond to them.
Thank you very much.
Jeffrey Callison
Press Secretary, CDCR
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Mr. Callison,
Thank you very much for your message. I appreciate the time your staff has spent conducting the searches and reviews I have requested, and I hope that you do not interpret my delayed responses as indications that the materials are not desired. The necessity of fees is ever a burdensome obstacle.
Should I, then, proceed to submit new requests in order to obtain the additional materials in which I am interested? I understand work has already been completed on the previously requested materials.
Thank you again for all of your time.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Callison, Jeffrey
I will defer to Kathryn Clark, the attorney working on this case. If she says it should be a new request, that’s fine with me; and if she says it isn’t, that’s also fine with me.
I’m sorry that you find costs a burdensome obstacle. But some PRAs are very expensive to process, and California law allows us to charge appropriately so that requestors are bearing at least some of the cost that California taxpayers must otherwise shoulder.
Thanks again.
Jeffrey Callison
Press Secretary, CDCR
From: Mraule, Michelle@CDCR
Good Morning Ms. Lipton,
This is to inform you that this public records request was closed on April 1, 2015.
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Mr. Callison and Ms. Mraule,
Thank you for your messages. I will submit new requests. I appreciate all of your time and help.
I hope you all have lovely weekends!
Beryl
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