Public Records Request Log - San Francisco Mayor's Office
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| Submitted | April 27, 2016 |
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From: Erik Peterson
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (California Government Code §§ 6250), I hereby request the following records:
A log of public records requests submitted to the Mayor's office that lists the date of request, the requester's name, the requester's organizational affiliation, a description of the request and the date the request was filled. Ideally I would like this information for the period from 2004 to the present.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, and is made in the process of academic research 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.
Sincerely,
Erik Peterson
PhD Candidate
Department of Political Science
Stanford University
From: MayorSunshineRequests, MYR (MYR)
Requestor: Erik Peterson
Email: requests@muckrock.com
Re: Public Records Request dated April 27, 2016
Dear Mr. Peterson,
This letter responds to your Public Records Request sent and received via email on Wednesday April 27, 2016. In your request, you ask for the following from the Mayor’s Office:
1. “A log of public records requests submitted to the Mayor's office that lists the date of request, the requester's name, the requester's organizational affiliation, a description of the request and the date the request was filled. Ideally I would like this information for the period from 2004 to the present.”
Response:
This office does not have a log of public records requests. This office has documents of public records requests sent to the Mayor’s Office via email, please contact this office if you are interested in those documents.
If you have any questions regarding your request or would like to send another sunshine request, please do not hesitate to contact the Mayor’s Office at mayorsunshinerequests@sfgov.org.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Macaulay
Mayor’s Office of Communications
From: Erik Peterson
Thanks for your response. I am interested in the emailed public records requests that the Mayor's Office has received.
Would it be possible to receive copies of the emailed public records requests that you have available?
Thanks,
Erik
From: MayorSunshineRequests, MYR (MYR)
Hi Erik: Do you have time today to connect via telephone regarding your request? If so, please provide a number and the best time to call you. Thanks.
Kirsten Macaulay
Office of Mayor Edwin M. Lee
From: Erik Peterson
Hi Kirsten,
My phone number is: 563-508-0937. I will be available by phone until 3 today, anytime before then works for me.
Thanks,
Erik
From: MayorSunshineRequests, MYR (MYR)
Requestor: Erik Peterson
Email: requests@muckrock.com
Re: Public Records Request dated May 5, 2016
Dear Mr. Peterson:
This letter responds to your Public Records Request sent and received by the Mayor’s Office via email on Thursday, May 5, 2016 and a follow up phone conversation on Friday, May 6, 2016. In your request via telephone, you ask for the following from the Mayor’s Office:
1. “All public record requests sent from the media to the Mayor’s Office for the time period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.”
Response:
Attached please find electronic copies of all records in the possession of the Mayor’s Office responsive to your request. Please note that we are responding on behalf of the Mayor’s Office only, and not on behalf of other City departments.
Please note that some parts of the records provided to you were legally redacted to remove individuals’ personal email addresses, cell phones, and or home addresses. We are required to do so to protect the privacy interests of individuals. Withholding information to protect privacy is authorized under California Constitution, Article I, section 1, and California Government Code Sections 6254(k) and 6254(c) (authorizing the withholding of records the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy). See, also, California Government Code Section 6250 and Section 67.1(g) of the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (S.F. Admin. Code §67.1(g) (legislative findings on the right of individuals to privacy).
If you have any questions regarding your request or would like to send another sunshine request, please do not hesitate to contact the Mayor’s Office at mayorsunshinerequests@sfgov.org.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Macaulay
Mayor’s Office of Communications
From: Erik Peterson
Hi Kirsten,
These are great. When we spoke on the phone, you mentioned that these types of email records are also available for a few years before 2015. Would it be possible to also get the media requests emailed to the Mayor's office in the earlier years that you have available?
I understand that receiving those records might take a while given the need to redact personal information etc., but having records from several years would be very helpful for my research project. I don't need to have these records immediately and would be fine with you filing time extensions to the request as needed so the request would not become overly burdensome.
Thanks,
Erik
From: MayorSunshineRequests, MYR (MYR)
Requestor: Erik Peterson
Email: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Re: Public Records Request dated May 19, 2016
Dear Mr. Peterson:
This letter responds to your Public Records Request sent and received by the Mayor’s Office via email on May 19, 2016. In your request, you ask for the following from the Mayor’s Office for the following:
1. “All public record requests sent from the media to the Mayor’s Office for the time period of January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015.”
Response:
Attached, please find documents responsive to your request in the Mayor’s Office. Please note that we are responding on behalf of the Mayor’s Office only, and not on behalf of other City departments.
Please note that some parts of the records provided to you were legally redacted to remove individuals’ personal phone numbers. We are required to do so to protect the privacy interests of individuals. Withholding information to protect privacy is authorized under California Constitution, Article I, section 1, and California Government Code Sections 6254(k) and 6254(c) (authorizing the withholding of records the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy). See, also, California Government Code Section 6250 and Section 67.1(g) of the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (S.F. Admin. Code §67.1(g) (legislative findings on the right of individuals to privacy).
If you have any questions regarding your request or would like to send another sunshine request, please do not hesitate to contact the Mayor’s Office at mayorsunshinerequests@sfgov.org.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Macaulay
Mayor’s Office of Communications
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