External Affairs/Community Benefits - SFPUC
| Submitted | April 23, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the CPRA and Sunshine Ordinance, I hereby request the following records:
- all records provided by your agency to the Controller's Office for the External Affairs / Community Benefits audit, in the electronic format that you provided them to the Controller
Note that *you* are not an auditor, so the auditor CPRA exemptions do not apply to you.
I'm just asking for things that are your public records that you also happened to provide to the Controller.
You must provide every record prepared, owned, used, or retained by your agency -- which includes any records from your contractors that happen to be in your computer systems.
Provide rolling responses (SFAC 67.25(d)).
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,
Anonymous Journalist
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Requester,
Thank you for your public records request. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mayor has issued supplementary orders suspending select provisions of the Sunshine Ordinance which will affect how soon you may receive responsive documents. This memo<https://www.sfwater.org/modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=15142> provides details.
We have forwarded your request to the appropriate staff and will provide an update including a potential timeline within 10 days of your request.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Requestor,
The SFPUC has conducted a diligent search and we found no records responsive to your request. Therefore, we consider your request closed.
Please note that the Controller's Office has not conducted an External Affairs / Community Benefits audit. An audit was scheduled to happen in 2019-2020. However, the audit was postponed due to the pandemic and the local emergency.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
See attached 67.21(d) petition.
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Please file attached Complaint: Anonymous v Michael Carlin, Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa, Public Utilities Commission.
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
The attached complaints were filed.
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Michael Carlin: Please provide the letter, including all attachments/exhibits, sent by the Office of the Controller to you on March 24, 2021 re: the audit of Community Benefits.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Anonymous: Please provide your initial complaint, responses and responsive records. Thank you.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
It was all in the May 3 attachment - The complaint, the request and responses. They didn't provide anything that is the problem.
Here is the full complaint with exhibits again: https://cdn.muckrock.com/outbound_request_attachments/94383620Anonymous/111478/20210503_vs_puc_audit-F_Om2dYwG.pdf
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Ms. Leger:
I've attached the full email from yesterday that it appears you did not receive.
It is the original complaint.
Please confirm by email that you have received this so I know it made it through.
Thanks,
Anonymous
From: Public Utilities Commission
When I tried to open the attachment, there was an error message. Please try again. Thank you.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Does this link work?
Please confirm, thanks.
https://cdn.muckrock.com/outbound_request_attachments/94383620Anonymous/111478/20210503_vs_puc_audit-F_Om2dYwG.pdf
From: Public Utilities Commission
Yes, was able to save link as pdf, which always helps.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Requester,
Attached please find the letter dated March 24, 2021 that you requested on May 3.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
To be clear, there is already a complaint filed regarding incomplete response to the request dated April 23.
Because the CPRA does not allow standing requests, I do intend to renew this request as of later dates to continue to receive any records newly provided to the Controller as time goes on.
Therefore, pursuant to the CPRA and Sunshine Ordinance, I hereby request the following records:
- all records provided by your agency to the Controller's Office for the External Affairs / Community Benefits audit, in the electronic format that you provided them to the Controller
Note that *you* are not an auditor, so the auditor CPRA exemptions do not apply to you.
I'm just asking for things that are your public records that you also happened to provide to the Controller.
You must provide every record prepared, owned, used, or retained by your agency -- which includes any records from your contractors that happen to be in your computer systems.
Provide rolling responses (SFAC 67.25(d)).
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
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,
Anonymous Journalist
From: Public Utilities Commission
Good Afternoon:
Michael Carlin, Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa and the Public Utilities Commission have been named as Respondents in the attached complaint filed with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. Please respond to the attached complaint/request within five business days.
The Respondent is required to submit a written response to the allegations including any and all supporting documents, recordings, electronic media, etc., to the Task Force within five (5) business days of receipt of this notice. This is your opportunity to provide a full explanation to allow the Task Force to be fully informed in considering your response prior its meeting.
Please include the following information in your response if applicable:
1. List all relevant records with descriptions that have been provided pursuant to the Complainant request.
2. Date the relevant records were provided to the Complainant.
3. Description of the method used, along with any relevant search terms used, to search for the relevant records.
4. Statement/declaration that all relevant documents have been provided, does not exist, or has been excluded.
5. Copy of the original request for records (if applicable).
Please refer to the File Number when submitting any new information and/or supporting documents pertaining to this complaint.
The Complainant alleges:
Complaint Attached.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Tel: 415-554-7724
<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information-including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees-may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
Good Morning:
Attached please find the SFPUC's response to Complaint No. 21053.
Thank you.
Michael P. Carlin
Acting General Manager
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
NEW REQUEST (not a replacement for SOTF 21053)
Dear PUC:
You made a 2nd reply to this complaint originating from here. That reply states:
"Anonymous may, as an alternative, submit a request to SFPUC for records defined by subject matter – for example, records pertaining to the SFPUC’s Community Benefits and/or Social Impact Partnership Program.” Unlike auditor files which may not be disclosed under State law, SFPUC’s records regarding the Community Benefits/Social Impact Partnership Program are public records generally subject to disclosure, except to the extent particular records or parts of records might be subject to applicable exemptions. Accordingly, Anonymous is free to submit a public records request targeted to that subject matter."
Those are your words.
Therefore, this is a new request (which does not replace any others, nor does it moot any complaint against you) for: "records pertaining to the SFPUC’s Community Benefits and/or Social Impact Partnership Program". There are no limitations whatsoever by date or person. Provide rolling responses and exact copies of all records.
You cannot now limit my ability to make this request, due to vagueness, overbroadness, or any other reason. YOU suggested the request, stated I was "free to submit a public records request targeted to that subject matter," and I will most certainly take advantage of the opportunity. If you deny the request, that is yet another misrepresentation by PUC.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Got it and have opened a new complaint file no. 21068. Did you get the Excel chart I sent at the close of business Friday?
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Anonymous: Do you have a complaint form to submit? Thank you.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
There is only one complaint from this email address: 21053. Everything else from this address is a follow-up.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Thank you Anonymous. Can you please fill out a complaint form?
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
There is no second complaint or complaint form using this email. You already filed it as 21053: https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2021/05/07/21053_SOTF_Complaint.pdf
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Requester,
We write in response to your request dated May 17 in which you asked for all “records pertaining to the SFPUC’s Community Benefits and/or Social Impact Partnership Program,” with “no limitations whatsoever by date or person.”
We agree that records pertaining to the SFPUC’s Community Benefits and/or Social Impact Partnership Program are public records that are not subject to a blanket exemption like the audit records that were the subject of your prior request.
The Community Benefits Program was developed in response to the Community Benefits Policy adopted by the Commission in 2011. The Commission-adopted Community Benefits Policy is attached. The Social Impact Partnership Program (previously referred to as the Community Benefits in Contracts Program), also launched in 2011, is a program whereby the SFPUC invites private sector firms who work on SFPUC projects to embody the Commission-adopted Community Benefits Policy and be a good neighbor to the communities impacted by SFPUC’s capital projects and service operations. As part of the solicitation process for certain SFPUC contracts, firms responding to Request for Proposals (RFPs) are able to pledge Social Impact Partnership commitments to local, impacted communities.
Based on your request, it appears you’re interested in documents related to the Social Impact Partnership Program. If you are interested in documents related to this program, we are happy to provide you with documents related to it. However, the Community Benefits and Social Impact Partnership Programs were created in 2011, ten years ago. The Social Impact Partnership Program alone involves 84 separate SFPUC contracts, and multiple different SFPUC staff over the years have worked on these. In addition to the Social Impact Partnership Program, there are staff and programs, such as our education programs teaching SFUSD public school students about water and clean power, that operationalize the Community Benefits Policy. Searching through ten years’ worth of all records pertaining to these programs would garner thousands of records that will take years to review. Your request as currently phrased is unreasonably burdensome.
In the spirit of being as transparent as possible, and responsive to the core of your request, please find attached detailed documents related to the Social Impact Partnership Program. Hopefully this is responsive to the core of what you’re looking for. If you are looking for something more specific, we ask you to please target your request more narrowly for example by timeframe, particular employee(s), a particular contract of interest, or by some other method. We would be happy to talk with you to describe the types/categories of records we have related to the CB and/or SIP Program and how these programs work in order to assist you in refining your request in a manner that is more likely to yield the types of records you are seeking and that we would be able to produce to you in a reasonable amount of time.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
From: Public Utilities Commission
Good Afternoon:
Michael Carlin and the Public Utilities Commission have been named as Respondents in the attached complaint filed with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. Please respond to the attached complaint/request within five business days.
The Respondent is required to submit a written response to the allegations including any and all supporting documents, recordings, electronic media, etc., to the Task Force within five (5) business days of receipt of this notice. This is your opportunity to provide a full explanation to allow the Task Force to be fully informed in considering your response prior its meeting.
Please include the following information in your response if applicable:
1. List all relevant records with descriptions that have been provided pursuant to the Complainant request.
2. Date the relevant records were provided to the Complainant.
3. Description of the method used, along with any relevant search terms used, to search for the relevant records.
4. Statement/declaration that all relevant documents have been provided, does not exist, or has been excluded.
5. Copy of the original request for records (if applicable).
6. Statement/declaration that all relevant documents have been provided, does not exist, or
Acknowledgement of noncompliance with the Sunshine Ordinance or declaration of no-contest.
Please refer to the File Number when submitting any new information and/or supporting documents pertaining to this complaint.
The Complainant alleges:
Complaint Attached.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Tel: 415-554-7724
<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information-including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees-may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Ms. Leger: There is no 2nd complaint filed against PUC from this email address.
Please close out 21068. And keep only 21053.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Ms. Leger,
Attached is SFPUC’s full response to Complaint No. 21068 (and 21053) and supporting documents.
Thank you,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
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