Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky) • MuckRock

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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

06/04/2020

Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Jeff Kositsky:

Below are new Immediate Disclosure Requests (SF Admin Code 67.25(a)) directed to you. Your response is required by June 5, 2020. Rolling records responses are requested (SFAC 67.25(d)) if you are unable to immediately produce records. Exact copies of every responsive record are requested (Gov Code 6253(b)) - do not: provide mere URLs, print and scan electronic records, convert native files to PDFs, or provide black and white versions of any color images. Provide only copies of records not requiring fees and in-person inspection of all other records (GC 6253).

Your non-exhaustive obligations:
- All withholding of any information must be justified in writing (SFAC 67.27).
- All withholdings by masking or deletion (aka redactions) must be keyed by footnote or other clear reference to the specific justification for that redaction, and only the minimal exempt portion of any record may be withheld (SFAC 67.26).
- You must respond to emailed requests (SFAC 67.21(b)).
- You must notify us of whether or not responsive records exist and/or were withheld for each below request (Gov Code 6253(c), 6255(b)).
- You must state the name and title of each person responsible for withholding any information (Gov Code 6253(d)).
- Do not impose any end-user restrictions upon me (Santa Clara Co. vs Superior Ct, 170 Cal.App 4th 1301); so if you use a third-party website like NextRequest to publish records, please make them completely public without any login or sign-in.

Your agency must do all of the above things in your response, and you cannot wait until we file complaints.

****** We have no duty to, and we will not again, remind the City of its obligations. Instead, we will file complaints for every Sunshine Ordinance or CPRA violation. We will continue to file complaints until the City's procedures are modified to fully comply with the Sunshine Ordinance and CPRA, without caveat or exception. ******

1. All text or chat messages (including group messages) in any form or application (including but not limited to SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, WeChat, Signal, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Hangouts, Skype, Teams):
- a) sent by you to/cc/bcc any of Mayor London Breed, Sean Elsbernd, SFPD Chief William Scott, Grant Colfax, Tomás Aragón, Dennis Herrera, Mohammed Nuru, Alaric Degrafinried, Andy Lynch, Hank Heckel, Mary Ellen Carroll, or Abigail Stewart-Kahn (the "Named Public Officials") OR
- b) sent by any of the Named Public Officials and received by you (and possibly others, such as in a group message) OR
- c) sent by a third party and received by both you and any of the Named Public Officials (such as in a group message),
with timestamps between Jan 1, 2019 and June 3, 2020 (inclusive), including a personal property search under City of San Jose vs Superior Court (2017). While the phone numbers are not needed, the following must be preserved: the timestamps, the textual content, attachments, and images, and also ALL sender and recipient names (including groups). Pursuant to SF Admin Code 67.21(l), which requires you to use any electronic format that we request, please provide the records in spreadsheet format. For an example of the format of the response, see SFPD Chief Scott's prior response here: https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2020/04/14/Text_Messages_Breed_Scott_Redacted.pdf and clearly referenced redaction justifications here: https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2020/04/14/ChiefOfficeResponse201.pdf (though I do not concede all of them are appropriate redactions) . Please provide rolling responses, starting with the most recent records going backwards.

Do not destroy or discard any responsive records - we will appeal all withholdings or Sunshine violations. Remember as department head you had an obligation to maintain in a professional and businesslike manner your correspondence and release it as public records (SF Admin Code 67.27-9(a)); and we will cross-check your responses with all other parties to ensure you have not destroyed or withheld records improperly. You have stated to the press that you were in fact part of some of the previously disclosed text messages.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

NOTE: Please be certain you have properly redacted all of your responses. Once you send them to us, there is no going back. The email address sending this request is a publicly- viewable mailbox. All of your responses (including all responsive records) may be instantly and automatically available to the public online via the MuckRock.com FOIA service used to issue this request (though the requester is an anonymous user, not a representative of MuckRock). Nothing herein is legal, IT, or professional advice of any kind. The author disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to all warranties of merchantability or fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or any other damages whatsoever. The digital signature, if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender. Please do not include any confidential information, as I intend that these communications with the City all be disclosable public records.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

From: Muckrock Staff

06/15/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

06/15/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Dear Anonymous,
We have received your request and we are processing our response.

Please note that due to the continuing public health emergency, City workers are naturally working under unusual and difficult conditions with many called in for service as disaster service workers or otherwise prioritizing work on the public health emergency and with many others working remotely while also providing care for children or other family members. This impacts the ability to respond to records requests, particularly in gathering documents when working from a remote location. The City’s emergency orders have suspended certain provisions of the Sunshine Ordinance in response, including immediate disclosure requests and the 10 day period in which to provide or withhold documents.

Please understand that compliance with the California Public Records Act and the Sunshine Ordinance, subject to the scope of these orders, otherwise remains in effect and city departments are fulfilling those obligations while navigating the challenges of the health emergency. Further, your request is neither simple nor routine and does not seek easily accessible documents. It also requires consultation with another city department. Thus, it would not ordinarily be answered as an immediate disclosure request and would be treated as a regular records request, irrespective of the emergency orders. See Cal. Gov. Code 6253 and Admin. Code 67.25(b).

With regard to your Public Records Request, are invoking an extension to allow the Department of Emergency Management to consult with other City departments. (S.F. Admin. Code § 67.25(b); Govt. Code § 6253(c) (authorizing an extension of up to 14 calendar days until June 29, 2020).)

Please note that we are responding on behalf of the Department of Emergency Management only, and not on behalf of other City departments.

If you have any questions regarding your request or would like to send another public records request, please do not hesitate to contact the Department of Emergency Management.

Sincerely,
/s/
Victor Wai Ho Lim
External Affairs Officer

Department of Emergency Management

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From: Muckrock Staff

07/01/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

To Whom It May Concern:

I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 4, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on June 29, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/01/2020

Subject: Automatic reply: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

San Francisco’s Emergency Operations Center is active to support preparation and response to COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus). Inquiries unrelated to COVID-19 may experience a delay in response.
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/01/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Jeff Kositsky,

As you have refused to provide your responsive records within the 10 + 14 days set out by law, complaints will be filed.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/01/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

SOTF,

Please file a new complaint: Anonymous v Jeff Kositsky.

It is frankly unclear whether Kositsky is part of HSH or DEM at the moment. Regardless, he is the custodian of his own text messages, and I did send the request directly to him.

Allegation: Untimely/incomplete response to a public records request.

It has been more than 24 days since the request (attached). No response after the 10 day extension has been received. No records have been received.
No determination whether the request has responsive records and reasons for withholding them have been received.

A form will be filed for this email address shortly.

--Anonymous

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From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/01/2020

Subject: SOTF - New Complaint form

Dear Anonymous: I am in receipt of and thank you for your email documenting your complaint against Jeff Kositsky. He is the Director of the Dept. of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. Is your complaint against that particular city agency? 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

07/01/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Jeff Kositsky is not the director of HSH - he was removed by Mayor Breed and transferred to another role in "HSOC." My complaint is against him personally, as custodian of his own text messages.

From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/01/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Anonymous: I checked the City’s email resources and those records show that Mr. Kositsky is with the Dept. of Emergency Management. FYI

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

07/01/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Thank you - feel free to add DEM to the complaint, but Jeff Kositsky does need to be named as a respondent as well.

From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/14/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Hi, Has this complaint against Kositsky been noticed with a number?

From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/14/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Supervisor of Records Herrera,

This is a new 67.21(d) petition.

Jeff Kositsky has not responded to our public records requests of June 4, 2020. See attached.

Remember your jurisdiction is *not* limited solely to active withholding of records as you sometimes claim. SFAC 67.21(d): "If the custodian refuses, fails to comply, or incompletely complies with a request described in (b), the person making the request may petition the supervisor of records for a determination whether the record requested is public. ..."

In this case, Jeff Kositsky has failed to comply - he simply will not reply to our public records requests.

Please determine some or all of the records requested to be public, and order Jeff Kositsky to disclose them.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

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From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/14/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Anonymous: Several complaints have come in including yours and I am working on all of them. I will let you know once I have sent out a notice to the respondents.

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: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/14/2020

Subject: SOTF - Complaint Filed with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - File No. 20080

Good Morning:

Jeff Kositsky has been named as a Respondent 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.

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From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/16/2020

Subject: RE: SOTF - Complaint Filed with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - File No. 20080

Dear Cheryl,

Please find attached DEM’s response on behalf of Mr. Kositsky to Anonymous. DEM has completed the search and have no responsive records from Mr. Kositsky to the requestor. We apologize for our delayed response as DEM is leading the City’s efforts with the COVID-19 response efforts at the Emergency Operations Center.

Thank you.

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From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/16/2020

Subject: RE: SOTF - Complaint Filed with the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - File No. 20080

Dear Victor: Thank you for your response.

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.

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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/16/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

I think DEM is a bit confused. There's a request about Kositsky's text messages which is this email address requests@muckrock.com . There's a separate request about COVID from the email address requests@muckrock.com . MuckRock uses a new email address for each request sort of like a "docket" for all documents associated with that request.

Mr. Lim has used a subject "SARS-CoV-2 Response (San Francisco DEM) Immediate Disclosure Request" for a response about Kositsky's texts.

Mr. Lim: which request doesn't have responsive records - Kositsky texts, COVID, or both? Can you please send a correct response to each of the email addresses above about their relevant request (only)?

--Anonymous

From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/16/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL

Requestor: Anonymous
Email: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>

July 16, 2020

Re: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

Dear Anonymous:

This letter responds to your Public Records Request sent and received by Jeff Kositsky with the Department of Emergency Management via email on June 4, 2020.

On your email, you requested for the following:

“…1. All text or chat messages (including group messages) in any form or application (including but not limited to SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, WeChat, Signal, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Hangouts, Skype, Teams):
- a) sent by you to/cc/bcc any of Mayor London Breed, Sean Elsbernd, SFPD Chief William Scott, Grant Colfax, Tomás Aragón, Dennis Herrera, Mohammed Nuru, Alaric Degrafinried, Andy Lynch, Hank Heckel, Mary Ellen Carroll, or Abigail Stewart-Kahn (the "Named Public Officials") OR
- b) sent by any of the Named Public Officials and received by you (and possibly others, such as in a group message) OR
- c) sent by a third party and received by both you and any of the Named Public Officials (such as in a group message),
with timestamps between Jan 1, 2019 and June 3, 2020 (inclusive), including a personal property search under City of San Jose vs Superior Court (2017). While the phone numbers are not needed, the following must be preserved: the timestamps, the textual content, attachments, and images, and also ALL sender and recipient names (including groups). Pursuant to SF Admin Code 67.21(l), which requires you to use any electronic format that we request, please provide the records in spreadsheet format.”[sic]

Response dated July 16, 2020
With regard to the Public Records Request referenced above, we have completed our search and we have no responsive records. We apologize for our delayed response.

Please note that we are responding on behalf of the Department of Emergency Management only, and not on behalf of other City departments.

If you have any questions regarding your request or would like to send another public records request, please do not hesitate to contact the Department of Emergency Management at dempress@sfgov.org<mailto:dempress@sfgov.org>.

Sincerely,
/s/
Victor Wai Ho Lim
External Affairs Officer

Department of Emergency Management

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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/16/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

SOTF 20080:
If Kositsky did not preserve and maintain his correspondence in a professional and business-like manner, then we will allege a 67.29-7(a) violation similar to the Mayor.

From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester

07/16/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

SOTF 20080:
If Kositsky did not preserve and maintain his correspondence in a professional and business-like manner, then we will allege a 67.29-7(a) violation similar to the Mayor.

From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

08/18/2020

Subject: SOTF - Request for Waiver of 45 day Rule

Dear SOTF Petitioners, Respondents and other Stakeholders:
As you most likely know SOTF operations have been delayed over the last few months due to the Covid-19 emergency. The SOTF have started to conduct remote meetings via videoconference and are working to establish procedures to resume all operations including the processing of complaints.
While the Sunshine Ordinance requires that certain actions be taken within 45 days, the Covid-19 emergency has forced delays and immense new backlogs for complaint hearings. We write today to ask if you are willing to waive the 45 day rule for your complaint.
The SOTF intends to resume hearing complaints on a limited basis and complaints will be queued to be heard in the near future. We continue to work to address technical issues posed by remote meetings. We are aware of the time sensitivity of your records requests. Please be assured that the SOTF appreciates the urgency of your matters and the importance of handling them in a timely manner.
If you have further questions about your files or have other issues, please feel free to email the SOTF Administrator at the email below.
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

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Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

To Whom It May Concern:

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

09/03/2020

Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Inter-Agency Text Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request (Jeff Kositsky)

We have no responsive documents. This e-mail appears to have been sent to the Office of Economic and Workforce Development in error.

Marianne Mazzucco Thompson
Office of Economic and Workforce Development
City Hall, Room 448
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
P: 415-554-6297
E: Marianne.Thompson@sfgov.org<mailto:Marianne.Thompson@sfgov.org>
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Subject: RE: SOTF - Complaint Committee hearing, June 21, 2022; 5:30 PM; remote meeting;

From: SOTF, (BOS)
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 9:44 AM
To: San Francisco Living Wage <sflivingwage@gmail.com>; Ginsburg, Phil (REC) <phil.ginsburg@sfgov.org>; Summers, Ashley (REC) <ashley.summers@sfgov.org>; KWART, JEN (CAT) <Jen.Kwart@sfcityatty.org>; Sergei Severinov <serolga@yahoo.com>; McSpadden, Shireen (HOM) <shireen.mcspadden@sfgov.org>; Schneider, Dylan (HOM) <dylan.schneider@sfgov.org>; Hamilton, Jeffrey (HOM) <jeff.hamilton@sfgov.org>; 'requests@muckrock.com' <requests@muckrock.com>; Rydstrom, Todd (CON) <todd.rydstrom@sfgov.org>; Rosenfield, Ben (CON) <ben.rosenfield@sfgov.org>; 'requests@muckrock.com' <requests@muckrock.com>; Scott, William (POL) <william.scott@sfgov.org>; Reilly, Lynn (POL) <lynn.reilly@sfgov.org>; 'requests@muckrock.com' <requests@muckrock.com>; Feitelberg, Brittany (PUC) <BFeitelberg@sfwater.org>; Ruski Augusto Sa, Mayara (PUC) <MRuskiAugustoSa@sfwater.org>; Cote, John (PUC) <JCote@sfwater.org>; 'requests@muckrock.com' <requests@muckrock.com>
Cc: Young, Victor (BOS) <victor.young@sfgov.org>
Subject: SOTF - Complaint Committee hearing, June 21, 2022; 5:30 PM; remote meeting;

Good Morning:
Notice is hereby given that the Complaint Committee (Committee) of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force (Task Force) shall hold hearings on complaints listed below to: 1) determine if the Task Force has jurisdiction; 2) review the merits of the complaints; and/or 3) issue a report and/or recommendation to the Task Force. Please confirm your attendance for this hearing.
Date: July 19, 2022
Location: Remote Meeting
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Complainants: Your attendance is required for this meeting/hearing.
Respondents/Departments: Pursuant to Section 67.21 (e) of the Ordinance, the custodian of records or a representative of your department, who can speak to the matter, is required at the meeting/hearing.
1. File No. 22058: Complaint filed Manush Mirzada and Karl Kramer against General Manager Phil Ginsburg and the Recreation and Parks Department for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Section(s) 67.21, by failing to respond to a public records request in a timely and/or complete manner.

2. File No. 22024: Complaint filed by Sergei Severinov against the Office of the City Attorney in their capacity as the Supervisor of Records for allegedly violating Administrator Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Section(s) 67.21(d), by failing to provide a determination as to whether the record requested is public in a timely manner.

3. File No. 20080: Complaint filed by Anonymous (ARE) against Jeff Kositsky for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Sections 67.21 failing to respond to a records request in a timely and/or complete manner; 67.26 withholding kept to a minimum and 67.27 failing to provide justification for withholding responsive documents.

4. File No. 20081: Complaint filed by Anonymous (ARE) against Ben Rosenfield and the Controller’s Office for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Sections 67.21 failing to respond to a records request in a timely and/or complete manner; 67.26 withholding kept to a minimum and 67.27 failing to provide justification for withholding responsive documents.

5. File No. 20083: Complaint filed by Anonymous (ARE) against Chief William Scott for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Sections 67.21 failing to respond to a records request in a timely and/or complete manner; 67.26 withholding kept to a minimum and 67.27 failing to provide justification for withholding responsive documents.

6. File No. 20084: Complaint filed by Anonymous (ARE) against Harlan Kelly and the Public Utilities Commission for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Sections 67.21 failing to respond to a records request in a timely and/or complete manner; 67.26 withholding kept to a minimum and 67.27 failing to provide justification for withholding responsive documents; 67.29-7(a) failing to maintain correspondence and records in a professional and businesslike manner.
Documentation (evidence supporting/disputing complaint)
For a document to be considered, it must be received at least five (5) working days before the hearing (see attached Public Complaint Procedure).
For inclusion in the agenda packet, supplemental/supporting documents must be received by 5:00 pm, June 14, 2022.

Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Tel: 415-554-7724

[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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Subject: SOTF - Complaint Committee hearing, June 21, 2022; 5:30 PM; remote meeting;

Good Morning:

Notice is hereby given that the Complaint Committee (Committee) of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force (Task Force) shall hold hearings on complaints listed below to: 1) determine if the Task Force has jurisdiction; 2) review the merits of the complaints; and/or 3) issue a report and/or recommendation to the Task Force. Please confirm your attendance for this hearing.

Date: July 19, 2022

Location: Remote Meeting

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Complainants: Your attendance is required for this meeting/hearing.

Respondents/Departments: Pursuant to Section 67.21 (e) of the Ordinance, the custodian of records or a representative of your department, who can speak to the matter, is required at the meeting/hearing.

1. File No. 22058: Complaint filed Manush Mirzada and Karl Kramer against General Manager Phil Ginsburg and the Recreation and Parks Department for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Section(s) 67.21, by failing to respond to a public records request in a timely and/or complete manner.

Documentation (evidence supporting/disputing complaint)

For a document to be considered, it must be received at least five (5) working days before the hearing (see attached Public Complaint Procedure).

For inclusion in the agenda packet, supplemental/supporting documents must be received by 5:00 pm, June 14, 2022.

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: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/13/2022

Subject: RE: UPDATE OF COMMITTEE HEARING DATE - SOTF - Complaint Committee hearing, July 19, 2022; 5:30 PM; remote meeting;

Hello All! Apologies; the cases outlined below will be heard on July 19 not June 21. Typo is my fault.

I will be out of the office August 5 through August 8. For questions regarding the Sunshine Ordinance, please contact Victor Young at Victor.Young@sfgov.org<mailto:Victor.Young@sfgov.org>.

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: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/15/2022

Subject: SOTF - Complaint Committee July 19, 2022 Meeting - Agenda and Packet Online

Good Afternoon:

The agenda and packet for the of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Complaint Committee 5:30 p.m. meeting is online at the following link:

https://sfgov.org/sunshine/sites/default/files/complaint_071922_agenda.pdf

The packet material is linked to each item listed on the agenda marked with an “attachment”. Click anywhere on the title of the item to open the link to the pdf of the packet material in question.

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

<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: Department of Homelessness And Supportive Housing

07/21/2022

Subject: SOTF - Request for emails containing the initial request for records

Anonymoose: I sent you an email Tuesday evening during the Complaint Committee hearing asking that you forward to me the emails that contained your initial request for the cases outlined below. I did not hear from you, so here again is my email request to you.

File No. 20080: Complaint filed by Anonymous (ARE) against Jeff Kositsky for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Sections 67.21 failing to respond to a records request in a timely and/or complete manner; 67.26 withholding kept to a minimum and 67.27 failing to provide justification for withholding responsive documents.

File No. 20081: Complaint filed by Anonymous (ARE) against Ben Rosenfield and the Controller's Office for allegedly violating Administrative Code (Sunshine Ordinance), Sections 67.21 failing to respond to a records request in a timely and/or complete manner; 67.26 withholding kept to a minimum and 67.27 failing to provide justification for withholding responsive documents.

I will be out of the office August 5 through August 8. For questions regarding the Sunshine Ordinance, please contact Victor Young at Victor.Young@sfgov.org<mailto:Victor.Young@sfgov.org>.

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.

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