Text and Chat Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request - San Francisco Universal Search (DPW)
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| Tracking # |
20-4788 |
| Submitted | Dec. 5, 2020 |
| Est. Completion | Jan. 29, 2021 |
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
To Department of Public Works and its Department Head or Elected Official:
** DO NOT DESTROY ANY RESPONSIVE RECORDS. YOU MUST PRESERVE AND ORDER YOUR EMPLOYEES TO PRESERVE RECORDS DURING THE PENDENCY OF ALL APPEALS. WE WILL APPEAL ALL REDACTIONS OR WITHHOLDINGS. ** Immediate Disclosure Request.
Every department head/elected official must preserve and maintain all correspondence in a professional and businesslike manner (SFAC 67.29-7(a)) and also separately must comply with retention policies (SFAC 67.29-1). Note that if your retention policies do not retain text messages, I will argue before the SOTF and court that this is a failure to maintain **all correspondence** in a professional and businesslike manner.
Relevant precedent: SOTF 19098 - Anonymous v SFPD. Unanimous finding of violation for unlawfully withholding text message metadata (including the to/from/etc. - note SFPD had provided the dates and times, and you must as well), and also for unlawfully printing and scanning electronic records which does not constitute a "copy" of an electronic record.
See also prior rulings in my favor in SOTF 19044, 19047, 19091, 19098, 19103, and 19108 which ruled against the City for email, text messages, past and future calendar entries, meeting details, electronic metadata, and attachments.
The Mayor's Office appears to have destroyed their copies of certain text messages. I'd be happy to get them from her, if she preserved every record. Alas she did not, therefore we must now conduct a universal search of the City. You cannot refer me to another department unless you search and determine that you have no copies in your department. If this is causing more work for you, ask your Mayor to stop destroying her public records.
Note there are many anonymous requesters using MuckRock - I am just one of them. If you previously produced some subset of these records to a MuckRock email address, please reference that prior response so you do not duplicate work. If I am unable to get the prior MuckRock response because it is someone else's and they have marked it private, you will however need to provide me a copy here as well.
1. This is an immediate disclosure request for text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar (see Good Government Guide - if the records have not been permanently deleted as of the time you receive this request, you must retrieve them from the so-called trash folders and provide them). Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata. There is no limitation by subject or date. If the total pages to produce numbers over 500, inform me of the rough dates, employees involved, and subject matter, and I may be willing to narrow the initial production, AS LONG AS YOU PRESERVE ALL THE RECORDS.
2. This is a regular records request for text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar (see Good Government Guide - if the records have not been permanently deleted as of the time you receive this request, you must retrieve them from the so-called trash folders and provide them). Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata. There is no limitation by subject or date. If the total pages to produce numbers over 500, inform me of the rough dates, employees involved, and subject matter, and I may be willing to narrow the initial production, AS LONG AS YOU PRESERVE ALL THE RECORDS.
Please provide only those copies of records available without any fees. If you determine certain records would require fees, please instead provide the required notice of which of those records are available and non-exempt for inspection in-person if we so choose.
Your non-exhaustive obligations:
- All withholding of any information must be justified in writing by specific statutory authority (SFAC 67.27).
- Every redaction must be keyed by footnote or by 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 above 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 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. ******
I look forward to your lawful response.
NOTE: THE EMAIL ADDRESS SENDING THIS REQUEST IS A PUBLICLY-VIEWABLE MAILBOX. Please be certain you have properly redacted all of your responses. Once you send them to us, there is no going back. 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: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
To Department of Public Works and its Department Head or Elected Official:
** DO NOT DESTROY ANY RESPONSIVE RECORDS. YOU MUST PRESERVE AND ORDER YOUR EMPLOYEES TO PRESERVE RECORDS DURING THE PENDENCY OF ALL APPEALS. WE WILL APPEAL ALL REDACTIONS OR WITHHOLDINGS. ** Immediate Disclosure Request.
Every department head/elected official must preserve and maintain all correspondence in a professional and businesslike manner (SFAC 67.29-7(a)) and also separately must comply with retention policies (SFAC 67.29-1). Note that if your retention policies do not retain text messages, I will argue before the SOTF and court that this is a failure to maintain **all correspondence** in a professional and businesslike manner.
Relevant precedent: SOTF 19098 - Anonymous v SFPD. Unanimous finding of violation for unlawfully withholding text message metadata (including the to/from/etc. - note SFPD had provided the dates and times, and you must as well), and also for unlawfully printing and scanning electronic records which does not constitute a "copy" of an electronic record.
See also prior rulings in my favor in SOTF 19044, 19047, 19091, 19098, 19103, and 19108 which ruled against the City for email, text messages, past and future calendar entries, meeting details, electronic metadata, and attachments.
The Mayor's Office appears to have destroyed their copies of certain text messages. I'd be happy to get them from her, if she preserved every record. Alas she did not, therefore we must now conduct a universal search of the City. You cannot refer me to another department unless you search and determine that you have no copies in your department. If this is causing more work for you, ask your Mayor to stop destroying her public records.
Note there are many anonymous requesters using MuckRock - I am just one of them. If you previously produced some subset of these records to a MuckRock email address, please reference that prior response so you do not duplicate work. If I am unable to get the prior MuckRock response because it is someone else's and they have marked it private, you will however need to provide me a copy here as well.
1. This is an immediate disclosure request for text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar (see Good Government Guide - if the records have not been permanently deleted as of the time you receive this request, you must retrieve them from the so-called trash folders and provide them). Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata. There is no limitation by subject or date. If the total pages to produce numbers over 500, inform me of the rough dates, employees involved, and subject matter, and I may be willing to narrow the initial production, AS LONG AS YOU PRESERVE ALL THE RECORDS.
2. This is a regular records request for text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar (see Good Government Guide - if the records have not been permanently deleted as of the time you receive this request, you must retrieve them from the so-called trash folders and provide them). Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata. There is no limitation by subject or date. If the total pages to produce numbers over 500, inform me of the rough dates, employees involved, and subject matter, and I may be willing to narrow the initial production, AS LONG AS YOU PRESERVE ALL THE RECORDS.
Please provide only those copies of records available without any fees. If you determine certain records would require fees, please instead provide the required notice of which of those records are available and non-exempt for inspection in-person if we so choose.
Your non-exhaustive obligations:
- All withholding of any information must be justified in writing by specific statutory authority (SFAC 67.27).
- Every redaction must be keyed by footnote or by 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 above 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 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. ******
I look forward to your lawful response.
NOTE: THE EMAIL ADDRESS SENDING THIS REQUEST IS A PUBLICLY-VIEWABLE MAILBOX. Please be certain you have properly redacted all of your responses. Once you send them to us, there is no going back. 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: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
To Department of Public Works and its Department Head or Elected Official:
** DO NOT DESTROY ANY RESPONSIVE RECORDS. YOU MUST PRESERVE AND ORDER YOUR EMPLOYEES TO PRESERVE RECORDS DURING THE PENDENCY OF ALL APPEALS. WE WILL APPEAL ALL REDACTIONS OR WITHHOLDINGS. ** Immediate Disclosure Request.
Every department head/elected official must preserve and maintain all correspondence in a professional and businesslike manner (SFAC 67.29-7(a)) and also separately must comply with retention policies (SFAC 67.29-1). Note that if your retention policies do not retain text messages, I will argue before the SOTF and court that this is a failure to maintain **all correspondence** in a professional and businesslike manner.
Relevant precedent: SOTF 19098 - Anonymous v SFPD. Unanimous finding of violation for unlawfully withholding text message metadata (including the to/from/etc. - note SFPD had provided the dates and times, and you must as well), and also for unlawfully printing and scanning electronic records which does not constitute a "copy" of an electronic record.
See also prior rulings in my favor in SOTF 19044, 19047, 19091, 19098, 19103, and 19108 which ruled against the City for email, text messages, past and future calendar entries, meeting details, electronic metadata, and attachments.
The Mayor's Office appears to have destroyed their copies of certain text messages. I'd be happy to get them from her, if she preserved every record. Alas she did not, therefore we must now conduct a universal search of the City. You cannot refer me to another department unless you search and determine that you have no copies in your department. If this is causing more work for you, ask your Mayor to stop destroying her public records.
Note there are many anonymous requesters using MuckRock - I am just one of them. If you previously produced some subset of these records to a MuckRock email address, please reference that prior response so you do not duplicate work. If I am unable to get the prior MuckRock response because it is someone else's and they have marked it private, you will however need to provide me a copy here as well.
1. This is an immediate disclosure request for text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar (see Good Government Guide - if the records have not been permanently deleted as of the time you receive this request, you must retrieve them from the so-called trash folders and provide them). Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata. There is no limitation by subject or date. If the total pages to produce numbers over 500, inform me of the rough dates, employees involved, and subject matter, and I may be willing to narrow the initial production, AS LONG AS YOU PRESERVE ALL THE RECORDS.
2. This is a regular records request for text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar (see Good Government Guide - if the records have not been permanently deleted as of the time you receive this request, you must retrieve them from the so-called trash folders and provide them). Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata. There is no limitation by subject or date. If the total pages to produce numbers over 500, inform me of the rough dates, employees involved, and subject matter, and I may be willing to narrow the initial production, AS LONG AS YOU PRESERVE ALL THE RECORDS.
Please provide only those copies of records available without any fees. If you determine certain records would require fees, please instead provide the required notice of which of those records are available and non-exempt for inspection in-person if we so choose.
Your non-exhaustive obligations:
- All withholding of any information must be justified in writing by specific statutory authority (SFAC 67.27).
- Every redaction must be keyed by footnote or by 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 above 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 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. ******
I look forward to your lawful response.
NOTE: THE EMAIL ADDRESS SENDING THIS REQUEST IS A PUBLICLY-VIEWABLE MAILBOX. Please be certain you have properly redacted all of your responses. Once you send them to us, there is no going back. 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: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
Your record request #20-4789 has been submitted. You can see it anytime at the link below.
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We received your public records request, dated Dec. 5, on Dec. 7. Public records requests received after the close of business, or received on a weekend or holiday, are considered received on the next business day.] You have requested the following records:
* text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar. Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata.
2. text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar.
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Dec. 17, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
It is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4789:
We received your public records request, dated Dec. 5, on Dec. 7. Public records requests received after the close of business, or received on a weekend or holiday, are considered received on the next business day.] You have requested the following records:
* text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar. Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata.
2. text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar.
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Dec. 17, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
It is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
Record request #20-4789 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:
As this is a duplicate request, please refer to Request https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/requests/20-4788 for responsive records. This concludes this public records request.
Regards,
David A. SteinbergCustodian of RecordsSan Francisco Public Works
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From: Department of Public Works
Dear Anonymous,
I am confirming that we received your email request, dated Dec. 5, on Dec. 7. Public records requests received after the close of business, or received on a weekend or holiday, are considered received on the next business day. We have logged as Public Records Request #20-4788. You have requested the following records:
1. text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar. Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata.
2. text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar.
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Dec. 17, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
Our department uses the NextRequest online records request system. You will receive an email from Nextrequest.com with instructions for setting up an account and following up on this request. In the future, please make requests for Public Works records online at: http://sfpublicworks.org/records.
Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an "identifiable record or records" in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City's obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
We will produce responsive records online through the NextRequest portal. However, if hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
In lieu of hard copies, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
Regards,
[cid:image003.jpg@01D6CC7A.5719BFB0]David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records & Executive Assistant to the Director
San Francisco Public Works | City and County of San Francisco
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1647 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | (628) 271-2888
sfpublicworks.org<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/> · twitter.com/sfpublicworks<http://www.twitter.com/sfpublicworks>
For public records requests, please go to sfpublicworks.org/records<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/records>.
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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From: Department of Public Works
Dear Anonymous,
I am confirming that we received your email request, dated Dec. 5, on Dec. 7. Public records requests received after the close of business, or received on a weekend or holiday, are considered received on the next business day. We have logged as Public Records Request #20-4789. You have requested the following records:
1. text, chat, or instant messages between the Department Head/Elected Official and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar. Provide rolling responses. Provide exact copies including all metadata.
2. text, chat, or instant messages between any non-department head/elected official (i.e. the other dept employees) and either Sean Elsbernd, Andrea Bruss, London Breed, Harlan Kelly, Jr., Naomi Kelly, Hank Heckel, or Walter Wong, including all group messages, and all messages in threads, in any form and any app (including, but not limited to, SMS, MMS, text, iMessage, Teams, Discord, WeChat, QQ, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Hangouts, Meet, Slack, Skype, Viber, Snapchat, Line, Kik, FaceTime, Wickr Me, Chatroulette, Threema, KakaoTalk, Duo, GroupMe, Wire, Voxer, Allo, Tango, Bumble, Grindr, Tinder, Olive, Taimi, but NOT including email), on any government accounts/devices or on personal accounts or devices regarding the conduct of public business, including all participant names, message text, images, attachments, dates, and times, including any in trash or deleted folders or similar.
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Dec. 17, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
Our department uses the NextRequest online records request system. You will receive an email from Nextrequest.com with instructions for setting up an account and following up on this request. In the future, please make requests for Public Works records online at: http://sfpublicworks.org/records.
Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an "identifiable record or records" in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City's obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
We will produce responsive records online through the NextRequest portal. However, if hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
In lieu of hard copies, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
Regards,
[cid:image002.jpg@01D6CC7A.641F5620]David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records & Executive Assistant to the Director
San Francisco Public Works | City and County of San Francisco
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1647 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | (628) 271-2888
sfpublicworks.org<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/> · twitter.com/sfpublicworks<http://www.twitter.com/sfpublicworks>
For public records requests, please go to sfpublicworks.org/records<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/records>.
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A document has been released for record request #20-4788:
* RE_ California Public Records Act Request_ Text and Chat Messages - Immediate Disclosure Request - San Francisco Universal Search (DPW).pdf
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City and County of San Francisco
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records in previously filed requests, which you may view at the following links:
* https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/requests/20-2735
* https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/requests/20-830
Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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A document has been released for record request #20-4788:
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request, which we have released to you.
Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request, which we have released to you.
Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Mr. Steinberg,
RE #20-4788:
Thanks for your prompt responses. Please be sure to produce all participant names on all sides of the convo (they are recorded on the electronic devices and are thus a public record). It is unclear who the parties are in the messages you have so far produced (i.e. who the producing employee is).
Also, for the past requests, please be sure to search for any new messages that may fall outside the time period of the past requests you linked (before or after).
--Anonymous
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
In response to your latest email requesting names of text participants, please note that we are releasing records that have been given to us by employees in the format that the employees have provided. In some cases, the texts may not contain the names or phone numbers of participants.
As you are aware, the City’s obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Mr. Steinberg,
RE #20-4788:
I am not asking you to create a new record. The name is stored on the device and is an electronic public record; and the message details screen, which is an electronic record, will have this information. Also, in San Francisco, under SF Admin Code 67.21(l) you must produce any electronic format available to or easily generated by your department that I request.
--Anonymous
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
Please update the address you have on file for us. Our office moved out of City Hall in July.
You can submit requests to us at:
49 S. Van Ness Ave., Suite 1600
SF, CA 94103
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
Documents have been released for record request #20-4788 along with the following message:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request, which we have released to you.
Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Regards,
David A. SteinbergCustodian of RecordsSan Francisco Public Works
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Thanks Mr. Steinberg,
Please add the following immediate disclosure request:
- all communication between Mr. Steinberg and DPW persons requesting or receiving records in #20-4788, including all attachments, and to/from/cc/bcc and sent dates produced directly as an exact PDF copy (the remaining metadata is not relevant at this moment).
It seems that will be the easiest way for me to find out whose communications these are...
--Anonymous
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Your record request #20-4829 has been submitted. You can see it anytime at the link below.
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4829:
We received your public records request, dated Dec. 8. You have requested the following records:
- all communication between Mr. Steinberg and DPW persons requesting or receiving records in #20-4788, including all attachments, and to/from/cc/bcc and sent dates produced directly as an exact PDF copy (the remaining metadata is not relevant at this moment).
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Dec. 18, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
It is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
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From: Department of Public Works
Dear Anonymous,
I am confirming that we received your email request today, which we have logged as Public Records Request #20-4829. You have requested the following records: all communication between Mr. Steinberg and DPW persons requesting or receiving records in #20-4788, including all attachments, and to/from/cc/bcc and sent dates produced directly as an exact PDF copy.
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Dec. 18, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
As you know, our department uses the NextRequest online records request system. You will receive an email from Nextrequest.com with instructions for following up on this request. Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an "identifiable record or records" in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City's obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
We will produce responsive records online through the NextRequest portal. However, if hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
In lieu of hard copies, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
Regards,
[cid:image003.jpg@01D6CD61.B9F325D0]David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records & Executive Assistant to the Director
San Francisco Public Works | City and County of San Francisco
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1647 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | (628) 271-2888
sfpublicworks.org<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/> · twitter.com/sfpublicworks<http://www.twitter.com/sfpublicworks>
For public records requests, please go to sfpublicworks.org/records<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/records>.
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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A document has been released to you for record request #20-4829:
* RE_ California Public Records Act Request #20-4788.pdf
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Documents have been released for record request #20-4829:
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From: Department of Public Works
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Record request #20-4829 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records and are releasing them to you. As you know, because our redaction process eliminates links and attachments in PDF documents, we have released two versions of those documents: One is the redacted PDF (the format you requested) and the other splits the Outlook messages into component parts (text file, attachments, images). We did this to ensure that you were able to receive all of the records you requested.
If you have trouble accessing the files, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
If hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an “identifiable record or records” in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City’s obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
This concludes your public records request.
Regards,
David A. SteinbergCustodian of RecordsSan Francisco Public Works
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Mr. Steinberg,
You appear to have unlawfully withheld public employee names, signature blocks, and *government* - not personal - email addresses in 20-4829.
That information is not exempt under personal privacy exemptions.
Is this intentional or a mistake?
For example:
https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/documents/6114814
--Anonymous
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Anonymous,
In response to your email today, please note that we properly redacted specific information in the document you cited, and we included the appropriate footnote. We did this after consulting with the City Attorney's Office.
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San Francisco Public Works
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you. Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
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David A. Steinberg
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San Francisco Public Works
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you. Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
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David A. Steinberg
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San Francisco Public Works
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you. Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you. Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we are releasing to you. Due to the need to continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and your request to produce on a rolling basis, we will produce any additional responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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Documents have been released for record request #20-4788:
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City and County of San Francisco
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
It is not possible, however, for us to complete your request by today’s deadline. Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records within 10 days, plus possible 14-day extension, but must notify the requester whether the records exist. We will continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and will produce responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis. We estimate that we will be able to produce the records approximately Dec. 31.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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Documents have been released for record request #20-4788:
* Messages - Sean Elsbernd.pdf-redacted.pdf
* Messages - London Breed.pdf-redacted.pdf
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City and County of San Francisco
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
We will continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and will produce responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis. We estimate that we will be able to produce the records approximately Dec. 31.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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A document has been released for record request #20-4788 along with the following message:
Thank you for bringing to our attention the inadvertent release of an unredacted version of this ecord. You will notice that the file name ends in “redacted,” but an apparent glitch in the NextRequest platform failed to save the redactions. We have made the correction and are re-releasing the document to you.
* Messages - London Breed.pdf-redacted.pdf
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City and County of San Francisco
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Documents have been released for record request #20-4788:
* Messages - London Breed.pdf-redacted.pdf-redacted.pdf
* Messages - Sean Elsbernd.pdf-redacted.pdf-redacted.pdf
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City and County of San Francisco
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Documents have been released for record request #20-4788:
* Messages - Carol Isen & Naomi Kelly.pdf-redacted.pdf-redacted.pdf
* Messages - Naomi Kelly & Harlan Kelly.pdf-redacted.pdf-redacted.pdf
* Messages - Naomi Kelly & Carla Short.pdf-redacted.pdf-redacted.pdf
* Messages - Sean Elsbernd.pdf-redacted.pdf
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City and County of San Francisco
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records, which we have released to you.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
We will continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and will produce responsive records as soon as reasonably possible on an incremental or rolling basis. We estimate that we will be able to produce the records approximately Dec. 31.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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City and County of San Francisco
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request and believe we have such records in our possession. It is not possible, however, for us to complete your request by today’s deadline. Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records within 10 days, plus possible 14-day extension, but must notify the requester whether the records exist. We will continue searching, reviewing and redacting records, and will produce responsive records as soon as reasonably possible. We estimate that we will be able to produce the records approximately Jan. 8, 2021.
In addition, we believe that we will be withholding (and/or redacting) additional records responsive to your request due to privacy concerns, pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
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David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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A document has been released for record request #20-4788:
* Messages - Naomi Kelly.pdf-redacted.pdf
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Record request #20-4788 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. We have located responsive records and are releasing them to you. I apologize for the delay in getting you the final record, but we encountered repeated problems with the file after uploading it to NextRequest and were only able to successfully perform the redaction today.
If you have trouble accessing the files, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
If hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an “identifiable record or records” in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City’s obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
We have also withheld records responsive to your request [and/or redacted parts of the records provided in response to your request] that contain labor negotiations strategy discussions. Cal. Govt. Code 6254(p)(2)
Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
This concludes your public records request.
Regards,
David A. SteinbergCustodian of RecordsSan Francisco Public Works
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
This is an immediate disclosure request for all info you deemed nonresponsive in https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/documents/6310551
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
This is an immediate disclosure request for all info you deemed nonresponsive in the attached record.
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Your record request #21-220 has been submitted. You can see it anytime at the link below.
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City and County of San Francisco
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A document has been released for record request #21-220:
* RE_ California Public Records Act Request #20-4788.pdf
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-220:
We received your public records request, dated Jan. 19. You have requested the following records:
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Jan. 29, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
It is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
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From: Department of Public Works
Dear Anonymous,
I am confirming that we received your email request today, which we have logged as Public Records Request #21-220 You have requested the following records:
Pursuant to Mayor London Breed's Proclamation dated March 13, 2020, Sections 67.25(a) and 67.25(b) of the Administrative Code are suspended for the duration of the local emergency.
For this reason, we are treating your Immediate Disclosure Request as a standard public records request, subject to the normally applicable 10-day response time, with a possible extension.
Our department will identify and compile the requested information. The Sunshine Ordinance requires departments to respond as soon as possible or within 10 calendar days from receipt of any records requests. Therefore, we will contact you on or before Jan. 29, as permitted by San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.21(b) and California Government Code § 6253(c). Please note that during the current public health emergency, the department is not required to provide copies of records by this deadline but must notify the requester whether the records exist.
As you know, our department uses the NextRequest online records request system. You will receive an email from Nextrequest.com with instructions for following up on this request. Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an "identifiable record or records" in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City's obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
We will produce responsive records online through the NextRequest portal. However, if hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
In lieu of hard copies, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
Regards,
[cid:image001.jpg@01D6EE84.E9A7F280]David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records & Executive Assistant to the Director
San Francisco Public Works | City and County of San Francisco
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1647 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | (628) 271-2888
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A document has been released for record request #21-220:
* Messages - Naomi Kelly.pdf-redacted.pdf
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From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Record request #21-220 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:
We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your request. In our response to https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/requests/20-4788, we initially withheld some records that were not related to City business in line with the City of San Jose ruling. Subsequently, we learned that the texts were on a City-owned phone, not a personal device, so we are releasing the additional records to you now.
If you have trouble accessing the files, we can burn the responsive records onto a CD at a rate of $1 per CD or load the responsive records onto a flash drive at a rate of $4 per flash drive. Fees for duplication are subject to change and postage is an additional cost.
If hard copies are needed, we can provide hard copies of any 8.5x11 documents that are made available to you at a cost of 10 cents per copy, as allowed by the San Francisco Administrative Code § 67.28(c). This section states "a fee not to exceed 10 cents per page may be charged." Postage is an additional cost.
Please note that the Public Records Act requires an agency to make available to any person a copy of an “identifiable record or records” in its possession, unless the record is specifically exempt from disclosure. (Please see California Government Code § 6253(b).) The City’s obligation under the Sunshine Ordinance, like the Public Records Act, is to produce public records in its custody. (See San Francisco Administration Code § 67.20(b).) There is no requirement that a department or officer construct a document to meet the specifications of the request.
Due to privacy concerns, personal information, such as personal phone numbers, cell numbers and email addresses, has been redacted from the documents that we are making available to you. We redacted this personal information pursuant to Section 6254(c) and Section 6254(k) of the California Public Records Act and Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution.
We have also withheld records responsive to your request [and/or redacted parts of the records provided in response to your request] that contain labor negotiations strategy discussions. Cal. Govt. Code 6254(p)(2)
Please note that it is not necessary to create a NextRequest account to view responsive records. Once they have been released, a link, valid for 30 days, will be provided to view the records. Additionally, unless privacy concerns prevent it, Public Works makes all records requests visible to the public. You may search for requests at https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/.
This concludes your public records request.
Regards,
David A. SteinbergCustodian of RecordsSan Francisco Public Works
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
It appears DPW is admitting it unlawfully withheld information in prior request 20-4788.
If so, it needs to correct its response to that request. Why things aren't disclosed until I ask twice is very interesting...
From: Department of Public Works
City and County of San Francisco
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Hi there
A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4788:
In addition to the records we released to you in response to this request, additional records can be at found https://sanfrancisco.nextrequest.com/requests/21-220.
Regards,
David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records
San Francisco Public Works
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From: Department of Public Works
Good Afternoon:
The Department of Public Works 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.
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 I didn't get any attachments.
From: Department of Public Works
Sorry. The attachment is here.
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
DPW needs it too. Thanks.
From: Department of Public Works
Hi Cheryl,
Attached is our response to the complaint.
Regards,
[cid:image001.jpg@01D706B9.F256A500]David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records & Executive Assistant to the Director
San Francisco Public Works | City and County of San Francisco
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1647 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | (628) 271-2888
sfpublicworks.org<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/> * twitter.com/sfpublicworks<http://www.twitter.com/sfpublicworks>
For public records requests, please go to sfpublicworks.org/records<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/records>.
From: Department of Public Works
[cid:image001.jpg@01D71CC7.1BE4FB60]David A. Steinberg
Custodian of Records & Executive Assistant to the Director
San Francisco Public Works | City and County of San Francisco
49 South Van Ness Avenue, Suite 1647 | San Francisco, CA 94103 | (628) 271-2888
sfpublicworks.org<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/> * twitter.com/sfpublicworks<http://www.twitter.com/sfpublicworks>
For public records requests, please go to sfpublicworks.org/records<http://www.sfpublicworks.org/records>.
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