UASI equipment grants to law enforcement (Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative)
| Tracking # |
W010872-011022 |
| Multi Request | UASI equipment grants to law enforcement |
| Submitted | Dec. 10, 2021 |
| Due | Feb. 2, 2022 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: John Lindsay-Poland
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records that identify equipment grants to law enforcement agencies within the area in which your Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) authority operates, approved since January 1, 2016, including grant application if available, that contain some or all of the following information:
Name of recipient or sub-recipient;
City or County of recipient/sub-recipient;
Summary description of equipment for which the grant was intended;
Dollar amount or value of grant, award, or sub-award;
Fiscal Year of federal funds from which grant originated;
Time period in which grant was to be executed.
The information we have received from the California Office of Emergency Services indicates that the following serve as UASI authorities or administrators within California:
Bay Area UASI;
City of Los Angeles;
City of Santa Ana, Homeland Security Division;
City of San Diego, Office of Homeland Security;
City of Riverside Office of Emergency Management;
Sacramento Police Department.
Please disclose records as they become available to you. If you determine that any or all of the information in responsive records is exempt from disclosure, I request that: (1) you exercise your discretion to disclose some or all of the records notwithstanding the exemption; and (2) that, with respect to records containing both exempt and non-exempt content, you redact the exempt content and disclose the rest.
If you have questions to clarify this request, you may contact me directly at 510-282-8983 or via email at jlindsay-poland@afsc.org.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
John Lindsay-Poland
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 19, 2021. 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: Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative
To: John Lindsay-Poland
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We received your Public Records Request on December 19, 2021 at 10:00:45pm and we are processing our response. With regard to your Public Records Request, we 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 January 12, 2022).)
Janell R. Myhre
Regional Program Manager
Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
Janell.Myhre@sfgov.org<mailto:Janell.Myhre@sfgov.org>
From: Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative
Dear John: Thank you for your interest in public records of the City of Riverside. Your request was received by the Public Records Advocate on 1/10/2022 and given the reference number W010872-011022 for tracking purposes. Record(s) Requested: Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records that identify equipment grants to law enforcement agencies within the area in which your Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) authority operates, approved since January 1, 2016, including grant application if available, that contain some or all of the following information:
Name of recipient or sub-recipient;
City or County of recipient/sub-recipient;
Summary description of equipment for which the grant was intended;
Dollar amount or value of grant, award, or sub-award;
Fiscal Year of federal funds from which grant originated;
Time period in which grant was to be executed.
The information we have received from the California Office of Emergency Services indicates that the following serve as UASI authorities or administrators within California:
Bay Area UASI;
City of Los Angeles;
City of Santa Ana, Homeland Security Division;
City of San Diego, Office of Homeland Security;
City of Riverside Office of Emergency Management;
Sacramento Police Department.
Please disclose records as they become available to you. If you determine that any or all of the information in responsive records is exempt from disclosure, I request that: (1) you exercise your discretion to disclose some or all of the records notwithstanding the exemption; and (2) that, with respect to records containing both exempt and non-exempt content, you redact the exempt content and disclose the rest.
If you have questions to clarify this request, you may contact me directly at 510-282-8983 or via email at jlindsay-poland@afsc.org.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
John Lindsay-Poland The request will be forwarded to appropriate department(s) for processing. Monitor request progress at the link below. The Public Records Advocate will email you when the request is complete. Thank you for using the Riverside Records Portal. Carmen Soto City Clerk’s Office
3900 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92522
(951) 826-5557 CSoto@riversideca.gov (mailto:CSoto@riversideca.gov) To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Riverside Records Portal. (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=nZGH0ylxadMp5hTpNkeAFrwWNkqPu4e2QPPY3yFKP6fSxZ5J1eP7eV5I1ARMVT7EfGMQmKPovaUADD48tB-2F3gi0vufHiEuuQYIWbd-2BAZrjY-3Dprpv_tevRxYYJ8z1O0UQqKoklhfU0nt5Zv9J4lcMIxM65jzz3EjIzJjSLb-2BaUhYZCHH85Ua8dEMEMjVsa15RVUy-2Fxf5OPRTJeXJRasExMw9wUMzJu8In5rY-2Fc2ck-2FsHqhAS2TgyemYpo0oXr-2B8vPMyzxGTReeCSbyc9a2TxOPM-2BG0mIE8ie2iG-2BSKA6OK22vAwUBH9YTABbGJoxv5qaCeMFJmtjJnKQ5PBi8ePZXcqQzMuTQOD9rMhlQ-2BFHqG9TLBRlPjvg8Lsk6dIUVl-2Bjs8RixMvQ5iXYXGYF6hHS2rXnDoXlJn6wE-2FZpq-2F2DBK-2BnwFIU3vzH2gT-2BhArBVm-2BWRt2-2FuVponrXZZNCIRkIfGxlItHHq97CsIj-2Fu6zrXTkscqSjDq-2F2QemiMXDw8ZzpPg9xQ7LzA-3D-3D)
From: Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of January 10, 2022, Reference # W010872-011022
Dear John,
The Public Records Advocate received the below records request from you on January 10, 2022.
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records that identify equipment grants to law enforcement agencies within the area in which your Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) authority operates, approved since January 1, 2016, including grant application if available, that contain some or all of the following information:
Name of recipient or sub-recipient;
City or County of recipient/sub-recipient;
Summary description of equipment for which the grant was intended;
Dollar amount or value of grant, award, or sub-award;
Fiscal Year of federal funds from which grant originated;
Time period in which grant was to be executed.
The information we have received from the California Office of Emergency Services indicates that the following serve as UASI authorities or administrators within California:
Bay Area UASI;
City of Los Angeles;
City of Santa Ana, Homeland Security Division;
City of San Diego, Office of Homeland Security;
City of Riverside Office of Emergency Management;
Sacramento Police Department.
Please disclose records as they become available to you. If you determine that any or all of the information in responsive records is exempt from disclosure, I request that: (1) you exercise your discretion to disclose some or all of the records notwithstanding the exemption; and (2) that, with respect to records containing both exempt and non-exempt content, you redact the exempt content and disclose the rest.
If you have questions to clarify this request, you may contact me directly at 510-282-8983 or via email at jlindsay-poland@afsc.org.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
John Lindsay-Poland
Please provide the following clarification: We were informed by the Bay Area UASI that they received the request for records referenced above. Please advise if your intent was for the City of Riverside to respond to this request. Otherwise, we will take no action and allow the original recipient of the request for records (Bay Area UASI) to respond. If you wish the City of Riverside to proceed with this request, please respond by January 24, 2021. Otherwise, the City will consider your request withdrawn.
You may provide a response to the City by any of the following methods:
1. by email to the Public Records Advocate, Carmen Soto, at CSoto@riversideca.gov (mailto:CSoto@riversideca.gov)
2. by regular mail to Carmen Soto, Public Records Advocate, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522; or
3. in person at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92522.
Upon receipt of your clarification, the City will further respond to your request as required by law, including providing you with an estimate of costs, if any, associated with producing the requested records.
If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely,
Carmen Soto
City Clerk’s Office
(951) 826-5557 CSoto@riversideca.gov (mailto:CSoto@riversideca.gov)
To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the Riverside Records Portal. (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=nZGH0ylxadMp5hTpNkeAFrwWNkqPu4e2QPPY3yFKP6fSxZ5J1eP7eV5I1ARMVT7ERNSyiK-2Fo1qdZyVmIum6P7bCWiKJt2l0NjCvePxei0gz-2Bzbj-2FmXc1tgRq7te2cYsyJLon_tevRxYYJ8z1O0UQqKoklhfU0nt5Zv9J4lcMIxM65jzz3EjIzJjSLb-2BaUhYZCHH85Ua8dEMEMjVsa15RVUy-2Fxf-2B1RFFfqxZWMgokattmGMabJOMa08a1yhFb2D-2FUm8afp96LF1sXlQaLrSag2AjzzT6aGAAjVyX7edTsWK-2BzL6loFtPxoOotpVGmmqJmGlskE5o0hhxmaPo0V2iCOeyqGjeK27GVN7Lqh42cxNf9PZIeFyFXxxEWpfzXZJb5a-2BSKYAIfICrpyRNTU5xSR99rppN0UVqHZGv6ZWr8Cl8TGWdZ3nWoQ67MFG2mjqMQNoCJ7i6ICeOb5B-2FfArjVIscHMgAiB-2BGPnN96-2FIin7BaLvHI4VQbzZk8Fbe064StowgMC529l7xBN5DA-2B-2BVzSB6GhnOA-3D-3D)
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From: John Lindsay-Poland
Dear Ms. Soto,
I am glad this request got to Bay Area UASI. I used a platform, Muckrock, which misdirected the request to City of Riverside. I have asked Muckrock to correct this. You may disregard correspondence that may be incorrectly addressed to you related to this request to BAUASI.
best,
John Lindsay-Poland
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From: John Lindsay-Poland
Hi Miranda and Muckrock,
Though Miranda wrote to say that this was untangled, it still appears to be partially tangled. This request appears to still be directed to Riverside, even though it's labeled as going to Bay Area UASI.
On this record, the response on December 29 is actually from staff at Bay Area UASI, not Riverside. I can't tell what has happened, if anything, with the request originally directed to Bay Area UASI, since the contact info on this request still shows Riverside.
I am going to write Bay Area UASI independently to see if they responded already. It would be late for us to start this request over.
Thanks.
John
