Request for deaths records (Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office)

Dear Matt Kiefer:
Thank you for your interest in public records of Santa Barbara County Sheriff.  Your request has been received and is being processed.  Your request was received in this office on 7/31/2020 and given the reference number P000902-073120 for tracking purposes. To whom it may concern:

This is a request pursuant to the California Public Records Act. We are requesting death records dating back to Jan. 1, 2020, with the following information for each case:

- decedent name
- case number
- decedent name
- date of death
- location of death
- race
- ethnicity
- age
- gender
- occupation/industry
- whether injury/infection occurred at work
- incident location (street address, city, state, ZIP where injury/infection occurred)
- incident date
- decedent residence (street address, city, state, ZIP)
- cause(s) of death (indicating if COVID related)
- contributing factors
- any other accessible, non-exempt information contained in electronic case records

This request is part of an ongoing collaboration involving the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University, the MuckRock Foundation and partner newsrooms across the country. This request is part of a news-gathering process and is intended for educational, not commercial use.

We request expedited processing to the extent possible. This information is critical to the public’s understanding of the coronavirus pandemic and its local impact on public health. Let us know if we can help clarify this request in any way. Please also consider waiving any fees for producing the requested records.

Please provide the data in spreadsheet format as an e-mail attachment.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. We look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

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Matt Kiefer
John S. Knight Journalism Fellow
Stanford University
312-380-5163‬

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Re: Public Records Request of July 31, 2020. Reference #: P000902-073120
Dear Matt Kiefer:
The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office has identified no records that appear to be responsive to your records request dated July 31, 2020.
You may not have received our previous response dated Sept 1, 2020, where we indicated no responsive records were available.
Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please respond to this email.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Karla Barajas
Coroners


To monitor the progress, update this request, or download responsive records, please log into the Public Records Center. (https://u8387795.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=nZGH0ylxadMp5hTpNkeAFgvl8hyJsp8Qz1ZgjsSxUDtnPMtpzEf-2FaOJxkQBtiUe-2BzeKt3EPm-2FZ5ByjZXmZEadg9z2a-2BMvAjpm-2FCPaO8OS4z2B94iTYRL-2F9D0BaqAF31vrSzM_hyGcodSCGMBWUfxZpcGvDhMgAlNRcCwDhackuqKcuy-2FC7eJYpZMRenc-2B8ltSz7d6ydYJ1FpXg66yQijWhAiH3IruK2szU5aAcQoKfIS7DUT25Hb-2Budz0cJ-2BC8SNJ8IE5mf3YF-2BO-2FbGL-2BtlPKuEqvr6TglY4Bot7gTduCRb4A7o4RnXcMrjYtZ0-2FtvI957rltTVgaSYgVDx93Q12iQq-2FcKoHADMWcXodf5a1FXN1U-2BhTS1KyBUjfff7xFz7Fy-2BVkrGzxoQAaw2eHtAMg0IH0PBisdgDDIMMn-2FiC2gnbesEdjAeoRWE0o8JKPiabEt8L4ruEDI61cZ0LMU5-2FjJpbw8ue1fVIBcT8q4OmW2N2ykDmvzCgrKcfmVbq-2BZxldL4j7QHg3l-2B4mvFCUXgUoIIVHQ6A-3D-3D)

Mr. Kiefer,

An email request from you was forwarded to me from Sgt. Richard Soto. I am responding to your request from July 31, 2020 for death records. I spoke with our Coroner's Staff about this request. In so doing, I was advised they communicated with you or someone from your staff that there we have no responsive records meeting your request.

I updated this information in GovQA, as I did not see an entry indicating as such.

Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please respond to this email.

Sincerely,

Mike McCoy
Criminal Records Sergeant
Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office
4434 Calle Real
Santa Barbara CA, 93110
805-681-4910