NCP/Revenge Porn Investigations and Arrest Logs (CA) (Santa Cruz Police Department)

Good afternoon,
This email is in response to your request for public records from the City of Santa Cruz as detailed below. Your request was received on November 28, 2018.
Requested Records:
"1) Any reports filed for non-consensual pornography or "revenge porn" investigations from October 1, 2013 to the date this request is processed. 2) Arrest logs relating to charges of non-consensual pornography or "revenge porn" from October 1, 2013 to the date this request is processed. The San Diego Police Department has determined the above information constitutes a public record and has provided a report and log for "revenge porn" cases. The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes."
We have no records that are responsive to your request. Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, This request seeks records which, if they exist, are exempt from production as law enforcement investigatory records under GC 6254(f).
Under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) you are entitled to copies of identifiable, non-exempt public records (Govt. Code section 6253). Please note that the CPRA requires the City to provide access to, or copies of, records responsive to your request which are in its possession, subject to certain exceptions. The CPRA does not require the City to provide information, answer questions, or create records which do not exist.

To the extent that any of the records you seek are attorney-client communications under the attorney-client privilege or are otherwise attorney-client privileged records, such records are exempt from disclosure under the CPRA pursuant to Government Code section 6254(k).

In addition, to the extent that any of the records you seek are drafts and notes that are not kept in the ordinary course of business for the City and which the City has determined that the public interest in withholding the record clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure due to the particular details and nature of the records, such records are exempt from disclosure under the CPRA pursuant to Government Code section 6254(a). Also given the particular details and nature of certain records that you seek, to the extent that such records involve communications to decision makers within the City for which final decisions have not yet been made and final actions have not yet been taken and/or the City has determined that the public interest in withholding the record clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure, such records are exempt from disclosure under the CPRA pursuant to Government Code section 6255.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Kelly Thompson
Records Coordinator
City of Santa Cruz
831-420-5034

Public Records Requests may be submitted online via the Public Records Request form, by email to
kthompson@cityofsantacruz.com<mailto:kthompson@cityofsantacruz.com>, or by hard copy form available at the City Clerk's Office located at 809 Center Street, Room 9, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

Please note: Public Record Act Requests submitted via email, fax, USPS, or dropoff after 5:00 p.m. on a business day, Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays will be processed as received on the next open business day. The 10-day response period begins when the request is received.