Request for deaths records

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November 10, 2020

Ms. Senese
Attached is the Solano County Sheriff-Coroner's response to your recent Public Records Act request received October 26, and again November 5, 2020. This Excel spreadsheet includes all death records reported to the Sheriff-Coroner's Office from June 22, 2020 to date request received.

"Pending" indicates the Sheriff-Coroner's case is still open, pending test results to complete and close the file. "Redacted" indicates that the file remains open due to an open investigation and/or prosecution (Gov.Code 6254(f); Evid. Code 1040). Information has been provided as to Cause of Death Due to 2, Cause of Death Due to 3 for coronavirus/COVid-19 reportable only cases.
Additional Sheriff-Coroner's case information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Civil Code sections 56.10, 56.11; Gov. Code sections 6254 (c), (k); Welfare & Institutions Code 5328.8; 42 CFR 164 et seq. "HIPAA"; Cal Con. Article 1, sec. 1 right to privacy).

Please do not hesitate to contact me if I may be of additional assistance.
Thank you.

Ramona M. Margherio

Deputy County Counsel

Solano County Counsel's Office

675 Texas Street, Suite 6600

Fairfield, CA 94533

Phone: (707) 784-6156

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Solano County Sheriff
PRA Office
Suite 100
530 Union Avenue,
Fairfield, CA 94533

November 5, 2020

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 26, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

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

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On Oct. 26, 2020:
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Request for deaths records
To whom it may concern:

This is a request pursuant to the California Public Records Act. We are requesting death records dating back to June 22, 2020, to the date this request is ultimately fulfilled, 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, with complete MOD and COD fields (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 Brown Institute for Media Innovation, 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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Sincerely,
Kyra Senese
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
kas2317@columbia.edu<mailto:kas2317@columbia.edu>
630-608-8844

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Thank you for your efforts on this, Ramona!

We appreciate your help and will be in touch with any questions.

Best,
Kyra Senese
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*Kyra Senese*
Senior Research Assistant
Documenting COVID-19 <https://www.documentingcovid19.io/>
Columbia University's Brown Institute for Media Innovation
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