2020-2021 Manner of Homeless Death (Ventura County District Attorney)

Good morning.

I am no longer our office representative for CPRA requests. Please change your records. The new contact is Rachelle Dean and her email is above, as I'm cc'ing her with this reply.

Thanks.

Chuck Hughes
Senior Deputy District Attorney
County of Ventura
Hall of Justice
800 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 314
Ventura, CA 93009
(805) 654-5077
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Dear P W Robinson,

I am writing you in response to your California Public Records request.

You requested records/documents of "the cause and manner of death of homeless residents in Ventura County for the last two years." Our office does not maintain specific records concerning the cause and manner of death of homeless residents in our county. Although we may prosecute cases wherein a homeless person was killed (in those cases the manner of death would likely be homicide or accident as determined by the Medical Examiner), we do not track these cases by the domicile status of the victim. I would encourage you to reach out to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office who may have the information you are seeking.

Sincerely,
Kevin Drescher
Chief Deputy District Attorney
Ventura County District Attorney's Office
Special Prosecutions Division
5720 Ralston Street, Suite 300
Ventura, CA 93003
kevin.drescher@ventura.org
(805) 662-1701
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Ventura County District Attorney
PRA Office
Suite 314
800 S. Victoria Ave.
Ventura, CA 93009

November 1, 2021

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Requesting the cause and manner of death of homeless residents of Ventura County for the past two years.

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,

P W Robinson

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