Protested for-profit prison towns (Whittier City Clerk)

Mr. Lipton,

In response to your California Public Records Act (CPRA)[1] request, January 23, 2017 regarding privately operated prisons. After reviewing your request, the City Clerk Department has compiled the following response:

1. Any and all materials regarding or referencing the potential of a privately-operated prison within the jurisdiction of this agency. Please include(but do not limit to):

-all communications between any representative of this jurisdiction and any representative of the company in question (emails, letters, text messages, etc.)

-other communications (emails, letters, text messages, etc.)

-memorandums of understanding

-contracts and associated amendments, exhibits

-Requests for proposals and all associated responses, questions, responses

-comments from the community, meeting minutes, council notes

The City of Whittier has no responsive documents to your request for public records.

This concludes the City's response to your CPRA request. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please call the City Clerk-Treasurer Department at (562) 567-9850.

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[1] The CPRA authorizes the general public the right to inspect and receive copies of existing records which have been reasonably identified by the requestor and are not otherwise exempt from disclosure. In addition, the CPRA does not require the City to create new documents or lists.

Mark Mahan
City of Whittier
13230 Penn Street
Whittier, CA 90602
(562) 567-9850
(562) 567-2870 fax
mmahan@cityofwhittier.org

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[1] The CPRA authorizes the general public the right to inspect and receive copies of existing records which have been reasonably identified by the requestor and are not otherwise exempt from disclosure. In addition, the CPRA does not require the City to create new documents or lists.