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DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE:
LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE
MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS
ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS
ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES
ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES
Prepared for: 06/29/2020
Document dates: 6/10/2020 – 6/17/2020
Set 1 of 3
Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet
reproduction in a given week.
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Carol Scott <cscott@crossfieldllc.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 3:17 PM
To:Council, City; Kamhi, Philip
Subject:June 15, 2020 Consent Calendar: Dixon Contract Extension
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Dear Council Members and Mr. Kamhi,
I am writing to support the Dixon Contract extension. This is critical for the parking permit management
system and other Office of Transportation projects currently underway. These projects will bring increased
efficiency to the City's operations and provide better data on which to make decisions. Many of the projects
have been planned for years and could be operational in 2021.
Carol Scott
Palo Alto Resident
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Carol Scott
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Wolfgang Dueregger <wolfgang.dueregger@alumni.stanford.edu>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 3:09 PM
To:Council, City; Kamhi, Philip
Cc:Neilson Buchanan; Paul & Karen Machado; Carol Scott; Tim Mealiffe; David Schrom; Allen Akin; Chris
Robell
Subject:June 15 2020 Consent Calendar: Dixon Contract
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To City Council:
Please support the contract extension. It is mission critical for the parking permit management system and
other Office of Transportation projects currently underway. Many of these projects have been planned for
years and could be operational early in 2021.
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/65672
thank you
Wolfgang Dueregger
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 1:58 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:June 15 2020 Consent Calendar: Dixon Contract
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Please support the contract extension. It is mission critical to for the parking permit management
system and other Office of Transportation projects currently underway. Many of these projects have
been planned for years and could be operational early in 2021.
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/65672
Neilson Buchanan
155 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com
Redacted
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Baumb, Nelly
From:hannah kim <moduhana@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 7:43 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Public Comment: Action 7
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Hello,
I'd like to express my concern for how the Council will not be taking up the HRC's recommendation that funding to
Downtown Street Team (DST) be approved on the condition that the organization provides additional documents to the
city.
It is disturbing that the Finance Committee has decided to move forward with funding the DST by the Community
Development Block Grant without discussion of the sexual harassment allegations that have been made against the
organization.
To ignore these allegations seems dangerously negligent for our community's present and future, and I would like to
request that the HRC's recommendations including the conditions for DST be considered.
Thank you very much.
Best,
Hannah Kim
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Baumb, Nelly
From:john@kovalfamily.com
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 1:28 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Potential Budget Reduction Suggestion / Police Funding
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I have noticed that a full time police officer is being stationed on Embarcadero Road, near Greer St. The traffic on
Embarcadero is travelling about normal speed, particularly since many people are back to work. This is an unnecessary
use of resources and I would rather that money be spent on something useful for the community. If you terminate this
position, you would have ~$200k that could help in other, more important areas.
Also, please do not succumb to the ridiculous idea of defunding the Police. First you must start by reforming/breaking
ties with the POA Union, then training of officers. Many of you are beholden to them recieving financial support to
obtain their support and for backing their policies!! We do not want Palo Alto to descend into lawlessness!
Thanks,
John Koval
Palo Alto
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Baumb, Nelly
From:lprice@vcn.bc.ca
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 12:18 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Police reform
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________________________________
Dear Council,
I like Scientific American's suggestions to improve policing:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/policing‐can‐take‐a‐lesson‐from‐health‐
care/?utm_source=promotion&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blm‐letter&utm_content=text&utm_term=SA_SA‐
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Expire_OptinYes&spMailingID=66319398&spUserID=NTY1MTUxNzg4NwS2&spJobID=1901370221&spReportId=MTkwM
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I hope you will consider implementing them. I think they'd be helpful regardless of the current state of our policing.
Thank you,
Lottie Price
Palo Alto
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Toiya Black <toiyablack@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 12:13 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:8cantwait
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Dear Council members,
I am the African American mother of two mixed boys who are now 16. One of my sons was minding his own business at
a park in the evening. My son was called over by a policeman who didn’t identify himself as a policeman and my son
couldn’t see him clearly as it was dark. He just heard “hey kid, come over here”. My son, who was taught not to talk to
strangers, responded with “no”. The police officer said again, “kid, I said, get over here”. My son repeated “no”. It wasn’t
until the officer FINALLY said, “I'm not going to arrest you, I just want to talk to you”, that my son went over and as he
got closer he realized it was a policeman. He was so nervous, he could barely walk. My son apologized to the police
officer for not seeing him at first. The officer just wanted to let my son know this his friends should pick up their beer
bottle, etc. My son who was not part of that group who had been drinking at the park , didn’t argue and said “okay”, and
my son picked up the beer bottles.
My point is not that the officer mistreated my son because he’s black, my point is: the officer did not identify himself as
a police officer right from the start. So imagine if my son got freaked out and started to run away scared of someone
calling out to him that he couldn’t see. He would have most likely been shot in the back by the police officer, because
that’s what happens and THAT’S the climate we now live in. When my son came home and told me this story, I told him
that this incident could have gone horribly wrong. My son did the right thing by not just simply going over to a complete
stranger that he couldn’t see, but the officer may have mistaken him for doing something wrong had he run away.
I’ve had to have multiple conversations with my boys about going to parties and if the police come, DO NOT RUN,
because you will be shot before a blond blue‐eyed boy will be. Of course, you say all of this is speculation and how
would I know this is true. I don’t, but I know that you can look at all of the cases thus far point to: make any move and
police will shoot. Heck, the police will shoot even if you don’t move.
Already, I’m telling my boys that they don’t have the rights their white counterparts do and there is a loss of freedom
here. Additionally, there is a fear that at any encounter with police could very well end up deadly. This can’t be the kind
of fear you want your residents to have do you. This can’t be the kind of reputation you want the Palo Alto Police to
have do you? The “police” nationwide have a bad reputation now whether or not they’ve engaged in police brutality. As
a City, how can we change that so that all residents feel safe in their community. What practices can the City put in
place?
I am asking the City of Palo Alto to adopt policies and best practices and additional police training to keep all of us safe
including boys and men of color as they seem to be more of a target for racial injustice. Human lives matter including
black lives. I would ask that the City Council consider 8can'twait recommended policies to ensure that police first do no
harm. As a resident of Palo Alto, I am begging you to protect your citizens including our sons of color.
Sincerely,
Toiya Black
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Lindsey North <lnorth_home@yahoo.com>
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 3:04 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:support for "8 Can't Wait"
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Dear Council Members,
I strongly support reforming the Palo Alto Police Department to implement policies in the "8 Can't Wait" campaign.
Thank you,
Lindsey North
Jackson Drive
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Lucie Richter <lucie.richter@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:59 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:8cantwait.org
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Dear City Council,
Let's use evidence based practices to keep our community safe. I support the 8 policies that can reduce police violence
by 72%. according to https://8cantwait.org/
Palo Alto has only adopted 2 of the 8 key measures.
As a progressive community, let's lead the way by adopting all 8!
Best,
Lucie
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Jeremy Geist <jpgeist@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 10:26 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Re: police
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I have two items.
1. Defund the police department. Police brutality is unacceptable and reform is impossible. I will track this issue and will
vote solely on this issue above all others.
2. Fire Ed Shikada for violating Constitutional rights and siding with a clearly undeserving police community by instituting
a 10 day curfew.
– Jeremy Geist
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Mike Swenson <ms1ca@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 12:52 AM
To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission
Subject:Palo Alto Police Reforms
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The city cannot fire Officer Destefano because of the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights but the City
Council can terminate the employment of City Manager Ed Shikada today without
cause, but there cause and that cause is violating California law by refusing to turn over Destefano’s
car and body videos to Julio Arevalo’s attorneys and not holding Officer Wayne Benitez accountable
for using excessive force and making a false statement on a police report.
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief-jonsen.html
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2013/06/28/antelope_findings_6-28-13.pdf
Ed Shikada hired Robert Jonsen to be police chief knowing that Jonsen had been convicted by the
DOJ for violating the rights blacks and other minorities.
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https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief-jonsen.html
The police reforms like #8cantwait that the city of Palo Alto will not mean much so long as there is no
accountability.
The Palo Alto Police Auditor is a sham used to whitewash the misconduct of officers so any reforms
must include terminating the IPA, Michael Gennaco, as well.
https://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/
There have been a minimum of 8 separate incidents between the Palo Alto Police and citizens in
which 14 recording devices used by the Palo Alto Police failed to record those interactions
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/missing-videos.html
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Mike Swenson <ms1ca@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 1:07 AM
To:Council, City; Sanjosenaacp Info; central-pacific@adl.org; adl@adlmail.org
Subject:Palo Alto Police Reforms
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The city cannot fire Officer Destefano because of the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights but the City
Council can terminate the employment of City Manager Ed Shikada today without
cause, but there cause and that cause is violating California law by refusing to turn over Destefano’s
car and body videos to Julio Arevalo’s attorneys and not holding Officer Wayne Benitez accountable
for using excessive force and making a false statement on a police report.
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief-jonsen.html
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2013/06/28/antelope_findings_6-28-13.pdf
Ed Shikada hired Robert Jonsen to be police chief knowing that Jonsen had been convicted by the
DOJ for violating the rights blacks and other minorities.
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https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief-jonsen.html
The police reforms like #8cantwait that the city of Palo Alto will not mean much so long as there is no
accountability.
The Palo Alto Police Auditor is a sham used to whitewash the misconduct of officers so any reforms
must include terminating the IPA, Michael Gennaco, as well.
https://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/
There have been a minimum of 8 separate incidents between the Palo Alto Police and citizens in
which 14 recording devices used by the Palo Alto Police failed to record those interactions
Missing Videos
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Rachel Wittenauer <rachel.wittenauer@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 10:38 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Make Palo Alto PD Police Manual Available
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Dear City Council,
I request that you post an adequate version of the police manual on your website. I was recently trying to verify some
information from a Palo Alto‐specific source itself rather than an online article, but was dismayed and alarmed to see
that many extremely important policies are redacted from the publicly available version of the police manual (link).
What reason could there be for hiding this entire list of policies from the public. What possible additional threat can
come from the public knowing the PAPD policy on searches/seizures? On officer‐involved incidents? On
vehicle maintenance? Certainly, any imagined miniscule possibility of benefit from redacting these policies must be
outweighed by the values of transparency, accountability, and upholding justice in our community including the trust in
our police institutions. I am pasting the list of redacted policies below in case you are not familiar. This is embarrassing‐ I
expect better from PAPD especially where this seems like an extremely bare minimum level of information to have
available.
Please let me know when you expect the updated policies to be posted.
Thank you,
Rachel
Redactions from the PAPD manual:
Policy 216: Staffing Levels
Policy 310: Officer‐Involved Incidents
Policy 312: Firearms
Policy 314: Vehicle Pursuits
Policy 316: Officer Response to Calls
Policy 322: Search and Seizure
Policy 378: Public Safety Video Surveillance System
Policy 408: Crisis Response Unit
Policy 414: Hostage and Barricade Incidents
Policy 416: Response to Bomb Calls
Policy 424: Rapid Response and Deployment
Policy 432: Patrol Rifles and Shotguns
Policy 442: Criminal Organizations
Policy 450: Use of Audio Recorders
Policy 458: Foot Pursuits
Policy 600: Investigation and Prosecution
Policy 608: Informants
Policy 704: Vehicle Maintenance
Policy 814: Computers and Digital Evidence
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Rachel Wittenauer <rachel.wittenauer@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 10:38 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:End Palo Alto Police Department Relationship with Lexipol
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Dear City Council members,
I am writing as someone who grew up in Palo Alto since 1992. I have long considered Palo Alto to be a safe, welcoming
community with an active spirit of innovation and leaving the world a better place. As I've grown older, the city has
changed, and the events of the past few weeks in particular shine a bright, ugly spotlight on aspects of our community
that myself and many other residents have been turning a blind eye to over the past many years. I am now no longer
under the illusion that Palo Alto is the "wholesome" community I upheld it to be, and I am writing to you as a citizen
demanding better of our leadership.
One of the first of many steps that I and my fellow citizens request of you is that Palo Alto Police Department (PAPD)
ends its relationship with Lexipol‐ the private, for‐profit company to which PAPD has outsourced its policy‐making
without any input from the community or transparency into the damage resulting from such appalling policies. These
policies have a clear goal: to protect PAPD from civil lawsuits, not to protect citizens from violation of their civil rights.
This direction of priorities is backwards, harmful, and wrong. I am not sure if it is laziness, lack of imagination, or other
inscrutable motive for outsourcing some of the most important rules of our community to Lexipol, but whatever the
reason, it is time to revisit this relationship and redesign it from the bottom up. The PAPD policies must instead align
with the values and priorities of keeping our community members of all skin colors (most especially Black residents), and
all economic statuses and all cultures of origin safe and respected. The Lexipol policies do not do this. I am sure you are
well‐aware of these problems already, but if not I encourage you to read background information such as this
informative article (link).
I look forward to seeing the updated progress and will be checking the outcome of this Sunday's city council meetings as
a first step in the conversation.
Thank you for your time,
Rachel
‐‐
Rachel Wittenauer
email: rachel.wittenauer@gmail.com
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Sreya Eka Guha <sguha22@stanford.edu>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 1:14 PM
To:Fine, Adrian; Council, City; City Mgr; Police
Subject:Demand to Fire PAPD Officer Thomas DeStefano
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________________________________
Dear all,
My name is Sreya Guha and I am a resident of Los Altos Hills and a Stanford student. In addition, I have gone to schools
in Palo Alto my whole life. I am emailing you today to demand that Palo Alto Police Department officer Thomas
DeStefano be fired immediately. As we all know, DeStefano has a deeply disturbing history of violence against
community residents, specifically Julio Arevalo, Gustavo Alvarez and Tyler Harney. The Palo Alto Police Department and
the City of Palo Alto is entirely complicit in allowing this behavior, as PAPD refuses to release video footage from
DeStefano’s horrifying attack on Arevelo despite being mandated by law to do so.
Any statements you release are empty words until officers in Palo Alto are held accountable for their actions. I demand
to see swift action taken to remove DeStefano from your police force.
Sincerely,
Sreya Guha
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Mike Swenson <ms1ca@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 11:20 PM
To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission
Subject:PA Police Reforms and firing Ofc. Destefano
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The city cannot fire Officer Destefano because of the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights but the City
Council can terminate the employment of City Manager Ed Shikada today without
cause, but there cause and that cause is violating California law by refusing to turn over Destefano’s
car and body videos to Julio Arevalo’s attorneys and not holding Officer Wayne Benitez accountable
for using excessive force and making a false statement on a police report.
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief-jonsen.html
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2013/06/28/antelope_findings_6-28-13.pdf
Ed Shikada hired Robert Jonsen to be police chief knowing that Jonsen had been convicted by the
DOJ for violating the rights blacks and other minorities.
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https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief-jonsen.html
The police reforms like #8cantwait that the city of Palo Alto will not mean much so long as there is no
accountability.
The Palo Alto Police Auditor is a sham used to whitewash the misconduct of officers so any reforms
must include terminating the IPA, Michael Gennaco, as well.
https://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/
There have been a minimum of 8 separate incidents between the Palo Alto Police and citizens in
which 14 recording devices used by the Palo Alto Police failed to record those interactions
Missing Videos
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Winter Dellenbach <wintergery@earthlink.net>
Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 7:59 AM
To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed
Subject:Please move up item #10, systemic racism, in Mon. agenda
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________________________________
Mayor, Council Members, City Manager,
This agenda item #10, that you know is a public priority and I assume yours, does not reflect that given it is scheduled
dead last for Monday’s meeting, 9:45‐11pm.
As soon as I saw this I had to grab a sweater due to its chilling effect I knew it would have on public participation.
Please move it up in the agenda to a time appropriate or you stand to be accused of trying to burying the item, being
disingenuous, etc.
Thank you,
Winter Dellenbach
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Baumb, Nelly
From:kathleen mcconnell <kathleenjm@hotmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 8:37 AM
To:Fine, Adrian; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Jonsen, Robert; HR; Human Relations Commission
Subject:Needed Police Reform
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Adrian Fine, Mayor of City of Palo Alto; Members of the City Council; Ed Shikada, City Manager;
Robert Jonsen, Chief of Police and Human Relations Commission:
We have proudly lived in Palo Alto for nearly forty years and appreciate the progressive nature of our
community.
The citizens and city government are now called upon to be progressive and innovative in the area of
police reform.
At the last City Council meeting it was inspiring to hear the strong presentation of the younger
members of our community regarding the need for police reform. We agreed with much of what was
said. Please listen and them—they are the future.
Police Reform is an important issue for the health of our city. It will take a lot of thought and goodwill
on both sides, but we can create a community/police model that is equitable. To ensure public safety
and trust the city of Palo Alto must act boldly to guarantee black and brown members of our
community receive equal treatment by the Palo Alto Police Department.
Three Recommendations:
1. Get rid of officers where there are consistent legitimate complaints of misconduct. A few bad
actors can quickly sour reform efforts.
2. Immediately adopt the 8 Can’t Wait recommendations as official policy and scope of practice
for the Palo Alto Police Department.
3. Establish a citizen’s commission to work every 90 days with the Police Department to craft
reforms and report to the City Council Resource allocation should be tied to effective
implementation of reform goals.
This is your time as leaders to respond to the desires of your constituents for significant police reform.
Without bold and timely action the issues will continue to fester. Thank you for your leadership and
please maintain a sense of urgency on this issue.
Sincerely
Kathleen McConnell and Howard Dernehl
723 Oregon Avenue
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 6:45 PM
To:chuck jagoda
Cc:Kniss, Liz (internal); Cary Andrew Crittenden; Raj Jayadev; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; Jonsen,
Robert; Richard Konda; Shikada, Ed; gtanaka@cityofpaloalto.org; vramirez@cityofpaloalto.org;
rubenabrica@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; citycouncil@mountainview.gov;
iancitycouncil@mountainview.govprofile; MGR-Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Council, City; Jeff Rosen;
WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Fine, Adrian; Perron, Zachary; mark weiss; DHorsley@smcgov.org
Subject:Re: Defunding the Police
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Hi Folks,
My apologies to everyone on this list. Somehow my early draft of my piece responds to Chuck Jagoda’s article on
defunding police departments was sent out by me prematurely—‐ before I completed the piece and edited it for obvious
errors. I hope to get out a completed copy in the very near future. Best regards,
Aram James
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 13, 2020, at 3:53 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Chuck,
Thanks so much for continuing to speak truth to power! You have raised extraordinarily critical
questions re the appropriate role, if any, for the current police culture in both Palo Alto and police
departments across this country.
In addition, in my view, while we examine the future of policing we must also simultaneously examine
the appropriate role of the other oppressive institutions that make up our criminal justice system.
Why, as an example, has the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office, and other District Attorney
offices across this country, been so resistant to having specialized units ( Police Crimes Units) that focus
on exclusively and effectively prosecuting the cops that routinely brutalize and kill, taser and torture
African Americans, other people of color and the poor?
If police had historically been aggressively prosecuted‐for all of the daily police violence that we all know
goes on, but look the other way, would George Floyd, and so many others victims of police murder still
be here? I say yes! The police have been allowed to cold bloodily murder so many people of color
because prosecutors have refused to prosecute, and on the rare occasion where they do prosecute it is
often only when public outrage is brought to a boiling point. In other words where it becomes politically
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expedient to file charges against a rogue murdering cop when routinely prosecutors would look the
other way out of fear of police unions and concern for the elected DA’a own political death.
Yes, the cop culture must be shifted forever, but truth be told, our “handle police with kid gloves
prosecutors” have been complicit in allowing this outlaw police culture, that thrives in country, to
survive. While we rightly examine the police culture in this country we must simultaneously do the same
deep examination of the prosecutorial culture in this county and in this country. Just like police budgets
prosecutors budgets have continued to ballon. Bigger budgets must be justified with more convictions
leading to a run away racist system of brutal and tortuous mass incarceration‐ all made possible by the
prosecutorial industrial complex. We must also look to defunding or massively cutting the budgets of
most, if not all district attorney offices, in this country. We must shift funds from prosecutorial budgets
to, as an example, massive community based and culturally appropriate restorative justice projects lead
by the same people have been for generations oppressed by the criminal justice system.
Isn’t it demonstrable that there has been two tiers of justice in our criminal justice in this country —one
for prosecuting ordinary citizens and community members and another for prosecuting the police?
And certainly our public defender system must also be examined for vestiges of racism within this
institution. Why have public defender not more powerfully resisted the conveyor belt justice‐that more
often that not‐ is the practice, not the exception in our courts. With disportioncate
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 9, 2020, at 10:53 PM, chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,
I'm glad to see the City of Palo Alto is taking up the idea of defunding the
police. I believe incarceration budgets should also be reduced.
There is way too much attention given to police and imprisoning people in
this country and in this state. Compared to the rest of the world we are a
very cruel and punishment oriented society. Other countries think more
in terms of helping people get along with productive lives rather than
making career points and lots of profits arresting and incarcerating people
as we do in this country.
In case you don't know, on the street there are not only police murders like
George, Brionna, Michael, Abner, Trevon, and on and on-- but also petty,
mean things. Like cops who harass, roust, and rough up people for no
apparent reason than prejudice, sport, and because they can. This
happens quite often to homeless, black, poor, intoxicated, and people
having seizures.
The City of Palo Alto has been sued a number of times for such
actions. The vast majority of times cops do this knowing they will get away
with it.
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Cops come out of the precinct and on duty jacked up on coffee, primed to
defend themselves and their fellow police officers, and quite ready to
attack anyone they think of as an enemy. Cops are very frightened. It
controls and conditions their actions all shift long.
Also, how can anyone who claims to be in favor of law, order,
transparency, and accountability NOT support a world wide data base of
convicted cops. There is no such thing in this country. The teachers,
attorneys, and doctors have their offenses catalogued and counted and the
police don't. They can just slide into another department and go back to
abusing citizens there.
Why is that?
Can we agree on no chokeholds, no harassment of black people, no Tasers,
cams on ALL THE TIME (it's obvious in Palo Alto-- cops just leave them
off, especially when abusing people), and police apologies to people they've
wronged?
Chuck Jagoda
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From:Winter Dellenbach <wintergery@earthlink.net>
Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 7:00 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:I encourage you to NOT support Implicit (or explicit) bias training - a waste of time and money
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Council Members,
This article (url below) was posted online Friday, June 12th. addressing the total lack of evidence that implicit bias
training is effective in to reduce bias or racism. It is a waste of time and money and a diversion from real reforms that
are badly needed. I have read other serious articles in the last couple of years coming to the same conclusion about
Implicit bias training being ineffective.
Interestingly, the article involves a sad recent incident at the BLM protests in San Jose and I think you will find it
engrossing and it is short.
I would be the first person to want such training to work‐ but it doesn’t. Let’s not waste time or money. The truth is, we
humans start collecting our biases early and build on from there and we have to make a serious commitment over time
to rid ourselves of what we can by working hard ‐ there are no shortcuts or weekend workshops.
We made a serious pledge when our city adopted the Black Lives Matter Resolution. Now we need to do the serious
work.
Winter Dellenbach
Please read this:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/implicit‐bias‐training‐doesnt‐actually‐change‐police‐
behavior_n_5ee28fc3c5b60b32f010ed48
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From:Kevin Ma <kevinma.sd@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 12:25 AM
To:Council, City
Cc:Fine, Adrian; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Kniss, Liz (internal); Kou, Lydia;
Tanaka, Greg
Subject:Comments on Monday's Agenda Item 10
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Dear City Council,
I would like to thank the City Manager's office and you for coming back so quickly on a guide for the city to address
systemic racism. I have a few comments on it:
The new CAG should not place the 8 can't wait recommendations front‐and‐center. There's been some
questions over their effectiveness, as SJPD says they follow them yet the news reports otherwise. Instead, they
should have explicit authority to explore all forms of reforms, including whether the police budget should be
redirected to social services (or using the money with contracts to PAUSD or the county for the much demanded
education and medical needs)
The CAG should not be staffed by the Chief's Advisory Group as this may show a bias towards the police
department. And given the last public comment period, perhaps it is wise for a different body than the city
council to choose members towards it. Instead, let us use the independence of the HRC to guide the decision,
whether they themselves staff it or they appoint those who do.
Strategic partners should explicitly include BIPOC organizations within the region. I do commend the inclusion of
East Palo Alto representatives, though this could also extend to those in Menlo Park (esp. Belle Haven).
There should be an explicit mention of a timeline and resources granted. We've seen delays and issues with
other CAPs like XCAP or NVCAP that might imply a deprioritization of the conversation
The memo has some clear steps forward, and while previous plans like the SCAP have had historical issues in
implementation/results, I do hope that you will prioritize the fight against systemic racism in our community and
beyond.
Sincerely,
Kevin
Ventura Neighborhood Resident
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From:Jeremy Shaw <jeremy_s_shaw@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 8:09 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Why Not Reform the Police?
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Looking around at our neighbors, it's clear police reform does not work. Even in Palo Alto, we need to
take radical action to address the situation we find ourselves in, or rather have been in for such a long
time and to which we have not been paying attention.
Councilors, as our elected representatives, you have a deep responsibility to take action in response
to what's happening in our community. Please do not fail us.
I listened to an hour-long interview yesterday with one of the two lawyers overseeing the federal
management of Oakland Police Department. For the last seventeen years, they have been trying to
reform that police department, and look at the results. Abysmal. Oakland Police Department has a
horrible record. It's clear from this example that "reform" does not work. Reform is not enough There
is too much room for maintaining the status quo. We need more.
I just heard a report from San Jose of a young police trainer who was protesting in support of Black
Lives Matter and was shot in the groin by San Jose police, rupturing one of his testicles. The police
have apologized, but this should not have happened.
Call it what you like - "defund the police" is a popular slogan - but police departments the length and
breadth of the country need radical transformation. We need to start again. Yes, even in Palo Alto, we
need to start again.
You heard last week from the community. Ok, angry people breached civility guidelines in calling out
particular behavior by specific officers. But you have to listen, and you have to act.
I haven't seen what the city staff are proposing for discussion at tonight's meeting. That's
disappointing, it doesn't bode well for a community discussion that needs to include transparency.
Nevertheless, I ask that you all take strong and radical action to keep our community safe and fair for
everyone. Especially for Black people. This is the most important work you can do at this time.
I've lived in Palo Alto for about 30 years. At this moment we need to see action, not "the Palo Alto
process".
jeremy.
Jeremy Shaw
399 Olive Ave.,
Palo Alto 94306
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From:Albert Henning <albertkhenning@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 11:02 AM
To:jrosen@dao.sccgov.org
Cc:Supervisor Simitian; City Mgr; Council, City; Police
Subject:Bring charges against Palo Alto Police Officer Wayne Benitez
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Dear District Attorney Rosen,
It has been reported, that you and your office will not bring charges against PAPD Officer Wayne
Benitez, for his actions during the Alvarez incident of 17 February 2018. The reported claim is that the
statute of limitations for filing charges has passed.
Leaving aside the fact that blame for the delays in making a report lies at the feet of the City of Palo
Alto Council, the City Manager, the Chief of Police, and members of PAPD (who have used
administrative mechanisms, personnel records' privacy law, and qualified immunity law, among other
means, to effect the delays):
The statute of limitations has not expired. You have until 24 July 2020 to file charges, which is one
year after the date when your Office was first made aware, not only of the actions by Officer Benitez,
but also of the illegal actions by other officers during the 17 February 2018 incident, including failing
to report, and falsifying reports, and illegal entry (there were no exigent circumstances which could
allow officers to enter the Alvarez home without a warrant).
The evidence is already known to you and your office. The video of the incident, revealed in July
2019, constitutes substantive evidence upon which criminal charges may be based. The deadline to
file those charges has not yet passed, contrary to your published statements.
I demand you file charges.
Sincerely,
Albert K Henning
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Albert K. Henning, PhD
199 Heather Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303
albertkhenning@yahoo.com
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From:Rayme Adzema <raymejareau@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 12:52 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Support for Black Lives Matter
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________________________________
Dear City Council,
I would like to voice my support for the Black Lives Matter street mural on Hamilton Street. This is a small but concrete
step Palo Alto, a historically unfriendly environment for people of color, can take to move into a new era.
Of course we must all do more and this is just a first step but we must do something and this street mural is supported
by the community via the change.org petition.
Thank you for your consideration.
Rayme Waters
1280 Pine Street
Palo Alto 94301
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From:Zoë Björnson <zbjornson@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 1:04 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Black Lives Matter
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To Palo Alto City Council Members,
I'm writing to understand more about what Palo Alto is specifically doing to reform, change, or defund the Palo
Alto Police Department. Are there more training being discussed for officers? How can I find a breakdown of
the public safety budget?
Thank you in advance. I look forward to our city's change and being involved in the conversation.
‐ Zoë
Zoë Björnson
Take action → linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter
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From:Kaloma Smith <pastor@universityamez.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 2:46 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:vhs101@yahoo.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Adrian Fine
Subject:Re: Human Relation Commision recommendations for next steps in addressing Policing Reforms and
Systemic Racism in Palo Alto
Attachments:HRC Letter Response to Systemic Racism and Policing Reform Revised.docx
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Dear Mayor Fine & Council Members,
Thank you so much for the consideration of our earlier communication. Attached you will find an updated version of the
letter which includes notation on the what the vote was on each of the recommendations.
Kind Regards,
Kaloma A. Smith Pastor, University A.M.E. Zion Church
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3549 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto CA,94306 |
pastor@universityamez.com | www.universityamez.com
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:24 AM Kaloma Smith <pastor@universityamez.com> wrote:
Dear Mayor Fine & Council Members;
This weekend Rayshard Brooks, a 27‐year‐old black man in Atlanta, Georgia, was shot in the back twice by two police
officers. This incident happened after 14 days of protesting in our country for reforms that could have prevented
another incident like this. We cannot delay in making substantive changes in our city to avoid an event like this in Palo
Alto.
The Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, which I chair, is respectfully submitting a letter of recommendation of
ways our city can start the process of addressing systemic racism and police reform. We urge the council to move
quickly and decisively to address these systemic issues.
Kind Regards,
Rev. Kaloma A.Smith
Chair, Human Relation Committee City of Palo Alto
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June 12, 2020. REVISED June 15, 2020
Honorable Mayor Adrian Fine and Honorable Council Members
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301
Dear Mayor Fine and Council Members:
The Human Relations Commission (HRC) mourns the death of George Floyd and shares Palo Alto citizens’
outrage over systemic racism. We concur with the Council’s June 8th Resolution. We are proud to have the
opportunity to work with Council and Staff to do the depth of work necessary to bring an end to racism in our
City: in our Police Force, in our operations, and in our codes. We recognize that the task requires thorough
review, vision, collaboration, community engagement, and objectivity. The choices may not always be easy.
However the HRC has a singular purpose to promote just and fair treatment of all people in Palo Alto.
At our June 11th meeting, after comment from the public, the Commission began a discussion of the processes
and actions to address racism in Palo Alto. We forward these priorities to Council:
• Address the police use of force in Palo Alto. Specifically the 8 can’t wait policies be studied and
implemented within 90 days. (Passed 4-1, Savage Nay)
• Emphasize community engagement, begin promptly, with community partners, resulting in
recommendations to Council in the second quarter of FY2021. (Passed 5-0)
• Begin a diversity and inclusion initiative that starts with implicit and institutional bias training for all
levels of city staff and commissions and includes a data-driven approach to achieve diversity and
inclusion.(Passed 5-0)
• Complete the proposed work immediately and look to longer term study, to make long term
recommendations to Council. Study may include pilot programs, evaluation of data from earlier work
and deeper study of the policies and procedures in the PAPD manual.(Passed 5-0)
• Evaluate reinvestment of PAPD funds into Community Services Department in the FY2021 budget.
(Passed 4-1, Savage Nay)
• Open Foothills Park on a fair and equitable basis by August 6 2020.(Passed 5-0)
• Adjust hiring policy to ban candidates and promotions of police staff, who have prior disciplinary
actions. (Passed 4-1, Savage Nay)
• Reinstate seven commissioners to the HRC to execute the level of work and to increase the diversity of
opinion (Passed 4-1, Savage Nay)
In resolutions and statements, the City of Palo Alto has expressed its intention to examine its history and
practice, to engage Palo Alto in community dialogue, and step up to the changes needed to realize racial equity.
The Human Relations Commission stands ready to do the study, to leverage community partners, to have the
dialogue, to develop proposals for change so we can turn intention to real change.
Respectfully,
Kaloma Smith, Chair
Steven Lee
Patti Regehr
Daryl Savage
Valerie Stinger, Vice Chair
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From:Winter Dellenbach <wintergery@earthlink.net>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 3:20 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Agenda Item #10 Systemic Racism - Meeting tonight
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Agenda Item #10 Systemic Racism
From: Winter Dellenbach
Dear City Council Members ‐
In the Resolution you adopted last week, committed you and our city to:
“…do everything within our powers to review our police and public safety practices with the community and then
implement measures that reflect no tolerance for police violence, prejudice, discrimination and harm”.
The PAPD has not fully fulfilled the 8 Can’t Wait reforms on Use of Force ‐
When the “Policy Concerns” that the PAPD lists in the packet are read in the longer context of the Palo Alto Police
Department Policy Manual it becomes apparent that more work is needed before many of them comply with the 8 Can’t
Wait reforms. It is critical that careful analysis is done on all sections of the Use of Force component of the Manual. It is
also vital to read other relevant sections in the Manual to ensure they are consistent with the reforms we now seek to
achieve.
8 Can’t Wait has a model Use of Force Policy that some other cities have adopted or used in part. We should consider
doing so.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56996151cbced68b170389f4/t/5defffb38594a9745b936b64/1576009651688/Campaign+Zero+
Model+Use+of+Force+Policy.pdf
Other Sections in the Police Policy Manual We should Review:
To diversify the force, to ensure policies are in place to eliminate bias and promote fairness, to
increase badly needed accountability, to support reform, to evaluate some duties that may be
transferred to other agencies such as mental health professionals.
Recruitment and Selection
Evaluation of Employees
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Promotion and Transfer Policy
Anti‐Retaliation
Reporting of Employee Convictions
Use of Force Review Boards
Standards of Conduct
Racial and Bias Based Profiling
Mental illness Commitments
Field Interviews and Photographing Detainees
Eyewitness Identification
The Independent Police Reform Advisory Committee:
If formed, the Committee must be independent. Members must not come from Chief Jonsen’s own Advisory Group (he
has submitted a host of his member’s names to you). Putting them on the Committee would be a conflict of interest and
undermines the credibility of it. Council must appoint members who are independent, with outreach to Latino and
African American residents since they are the particular focus of the Resolution. Members then must report back to the
Council, not to the City Manager.
You have time to appoint a diverse Committee rather than slap one together tonight. Though you want to seize the
momentum of reform, don’t undermine its effectiveness by being hurried. Are you feeling vacation break pressure? You
can do a quick zoom on this if needed.
Membership could be 15 maximum, much like CAC’s. Any more and it will be completely unmanageable.
The HRC should simply keep functioning as it is. Other voices need to be heard.
Diversify PAPD Recruiting ‐ In order to have a police force to better serve those who live and work here, travel to and
through here, and better serve staff equitably within the PAPD, we must diversify the Force. You should instruct PAPD to
reach out to the City of East Palo Alto and the EPA PD that re‐tooled its recruitment to ensure diversity. The PAPD
doesn’t have to re‐invent the wheel, but it does need to diversify and that begins with recruitment.
Redirect Responsibility and Funding – Calls related to homelessness, mental health crises and drug abuse rather than
dangerous criminal activity could be directed to trained health care and social service professionals better trained to
handle these situations. Armed law enforcement could be called upon as needed. The commiserate percentage of funding
could be shifted from law enforcement to these other agencies.
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From:lauren cory <corylab@aol.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 2:23 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:CORRECTION to Mid-Peninsula ACLU submission to PA City Council Mtg June 15, 2020
Attachments:MidPen ACLU's Submission to PA City Council Mtg June 15, 2020 on Item 10 Systemic Racism
pdf.pdf
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Council,
Please delete email sent minutes ago. I have corrected the name of "SB 1421: Police Officers: release of records” in this
email.
This is the only change.
Lauren Cory
Good evening Mayor Fine and council members,
Palo Alto is one of the cities in the Mid-Peninsula ACLU Chapter’s region. We want to begin a
continuing dialogue about police practices that might contribute to systemic racism.
Three points for tonight:
1. What specific training do all officers receive related to race issues? How many hours/year
do veteran and new officers receive? Does it cover the history of race relations in this
country?
2. Police transparency and accountability
a. SB 1421: Police Officers: release of records became law in 2018. How do you respond
to requests under the California Public Records Act for personnel records made
available by 1421? Is your review process only internal or do you also have an external
review board? Are you in compliance with this law?
b. The web version of your Police Department Policy Manual redacts 19 different policies,
including Policy 310: Officer-Involved Incidents. Some of these incidents may be
required to be made public by 1421, but we don’t believe that any officer behaviors
should be kept secret.
Keeping officer actions secret increases the likelihood of misconduct, and leads to public
mistrust of police.
3. Many cities are considering the need for using community-based organizations to deal
with issues such as mental health, learning disabilities, family conflicts, etc. Some cities
already work with such agencies such as Eugene, Oregon. San Francisco’s Police Chief Scott
recently said that he is willing to reallocate a portion of his budget for such activities.
Many police departments are concerned that their officers are not trained for these
conflicts.
We are requesting that you officially incorporate this structural change into policing
practices and allocate the funds to improve police awareness and community trust, and
lower systemic racism. Thank you.
Lauren Cory, Mid-Peninsula ACLU Volunteer Chapter Chair
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From:Shikada, Ed
Sent:Sunday, June 14, 2020 2:51 PM
To:ladoris cordell
Cc:Council, City
Subject:RE: My comment for oral communications
Dear Judge Cordell,
Thank you for sharing your comments. I'd like to apologize for offending you with my reaction to Councilmember Kou's
question. Quite frankly the question caught me by surprise, which is no excuse. We have serious work ahead of us and I
and our senior staff are fully committed to doing our part to end systemic racism. I hope that you are also aware that
the council will discuss next steps in this effort tomorrow evening under agenda item 10.
Sincerely,
‐‐Ed
Ed Shikada
City Manager
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 329‐2280 ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org
‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐
From: ladoris cordell <judgecordell@icloud.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:16 PM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: My comment for oral communications
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________________________________
At your last City Council meeting, Councilmember Koh suggested painting the words “Black Lives Matter” on one of our
city streets. The immediate response from the City Manager was an audible chuckle. The rest of the Council declined to
address her suggestion and side‐stepped it entirely. There is nothing funny about this; neither is this a matter to be
sidestepped.I commend Councilmember Koh for her suggestion. What she was asking for was a demonstration of your
commitment to ending systemic racism beyond your words in a resolution. Since it appears that this Council and senior
staff have no interest in following up on her suggestion, I ask that the Council instead rename Lytton Plaza, Black Lives
Matter Plaza. I ask you to agendize the renaming and then have the courage to unanimously vote for it. Thank you. —
LaDoris Cordell
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From:Cybele LoVuolo-Bhushan <cybele88lb@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 9:17 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:CAHOOTS an alternative to traditional police, ambulance response | KVAL
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Dear City Council, Please take action to reallocate funds from the Police Department budget to a suitable community
non‐profit in Palo Alto in order to start a program similar to the Oregon White Bird crisis management program (see link
below if you are unfamiliar with this Oregon innovation) Palo Alto can and should fund a program such as this. Set aside
10 or more percent of the Police dept budget allocation to start a more humane and economical way of responding to
mental health and/or intoxicating situations. You still have time to take action to do this for the new budget year set to
be voted on this June 22, 2020. Anything less is not acceptable: our community wants leadership on this issue. The time
to take action is now.
Sincerely,
C.J. Lovuolo‐Bhushan
https://kval.com/news/local/theres‐a‐growing‐awareness‐that‐alternatives‐to‐law‐enforcement‐are‐needed
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From:Eli Craveiro Frankel <elicraveirofrankel@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 9:39 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Testimony for the Council
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Dear Palo Alto City Council,
I am writing to you as a Palo Alto voter who is deeply concerned with the violence and misconduct done by the
Palo Alto Police Department in recent years and the problematic systems that it helps to uphold.
Just in the past few years, the Palo Alto Police Department has been involved in grave acts of misconduct that
not only violated residents’ rights, but resulted in violence. In 2019, a Palo Alto officer attacked an innocent
resident. Not only was this physical attack obscene and uncalled for, but remarks made by the officer showed
extremely concerning connections to homophobia. Furthermore, recent reports show that multiple ranked Palo
Alto Police officers have made explicitly racist statements against Black people. Proving there are deep issues
within the department the city deems is keeping residents safe.
In 2013 and 2019, Palo Alto police officers gravely mishandled health crises and delayed essential medical
attention for the sake of needless investigation. This is not keeping our community safe, it is endangering lives.
Instituting reforms to limit use of force and promote de-escalation are great starts, but those acts in themselves
cannot address the fact of the systemic issues that plague our current system of policing. Continuing to use
armed police with minimal training in the various fields as a one-size-fits-all response has only created more
problems that cost the City millions in legal fees.
We can look at examples like the RIGHT Care program in Dallas, Texas, and the rethinking of 911 responses
in Eugene, Oregon, as great starts. In these programs, dispatches for 911 calls responding to mental health
concerns shifted from police to responses centering counselors which has proven to save lives. I urge you to
follow in these footsteps of these cities and also look to the City of Minneapolis which is currently exploring
what the future of public safety looks like without traditional policing.
These may seem like idealistic solutions, but I would like to remind you of Palo Alto’s location in Silicon Valley,
a global hub for innovation. Our city should embrace that innovative mindset in finding less violent methods to
keep our community safe, that go beyond policing. Social workers and trained public health counselors should
be the ones responding to 911 calls in our city instead of armed police officers who instill fear in our
communities, have shown to resort to violence easily, and have a past of delaying and preventing essential
medical attention to our residents when in need.
In summary, I call the City Council to immediately address concerns of racism within the Police Department,
commit to working with local community activists in developing public safety approaches centered in public
health rather than violence, and divert moneys to be allocated to the Police Department to fund public health
approaches to public safety. Action beyond minor reforms and resolutions in support of Black lives is needed to
make Palo Alto a truly just and equitable city for all.
Thank you,
Eli Craveiro Frankel (he/him/his)
Palo Alto, CA 94303
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From:Rayme Adzema <raymejareau@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, June 14, 2020 9:44 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Support for Black Lives Matter
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________________________________
Dear City Council,
I would like to voice my support for the Black Lives Matter street mural on Hamilton Street. This is a small but concrete
step Palo Alto, a historically unfriendly environment for people of color, can take to move into a new era.
Of course we must all do more and this is just a first step but we must do something and this street mural is supported
by the community via the change.org petition.
Thank you for your consideration.
Rayme Waters
1280 Pine Street
Palo Alto 94301
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From:E Nigenda <enigenda1@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 8:35 AM
To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed
Subject:Re: CC Agenda Item 10 - Framework and Workplan to Address Systemic racism
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Dear Council Members,
There was mention at City Council last Monday and in today’s Staff’s Report of having a Citizen’s Advisory Group bring
proposals to the City. I strongly support such a group to research and make recommendations regarding specific policy
changes and other reforms. While not so large as to be ineffective, it needs to be diverse and inclusive with
representation from involved residents, members of our marginalized communities (LGBTQ, Black, Hispanic, homeless,
young, etc.), a representative of our faith based communities, a police representative, a policy expert, and possibly other
stakeholders such as the ACLU.
In regard to Element 1 in Attachment A, Police Chief Jonsen has said that the City’s Police Department is already “really
closely aligned” with “8 Can’t Wait” in at least seven of the eight areas. And yet . . . Palo Alto has several reported
incidents of excessive force with little accountability or transparency.
What more can be done? Recognizing that police work can be very challenging and stressful, the City should offer (if it
doesn’t already) all necessary psychological, mental and emotional support and resources, training and mentorship, to
our officers before unprofessional behavior escalates.
And, in addition to good policies and procedures and support for our officers, we should make sure that our union
contracts do not shield officers who use excessive force. A recent study in the Duke Law Journal examined 178 police
union contracts and found that “A substantial number of these agreements limit officer interrogations after alleged
misconduct, mandate the destruction of disciplinary records, ban civilian oversight, prevent anonymous civilian
complaints, indemnify officers in the event of civil suits, and limit the length of internal investigations.”
For the good of our community and the reputation of our Police Department, we need our police officers and police
department to be accountable and transparent and our City’s contract with our police union should reflect and
support those goals.
Thank you for considering my comments,
Esther Nigenda
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From:Katherine Causey <katherinecausey@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 5:56 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Mural
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Dear Mayor Fine and City Council,
As of today, June 11th 5:45 PM over 200 people have signed change.org petitions to paint one of Palo Alto’s
main streets with the message “Black Lives Matter” on Juneteenth. This is in response to President Donald
Trump’s planned rally the same day in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Juneteenth is a day many Americans celebrate to
commemorate the end of slavery. Senator Kamala Harris’ has expressed that by holding a rally on this day in
Tulsa, Oklahoma the site of the June 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial
violence in American history - this rally is an attempt to send an overwhelmingly positive motion of strength to
white supremacists.
We have a civic duty to protect all members of our community, and that means taking a stand against white
nationalism.
I strongly ask that on Juneteenth when President Trump will be signaling support to white nationalists across
the country that, Palo Alto states white supremacy has no place in our community, and paints one of our main
streets with the message, “Black Lives Matter” to show we are committed to protecting every member of our
community.
Let this be the first action of many structural changes our progressive city makes to be welcoming to every
community.
Thank you for your leadership during these trying times!
Katie Causey
‐‐
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers | 庄可欣//莊可欣
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From:Stefania Pomponi <stefania@realclever.com>
Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 4:52 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page
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Dear City Council Members, Mayor Fine, and City Manager Shikada,
I want to thank, in particular, Councilmember Kou for raising the issue of painting Black Lives Matter on Forest or
Hamilton Street at the last council meeting. I was disturbed that her request was dismissed with snickering and a
statement by the city manager that he "didn't know what to do" with that request. I think it's a very powerful idea, and
so the 216 (so far) people who have signed this petition since yesterday. I know there was another effort started on
Nextdoor.
It is also not lost on me‐‐a multicultural, 3rd culture, woman of color‐‐that there are no Black city council members who
might have spoken to this issue. That is one of the reasons I am using my voice to email you today.
Bigger cities across America have painted BLACK LIVES MATTER on major streets as a way to show solidarity with Black
communities, denounce the continued brutalization of Black people by police, and as a public statement in support of
Black lives, experiences, and voices.
Cities like Washington DC and Charlotte have already done this, and closer to home, Sacramento and Oakland. Palo Alto
cannot and should not wait to show its commitment to standing up for Black lives, when larger and far more
bureaucratic cities have already shown theirs. This is not the time for the city to waste time with process, because Black
people have waited long enough for justice and equality. This is a time for decisive action.
BLACK LIVES MATTER painted on Hamilton Ave. in downtown Palo Alto, adjacent to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, will
also serve as a reminder to our entire city—our City Council, the Mayor and City Manager, and, especially the police
department—that our commitment to social justice and civil rights must not be performative. This is call to action.
I ask that the project be led, created, and approved by Black members of our community, and be completed by June 19,
2020 in honor of Juneteenth, the oldest known holiday honoring the end of slavery. Yes, this is a quick deadline, but if
Charlotte can create their beautiful and powerful "street mural" in three days, so can a city known for thinking outside
the box, risk‐taking, and technological innovation.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Now is the time to lead.
Warnly,
Stefania Pomponi
Lytton Ave.
Palo Alto
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Stefania Pomponi
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From:Anna Jaklitsch <annajak14@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 9:25 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Motion passed 6/8/20
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Dear City Council,
The motion below does not specifically request review of the carotid hold practice allowed under the
current use of force policy of the Palo Alto police department. Please consider amending the motion to
add specific review of this policy.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Anna Jaklitsch
Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto
MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to adopt a
Resolution Expressing Support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. MOTION
PASSED: 7-0 MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to: A.Direct Staff to return with a framework to review, report on, and
improve our police policies and practices focused on accountability and
eliminating any potential incidents of racism or discrimination; B.Report on
possible improvements to police hiring practices; and C.Begin a diversity and
inclusion initiative throughout the City
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From:Ellen Smith <ef44smith@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 3:49 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Human Relations Commission
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In light of recent events reminding us of the persistence of racism and
injustice that touches lives everywhere, including Palo Alto, I urge you to
reconsider the proposal to reduce the Human Relations Commission from
seven members to five. The more community involvement we can have in
our efforts to work for change in our city and community, the better.
Ellen Smith
1469 Dana Ave
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From:Jeff Conrad <jeff_conrad@msn.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 4:10 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Comments for Jun 15 Palo Alto City Council Meeting
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Attached are comments for the June 15, 2020 Palo Alto City Council Meeting. It is unclear whether
they pertain to Action Item #10 on the meeting agenda; I submit them for wherever they may fit.
Jeff Conrad
Palo Alto
Comment for the June 15, 2020 Palo Alto City Council Meeting
Police Department Policy Manual Redactions
Mayor Fine, Council Members, City Manager Shikada, Chief Jonsen, and City Attorney Stump:
I am pleased that the City of Palo Alto recognizes the need for police reforms. �ough I don’t
specifically advocate for the “8 Can’t Wait” proposal, I support its elements, and actually would
go considerably further.
I am especially pleased at the proposal for civilian review of police policy; this should be
standard practice for every law enforcement agency in the United States. Presumably, the Police
Department Policy Manual forms the basis for actual policy. �e current Policy Manual has
many good points, but also many that need improvement. A substantive discussion is a topic for
another time, hopefully one that will be specifically on the agenda for a Council meeting in the
near future.
Civilian control of the military and police is an essential element of American democracy. But
without reasonable transparency, oversight is impossible. And the redactions listed on the second
page of the publicly available version of the policy manual—19 complete sections—boggle the
mind. It may be reasonable for some material to not be made public, but I simply cannot see how
any of the cited sections of the California Government Code justify such extensive redactions.
Moreover, these redactions go far beyond those made by nearby agencies such as the Redwood
City Police Department and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s department. Suffice it to say that this
is not how to make government transparent.
�is obviously isn’t something to be resolved overnight. But I put the question to City Manager
Shikada, Chief Jonsen, and City Attorney Stump: please give the reason for each redaction as
well as the section of the Government Code that supports it. Hopefully, most of the redactions
can be reduced or eliminated. And hopefully, this will be part of a much broader discussion of
what policing in Palo Alto needs to look like going forward.
Sincerely,
Jeff Conrad
Palo Alto
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From:Stefania Pomponi <msstefaniapomponi@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 4:08 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Petition to paint Black Lives Matter on Hamilton Ave. approaching 1000 signatures. Let's do it!
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Dear City Councilmembers, Mayor Fine, and City Manager Shikada,
Thank you for your service to our community. This letter serves as an update to my previous written communication
on this matter. As of this sending, our petition is approaching 1000 signatures of people who support a public reminder
to stand up for Black lives in our community‐‐and every community‐‐by painting Black Lives Matter on Hamilton Ave.,
adjacent to King Plaza.
The petition is here.
I wanted to take a moment to share some of the comments left by people who signed in support. You can read more via
the petition link:
"I would like the city of Palo Alto to make this statement ‐ and also to encourage its creators to localize the idea, as the
people of Charlotte have to stunning effect. Per CharlotteAgenda.com: 'The street mural was part of a collaboration
with the City of Charlotte, Charlotte is Creative, Brand The Moth, BLKMRKTCLT, and the artists. The entire project —
from idea to completion — took only a few days.' We can do that too."
"This is an important statement for our community to make."
"I live in East Palo Alto, a community created by redlining not that long ago. The crises raised by Black Lives Matter are
real and present in our community today and Palo Alto, of all places, needs to more visibly recognize and support
justice."
"Let's paint BLACK LIVES MATTER on every street. Let's re‐open budget discussions immediately and re‐allocate the
police budget to community organizations instead. At a minimum, let's implement without delay all recommendations
made by Reverend Kaloma Smith in his editorial."
It is important that this happen by Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery, and is one of our country's oldest and
most important holidays. It is also important that this project, once approved, be Black led.
Bigger and more bureaucratic cities have managed to do this already, including Sacramento, Oakland, and San Francisco.
To that end, attached please find a template the city might use to expedite this process. I'm sure we will be able to find
plenty of volunteers to help with this project.
Let's show our Black community that our community stands with them.
With gratitude,
Stefania Pomponi
Lytton Ave.
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Palo Alto
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Stefania Pomponi
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From:Stefania Pomponi <msstefaniapomponi@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:18 AM
To:Council, City; PAC
Subject:Paint Black Lives Matter on Hamilton Ave--thank you and follow up
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Dear City Councilmembers, Mayor Fine, City Manager Shikada, and the members of the Palo Alto Public Arts
Commission,
First, let me say thank you to Mayor Fine for bringing the motion to paint Black Lives Matter on Hamilton Ave., adjacent
to King Plaza, and to the city council for unanimously passing it. Thank you again to Councilmember Kou for bringing it
up last week and planting the seed in my mind that this could be done. As she is the only member of color on the
council, and I am a woman of color, this means a great deal to me personally.
Please see my petition here. Over 1000 people have signed it. I urge you to read the comments to see why this is so
important and why this project should be done expeditiously.
This is a great first step and, of course, not the only solution to upholding our city’s commitment to standing up for Black
people. It is a public reminder and call to action.
To the members of the Public Art Commision, I would urge you to consider the following as you discuss this initiative:
This project must be Black led, start to finish, with City Council and PAC acting as sponsors or patrons. It should
be managed, created, approved by Black members of our community, and it is all of our jobs to listen to how our
Black community members would like to execute the project, and to get on board with their recommendations.
The template outlining exactly how to paint the words on the street has already been submitted to the City
Council, and is attached to this email. It is a public and shareable document and should help to expedite this
process.
If the project cannot be completed by Juneteenth, we should encourage July 4, 2020 as the target date. Other
bigger and more bureaucratic cities have been able to complete the project within 3 days.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Let's show our Black community that we stand with them, and let's
do it as quickly as possible.
With gratitude,
Stefania Pomponi
Lytton Ave.
Palo Alto
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-Stefania
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From:Anna Jaklitsch <annajak14@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 9:25 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Motion passed 6/8/20
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Dear City Council,
The motion below does not specifically request review of the carotid hold practice allowed under the
current use of force policy of the Palo Alto police department. Please consider amending the motion to
add specific review of this policy.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Anna Jaklitsch
Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto
MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member Cormack to adopt a
Resolution Expressing Support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. MOTION
PASSED: 7-0 MOTION: Mayor Fine moved, seconded by Council Member
Cormack to: A.Direct Staff to return with a framework to review, report on, and
improve our police policies and practices focused on accountability and
eliminating any potential incidents of racism or discrimination; B.Report on
possible improvements to police hiring practices; and C.Begin a diversity and
inclusion initiative throughout the City
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From:Theresa <tskchung@pobox.com>
Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 11:03 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:8cantwait Policies
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Dear Council Members,
In the past, the police officers in our community have been most kind, responsive, and helpful. Please adopt the
8cantwait measures. This will help everyone to trust and appreciate the police officers as my family and I do.
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Theresa Chung
538 Junipero Serra Blvd.
Stanford
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From:Jeff Conrad <jeff_conrad@msn.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:02 PM
To:Fine, Adrian
Cc:Council, City
Subject:Redactions in PAPD Policy Manual: Follow-Up to City Council Meeting
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Dear Mayor Fine,
I very much appreciate your asking Chief Jonsen about the extensive redactions in the Palo Alto
Police Department Policy Manual at Monday’s City Council meeting. But I don’t think Chief Jonsen
came close to answering the question. Rather, he made vague reference to the redacted sections
describing “tactics.”
The sections of the California Government Code cited as authority for the redactions (attached) are
pretty specific, and it is not clear how any of them would justify the redactions in the manual. GC
§ 6254 subdivisions (aa) and (ab) relate to vulnerability to a terrorist attack and to critical
infrastructure, respectively; § 6254.19 relates to information security; I’m not quite sure how to
describe § 6254 subdivision (f), but it is difficult to see how it relates to most of the redacted sections.
So I repeat the questions I submitted yesterday, but more specifically:
Why are the redactions in Palo Alto’s manual so much more extensive than those in Redwood
City’s and the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department’s manuals?
For each redacted section:
1. What specific section of the Government Code justifies the redaction?
2. How does the applicable section justify the redaction?
I direct these questions to whomever may be appropriate. Although there undoubtedly is material that
should not be made public, I simply cannot find any authority for the extensive redactions that have
been made. One simple example: Search and Seizure. The RCPD and SMCSD manuals may not
describe everything that is known, but what they do have is stellar in comparison with Palo Alto’s
manual, which has nothing. If this is transparency, I don’t understand what the term means.
Residents of Palo Alto deserve better.
Sincerely,
Jeff Conrad
Palo Alto
State of California
GOVERNMENT CODE
Section 6254
6254. Except as provided in Sections 6254.7 and 6254.13, this chapter does not
require the disclosure of any of the following records:
(a) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency memoranda that are
not retained by the public agency in the ordinary course of business, if the public
interest in withholding those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
(b) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the public agency is a party,
or to claims made pursuant to Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810), until the
pending litigation or claim has been finally adjudicated or otherwise settled.
(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute
an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(d) Records contained in or related to any of the following:
(1) Applications filed with any state agency responsible for the regulation or
supervision of the issuance of securities or of financial institutions, including, but not
limited to, banks, savings and loan associations, industrial loan companies, credit
unions, and insurance companies.
(2) Examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for
the use of, any state agency referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency communications
prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of, any state agency referred to in paragraph
(1).
(4) Information received in confidence by any state agency referred to in paragraph
(1).
(e) Geological and geophysical data, plant production data, and similar information
relating to utility systems development, or market or crop reports, that are obtained
in confidence from any person.
(f) Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of
intelligence information or security procedures of, the office of the Attorney General
and the Department of Justice, the Office of Emergency Services and any state or
local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state
or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other
state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes. However,
state and local law enforcement agencies shall disclose the names and addresses of
persons involved in, or witnesses other than confidential informants to, the incident,
the description of any property involved, the date, time, and location of the incident,
all diagrams, statements of the parties involved in the incident, the statements of all
witnesses, other than confidential informants, to the victims of an incident, or an
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL
authorized representative thereof, an insurance carrier against which a claim has been
or might be made, and any person suffering bodily injury or property damage or loss,
as the result of the incident caused by arson, burglary, fire, explosion, larceny, robbery,
carjacking, vandalism, vehicle theft, or a crime as defined by subdivision (b) of Section
13951, unless the disclosure would endanger the safety of a witness or other person
involved in the investigation, or unless disclosure would endanger the successful
completion of the investigation or a related investigation. However, this subdivision
does not require the disclosure of that portion of those investigative files that reflects
the analysis or conclusions of the investigating officer.
Customer lists provided to a state or local police agency by an alarm or security
company at the request of the agency shall be construed to be records subject to this
subdivision.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, state and local law
enforcement agencies shall make public the following information, except to the
extent that disclosure of a particular item of information would endanger the safety
of a person involved in an investigation or would endanger the successful completion
of the investigation or a related investigation:
(1) The full name and occupation of every individual arrested by the agency, the
individual’s physical description including date of birth, color of eyes and hair, sex,
height and weight, the time and date of arrest, the time and date of booking, the
location of the arrest, the factual circumstances surrounding the arrest, the amount of
bail set, the time and manner of release or the location where the individual is currently
being held, and all charges the individual is being held upon, including any outstanding
warrants from other jurisdictions and parole or probation holds.
(2) (A) Subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 841.5 of the Penal Code,
the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received
by the agency and the time and nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent
the information regarding crimes alleged or committed or any other incident
investigated is recorded, the time, date, and location of occurrence, the time and date
of the report, the name and age of the victim, the factual circumstances surrounding
the crime or incident, and a general description of any injuries, property, or weapons
involved.The name of a victim of any crime defined by Section 220, 261, 261.5, 262,
264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5,
285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.2, 288.3, 288.4, 288.5, 288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75,
646.9, or 647.6 of the Penal Code may be withheld at the victim’s request, or at the
request of the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is a minor. When a person is
the victim of more than one crime, information disclosing that the person is a victim
of a crime defined in any of the sections of the Penal Code set forth in this subdivision
may be deleted at the request of the victim, or the victim’s parent or guardian if the
victim is a minor, in making the report of the crime, or of any crime or incident
accompanying the crime, available to the public in compliance with the requirements
of this paragraph.
(B) Subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 841.5 of the Penal Code, the
names and images of a victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of
the Penal Code, and of that victim’s immediate family, other than a family member
who is charged with a criminal offense arising from the same incident, may be withheld
at the victim’s request until the investigation or any subsequent prosecution is
complete. For purposes of this subdivision, “immediate family” shall have the same
meaning as that provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 422.4 of the
Penal Code.
(3) Subject to the restrictions of Section 841.5 of the Penal Code and this
subdivision, the current address of every individual arrested by the agency and the
current address of the victim of a crime, if the requester declares under penalty of
perjury that the request is made for a scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental
purpose, or that the request is made for investigation purposes by a licensed private
investigator as described in Chapter 11.3 (commencing with Section 7512) of Division
3 of the Business and Professions Code. However, the address of the victim of any
crime defined by Section 220, 236.1, 261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266a,
266b, 266c, 266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.2,
288.3, 288.4, 288.5, 288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, 646.9, or 647.6 of the Penal
Code shall remain confidential. Address information obtained pursuant to this
paragraph shall not be used directly or indirectly, or furnished to another, to sell a
product or service to any individual or group of individuals, and the requester shall
execute a declaration to that effect under penalty of perjury. This paragraph shall not
be construed to prohibit or limit a scholarly, journalistic, political, or government use
of address information obtained pursuant to this paragraph.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, commencing July 1,
2019, a video or audio recording that relates to a critical incident, as defined in
subparagraph (C), may be withheld only as follows:
(A) (i) During an active criminal or administrative investigation, disclosure of a
recording related to a critical incident may be delayed for no longer than 45 calendar
days after the date the agency knew or reasonably should have known about the
incident, if, based on the facts and circumstances depicted in the recording, disclosure
would substantially interfere with the investigation, such as by endangering the safety
of a witness or a confidential source. If an agency delays disclosure pursuant to this
paragraph, the agency shall provide in writing to the requester the specific basis for
the agency’s determination that disclosure would substantially interfere with the
investigation and the estimated date for disclosure.
(ii) After 45 days from the date the agency knew or reasonably should have known
about the incident, and up to one year from that date, the agency may continue to
delay disclosure of a recording if the agency demonstrates that disclosure would
substantially interfere with the investigation.After one year from the date the agency
knew or reasonably should have known about the incident, the agency may continue
to delay disclosure of a recording only if the agency demonstrates by clear and
convincing evidence that disclosure would substantially interfere with the investigation.
If an agency delays disclosure pursuant to this clause, the agency shall promptly
provide in writing to the requester the specific basis for the agency’s determination
that the interest in preventing interference with an active investigation outweighs the
public interest in disclosure and provide the estimated date for the disclosure. The
agency shall reassess withholding and notify the requester every 30 days. A recording
withheld by the agency shall be disclosed promptly when the specific basis for
withholding is resolved.
(B) (i) If the agency demonstrates, on the facts of the particular case, that the
public interest in withholding a video or audio recording clearly outweighs the public
interest in disclosure because the release of the recording would, based on the facts
and circumstances depicted in the recording, violate the reasonable expectation of
privacy of a subject depicted in the recording, the agency shall provide in writing to
the requester the specific basis for the expectation of privacy and the public interest
served by withholding the recording and may use redaction technology, including
blurring or distorting images or audio, to obscure those specific portions of the
recording that protect that interest. However, the redaction shall not interfere with
the viewer’s ability to fully, completely, and accurately comprehend the events
captured in the recording and the recording shall not otherwise be edited or altered.
(ii) Except as provided in clause (iii), if the agency demonstrates that the reasonable
expectation of privacy of a subject depicted in the recording cannot adequately be
protected through redaction as described in clause (i) and that interest outweighs the
public interest in disclosure, the agency may withhold the recording from the public,
except that the recording, either redacted as provided in clause (i) or unredacted, shall
be disclosed promptly, upon request, to any of the following:
(I) The subject of the recording whose privacy is to be protected, or their authorized
representative.
(II) If the subject is a minor, the parent or legal guardian of the subject whose
privacy is to be protected.
(III) If the subject whose privacy is to be protected is deceased, an heir, beneficiary,
designated immediate family member, or authorized legal representative of the
deceased subject whose privacy is to be protected.
(iii) If disclosure pursuant to clause (ii) would substantially interfere with an active
criminal or administrative investigation, the agency shall provide in writing to the
requester the specific basis for the agency’s determination that disclosure would
substantially interfere with the investigation, and provide the estimated date for the
disclosure of the video or audio recording. Thereafter, the recording may be withheld
by the agency for 45 calendar days, subject to extensions as set forth in clause (ii) of
subparagraph (A).
(C) For purposes of this paragraph, a video or audio recording relates to a critical
incident if it depicts any of the following incidents:
(i) An incident involving the discharge of a firearm at a person by a peace officer
or custodial officer.
(ii) An incident in which the use of force by a peace officer or custodial officer
against a person resulted in death or in great bodily injury.
(D) An agency may provide greater public access to video or audio recordings
than the minimum standards set forth in this paragraph.
(E) This paragraph does not alter, limit, or negate any other rights, remedies, or
obligations with respect to public records regarding an incident other than a critical
incident as described in subparagraph (C).
(F) For purposes of this paragraph, a peace officer does not include any peace
officer employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(g) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data used to administer a
licensing examination, examination for employment, or academic examination, except
as provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99150) of Part 65 of Division
14 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(h) The contents of real estate appraisals or engineering or feasibility estimates
and evaluations made for or by the state or local agency relative to the acquisition of
property, or to prospective public supply and construction contracts, until all of the
property has been acquired or all of the contract agreement obtained. However, the
law of eminent domain shall not be affected by this provision.
(i) Information required from any taxpayer in connection with the collection of
local taxes that is received in confidence and the disclosure of the information to other
persons would result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the person supplying the
information.
(j) Library circulation records kept for the purpose of identifying the borrower of
items available in libraries, and library and museum materials made or acquired and
presented solely for reference or exhibition purposes. The exemption in this subdivision
shall not apply to records of fines imposed on the borrowers.
(k) Records, the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal
or state law, including, but not limited to, provisions of the Evidence Code relating
to privilege.
(l) Correspondence of and to the Governor or employees of the Governor’s office
or in the custody of or maintained by the Governor’s LegalAffairs Secretary. However,
public records shall not be transferred to the custody of the Governor’s LegalAffairs
Secretary to evade the disclosure provisions of this chapter.
(m) In the custody of or maintained by the Legislative Counsel, except those
records in the public database maintained by the Legislative Counsel that are described
in Section 10248.
(n) Statements of personal worth or personal financial data required by a licensing
agency and filed by an applicant with the licensing agency to establish their personal
qualification for the license, certificate, or permit applied for.
(o) Financial data contained in applications for financing under Division 27
(commencing with Section 44500) of the Health and Safety Code, if an authorized
officer of the California Pollution Control Financing Authority determines that
disclosure of the financial data would be competitively injurious to the applicant and
the data is required in order to obtain guarantees from the United States Small Business
Administration. The California Pollution Control Financing Authority shall adopt
rules for review of individual requests for confidentiality under this section and for
making available to the public those portions of an application that are subject to
disclosure under this chapter.
(p) (1) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by Chapter 10.3
(commencing with Section 3512), Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 3525),
and Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4, and Article 19.5
(commencing with Section 8430) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of
the Education Code, that reveal a state agency’s deliberative processes, impressions,
evaluations, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work products,
theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or training to employees who
do not have full collective bargaining and representation rights under these chapters.
This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the disclosure duties of a state agency
with respect to any other records relating to the activities governed by the employee
relations acts referred to in this paragraph.
(2) Records of local agencies related to activities governed by Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4, that reveal a local agency’s deliberative
processes, impressions, evaluations, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes,
research, work products, theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or
training to employees who do not have full collective bargaining and representation
rights under that chapter.This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the disclosure
duties of a local agency with respect to any other records relating to the activities
governed by the employee relations act referred to in this paragraph.
(q) (1) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by Article 2.6
(commencing with Section 14081), Article 2.8 (commencing with Section 14087.5),
andArticle 2.91 (commencing with Section 14089) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, that reveal the special negotiator’s deliberative
processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion of the negotiations with
providers of health care services, impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting
minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction,
advice, or training to employees.
(2) Except for the portion of a contract containing the rates of payment, contracts
for inpatient services entered into pursuant to these articles, on or after April 1, 1984,
shall be open to inspection one year after they are fully executed. If a contract for
inpatient services that is entered into prior to April 1, 1984, is amended on or after
April 1, 1984, the amendment, except for any portion containing the rates of payment,
shall be open to inspection one year after it is fully executed. If the California Medical
Assistance Commission enters into contracts with health care providers for other than
inpatient hospital services, those contracts shall be open to inspection one year after
they are fully executed.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection under this
subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of payment
shall be open to inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendment shall be open
to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee and the LegislativeAnalyst’s
Office.The committee and that office shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts
and amendments until the time a contract or amendment is fully open to inspection
by the public.
(r) Records of NativeAmerican graves, cemeteries, and sacred places and records
of Native American places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and
5097.993 of the Public Resources Code maintained by, or in the possession of, the
NativeAmerican Heritage Commission, another state agency, or a local agency.
(s) A final accreditation report of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Hospitals that has been transmitted to the State Department of Health Care Services
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1282 of the Health and Safety Code.
(t) Records of a local hospital district, formed pursuant to Division 23 (commencing
with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code, or the records of a municipal
hospital, formed pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 37600) or Article
8 (commencing with Section 37650) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 4
of this code, that relate to any contract with an insurer or nonprofit hospital service
plan for inpatient or outpatient services for alternative rates pursuant to Section 10133
of the Insurance Code. However, the record shall be open to inspection within one
year after the contract is fully executed.
(u) (1) Information contained in applications for licenses to carry firearms issued
pursuant to Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code by the sheriff
of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department that indicates
when or where the applicant is vulnerable to attack or that concerns the applicant’s
medical or psychological history or that of members of their family.
(2) The home address and telephone number of prosecutors, public defenders,
peace officers, judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in
applications for licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150, 26155,
26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the chief or other
head of a municipal police department.
(3) The home address and telephone number of prosecutors, public defenders,
peace officers, judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in
licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215
of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal
police department.
(v) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State
Department of Health Care Services related to activities governed by former Part 6.3
(commencing with Section 12695), former Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700),
Part 6.6 (commencing with Section 12739.5), or Part 6.7 (commencing with Section
12739.70) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, or Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 15810) or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15870) of Part 3.3 of Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and that reveal any of the following:
(A) The deliberative processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion
of the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking to contract with the board or
the department, entities with which the board or the department is considering a
contract, or entities with which the board or department is considering or enters into
any other arrangement under which the board or the department provides, receives,
or arranges services or reimbursement.
(B) The impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work
product, theories, or strategy of the board or its staff or the department or its staff, or
records that provide instructions, advice, or training to their employees.
(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment,
contracts entered into pursuant to former Part 6.3 (commencing with Section 12695),
former Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700), Part 6.6 (commencing with Section
12739.5), or Part 6.7 (commencing with Section 12739.70) of Division 2 of the
Insurance Code, or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15810) or Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 15870) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, on or after July 1, 1991, shall be open to inspection one year after
their effective dates.
(B) If a contract that is entered into prior to July 1, 1991, is amended on or after
July 1, 1991, the amendment, except for any portion containing the rates of payment,
shall be open to inspection one year after the effective date of the amendment.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to
this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of
payment shall be open to inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until the
contracts or amendments to the contracts are open to inspection pursuant to paragraph
(3).
(w) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board related to activities
governed by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of
the Insurance Code, and that reveal the deliberative processes, discussions,
communications, or any other portion of the negotiations with health plans, or the
impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or records that provide instructions,
advice, or training to employees.
(2) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment, contracts
for health coverage entered into pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, on or after January 1, 1993,
shall be open to inspection one year after they have been fully executed.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until the
contracts or amendments to the contracts are open to inspection pursuant to paragraph
(2).
(x) Financial data contained in applications for registration, or registration renewal,
as a service contractor filed with the Director of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Chapter
20 (commencing with Section 9800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions
Code, for the purpose of establishing the service contractor’s net worth, or financial
data regarding the funded accounts held in escrow for service contracts held in force
in this state by a service contractor.
(y) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State
Department of Health Care Services related to activities governed by Part 6.2
(commencing with Section 12693) or former Part 6.4 (commencing with Section
12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27
of, or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the
Welfare and Institutions Code, if the records reveal any of the following:
(A) The deliberative processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion
of the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking to contract with the board or
the department, entities with which the board or department is considering a contract,
or entities with which the board or department is considering or enters into any other
arrangement under which the board or department provides, receives, or arranges
services or reimbursement.
(B) The impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work
product, theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or the department or its staff,
or records that provide instructions, advice, or training to employees.
(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment,
contracts entered into pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693) or former
Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code,
on or after January 1, 1998, or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and
Institutions Code shall be open to inspection one year after their effective dates.
(B) If a contract entered into pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693)
or former Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance
Code or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, is amended,
the amendment shall be open to inspection one year after the effective date of the
amendment.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to
this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of
payment shall be open to inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection pursuant to paragraph
(2) or (3).
(5) The exemption from disclosure provided pursuant to this subdivision for the
contracts, deliberative processes, discussions, communications, negotiations,
impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or the department or its staff, shall also
apply to the contracts, deliberative processes, discussions, communications,
negotiations, impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research,
work product, theories, or strategy of applicants pursuant to former Part 6.4
(commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code or Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(z) Records obtained pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 2891.1
of the Public Utilities Code.
(aa) A document prepared by or for a state or local agency that assesses its
vulnerability to terrorist attack or other criminal acts intended to disrupt the public
agency’s operations and that is for distribution or consideration in a closed session.
(ab) Critical infrastructure information, as defined in Section 131(3) of Title 6 of
the United States Code, that is voluntarily submitted to the Office of Emergency
Services for use by that office, including the identity of the person who or entity that
voluntarily submitted the information. As used in this subdivision, “voluntarily
submitted” means submitted in the absence of the office exercising any legal authority
to compel access to or submission of critical infrastructure information. This
subdivision shall not affect the status of information in the possession of any other
state or local governmental agency.
(ac) All information provided to the Secretary of State by a person for the purpose
of registration in the Advance Health Care Directive Registry, except that those records
shall be released at the request of a health care provider, a public guardian, or the
registrant’s legal representative.
(ad) The following records of the State Compensation Insurance Fund:
(1) Records related to claims pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section
3200) of Division 4 of the Labor Code, to the extent that confidential medical
information or other individually identifiable information would be disclosed.
(2) Records related to the discussions, communications, or any other portion of
the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking to contract with the fund, and
any related deliberations.
(3) Records related to the impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes
of meetings or sessions that are lawfully closed to the public, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the fund or its staff, on the development of rates, contracting
strategy, underwriting, or competitive strategy pursuant to the powers granted to the
fund in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the
Insurance Code.
(4) Records obtained to provide workers’ compensation insurance under Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code,
including, but not limited to, any medical claims information, policyholder information
provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to prevent an insurance
agent or broker from obtaining proprietary information or other information authorized
by law to be obtained by the agent or broker, and information on rates, pricing, and
claims handling received from brokers.
(5) (A) Records that are trade secrets pursuant to Section 6276.44, or Article 11
(commencing with Section 1060) of Chapter 4 of Division 8 of the Evidence Code,
including, without limitation, instructions, advice, or training provided by the State
Compensation Insurance Fund to its board members, officers, and employees regarding
the fund’s special investigation unit, internal audit unit, and informational security,
marketing, rating, pricing, underwriting, claims handling, audits, and collections.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the portions of records containing trade
secrets shall be available for review by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee,
California State Auditor’s Office, Division of Workers’ Compensation, and the
Department of Insurance to ensure compliance with applicable law.
(6) (A) Internal audits containing proprietary information and the following records
that are related to an internal audit:
(i) Personal papers and correspondence of any person providing assistance to the
fund when that person has requested in writing that their papers and correspondence
be kept private and confidential. Those papers and correspondence shall become
public records if the written request is withdrawn, or upon order of the fund.
(ii) Papers, correspondence, memoranda, or any substantive information pertaining
to any audit not completed or an internal audit that contains proprietary information.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the portions of records containing
proprietary information, or any information specified in subparagraph (A) shall be
available for review by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, California State
Auditor’s Office, Division of Workers’ Compensation, and the Department of
Insurance to ensure compliance with applicable law.
(7) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), contracts entered into pursuant
to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance
Code shall be open to inspection one year after the contract has been fully executed.
(B) If a contract entered into pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code is amended, the amendment
shall be open to inspection one year after the amendment has been fully executed.
(C) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to
this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of
payment shall be open to inspection.
(D) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection pursuant to this paragraph.
(E) This paragraph is not intended to apply to documents related to contracts with
public entities that are not otherwise expressly confidential as to that public entity.
(F) For purposes of this paragraph, “fully executed” means the point in time when
all of the necessary parties to the contract have signed the contract.
This section does not prevent any agency from opening its records concerning the
administration of the agency to public inspection, unless disclosure is otherwise
prohibited by law.
This section does not prevent any health facility from disclosing to a certified
bargaining agent relevant financing information pursuant to Section 8 of the National
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 158).
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 385, Sec. 29. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2020.)
State of California
GOVERNMENT CODE
Section 6254.19
6254.19. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of an
information security record of a public agency, if, on the facts of the particular case,
disclosure of that record would reveal vulnerabilities to, or otherwise increase the
potential for an attack on, an information technology system of a public agency.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit public disclosure of records stored
within an information technology system of a public agency that are not otherwise
exempt from disclosure pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 205, Sec. 1. (AB 2091) Effective January 1, 2011.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Kat Snyder <katsnyderux@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:11 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Human Relations Commission
Subject:Public comment: The Police's Role in Domestic Abuse Incidents
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Hello Councilmembers,
My friend escaped her abuser just over two weeks ago. I used to think that police were necessary for domestic violence
calls and that they were especially crucial now that domestic violence has gone up during shelter in place. My friend's
story changed my mind, which is why I'm sharing it.
She lives in a different state, so this isn't about PAPD specifically but just about the role of policing. At the beginning of
shelter in place she just casually mentioned that she had gone to her husband's house to ask him to sign some divorce
papers and that he blocked her car in so she couldn't leave, citing coronavirus as the reason why she shouldn't leave the
house. The National Domestic Violence Hotline gave me a number of reasons why calling the police can do more harm
than good. They help each caller assess whether they should call the police and what exactly they should say in order to
be taken seriously.
I've learned a lot over the past two and a half months about the set of skills needed to help someone get out of a
domestic abuse situation. It's frankly, mostly trauma‐informed emotional labor that gets the job done. That, and gas
money. After two and a half months of hard work, my friend is safely at her adoptive father's house and the husband
finally signed the divorce papers. Here's the bad news: She, not the husband, spent a night in jail. She, not the husband,
had a restraining order taken out against her and, she ‐ not the husband ‐ is due in court next week to answer for an
assault charge.
My friend's situation is far from unique ‐ the police are not especially good at figuring out who is the primary aggressor,
and so they may arrest the victim or both people involved. If my friend had been black instead of white, chances go up
that she or her partner could have been killed or sentenced to prison, instead of simply receiving a minor assault charge.
Therefore, instead of giving more work for the police to handle during lockdown, I would encourage us to find non‐
policing ways of handling domestic abuse.
Every day, community‐based organizations across California are successfully responding to all types of emergency
situations. The C.R.I.S.E.S. (Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems) ‐ Act AB 2054 will create a
pilot grant program for community‐based response to local emergencies like domestic abuse. I realize this is at the state
level but I urge us ‐ for one ‐ to support the funding of this statewide legislation and, secondly, to adopt a similar
ordinance at the local level.
I almost shared this comment last night at the council meeting but wasn't sure if the very personal nature of the
comment would be appropriate for that forum. I stayed up with y'all till after 1am, though, listening, during which time I
found out that HRC will also be involved in some capacity so I've copied them on this email in case they find this
anecdote useful.
I don't know if we can get a local push for support of passage and funding of AB 2054, or whose role that falls under, but
I'd like to help any local org with built up capacity if there is an appropriate group to work with.
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Thanks for all your work,
Kat Snyder
Palo Alto Resident
Paly Class of 2002
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Baumb, Nelly
From:nllwang@yahoo.com
Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:52 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Should Palo Alto City have a police department? (YES)
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Dear council of Palo Alto:
As a 25 years resident of Palo Alto, it's shocking to read a news on Palo Alto Online that the city council is even
considering whether the city needs a police department.
Palo Alto police department demonstrated great professionalism keeping Palo Alto a safe and open city to all. I support
constant update of policy, guideline, and training, in order to cope with the ever changing society. But elimination of the
police department is totally insane, especially without any preview of the needs of the community.
Sincerely,
N Wang
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Susanne Bentley <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 3:54 PM
To:Markham Plaza Tenant Association; california.relay@yandex.com; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org
Cc:super nova; mccomas.b.c@gmail.com; bill@sdap.org; caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com
Subject:San Jose Police Officer Michael Johnson
Attachments:030819_SFPD_POLICE_SEARCH_WARRANT_lancewr12.LP.pdf; 032319_San Francisco Well Check
Calls_EMAIL TO UNA BAILEY SFPD CHIEF.pdf; 050820_SGT. MARTINEZ CELL PHONE Search
Warrant001.pdf; 060619_SGT. MARTINEZ EMAILS POLICE SEARCH WARRANT_1 (2).pdf; 06-17-19
_SFPD_Lancewr12@Gmail - [5-4623000026543] Notification from Google.pdf; 06-19-19_COMPLAINT
OF SGT. Martinez Search Warrant Gmail - Search Warrant.pdf; 071919_SGT. MARTINEZ_EMAILS
SEARCH WARRANT_RORY WILL.pdf; 101719_WANG'S SF CRIMINAL WARRANT.pdf; 101819_750,000
BAIL RECEIPT.pdf; Calif. Judge Axes Drug-Dealing Case After Surveillance Footage Contradicts
Police.pdf; EXHIBIT_00019_FEBRUARY 13, 2019_ALLAN THYGESEN POLICE REPORT 190-112-228.pdf;
Mail Attachment.jpeg
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Robert Ridgeway & Micheal Lenninger were in collusion together on the wwapons scandal & Leninger runs a racket
dow in Gilroy called Safety First Security. Ridgeway;s partner in crime. They are running big scam over at the plat
Shopping center accross from Markham Plaza. I bet the HUD fuding that they werew trying to embezzle was being
laundered into security contract at The Plant Shopping Center & Ridgeway & Leininger were in the think of it.
By flooding the neigborhood with guns, they create more crime.
San Jose Police Officer Michael Johnson died while doing his job! We must make sure he did not die in vein!!
In this video, they are singing about the guns, crime and money. ( RIP Officer Micheal Johnson ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX06c62xlMI
More crime means more money for security contract & more people being arressted. Then they send the criminal
defendents to McComas & the public defender & Ridgeway gives them kickbacks by installing free alarm systems.
The Gilroy cops are notorious for conficating dope from evidence room & pumping it back into the streets. I bet
McComas is wrapped up i that scandal too!!!!!
If the Public Defender & Sylvia Persez won't investigate & SDAP sabataged Habeas & also did not investigate, then we
need to investigate it ourselves & ask the public to help!!!!
If they won't allow evidence and testimony in the record, then we wil send it out to hundreds of tousands of peole on
thei intternet. What coice do we have? We can not allow peple to be attacked and killed by these vicios corrut evil
savages!
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* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. - purchased approximately 2003 by 406-10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St.
Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. - 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. - 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. - 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . - 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. - Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 11/9/2011
- 2000 / 2010 Monterey Road, San Jose, Ca. 95112 ( Markam Plaza Attacks )
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. - 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. - 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. - 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/16/2011
* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks were made payable to Norcal Holdings
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 6:50 PM
From: "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
To: galaxy_454@yahoo.com, california.relay@yandex.com
Cc: senior.affairs@groupmail.com, bill@sdap.org
Subject: Alarm & Securty Company Scam
We figured out part of how their scam works with the burglar alarms. According
to the SIAC, at least from I can tell, it had nothing to do with the ADT security
sytem at Detective Carrolls house. This was nothing but a big smoke screen. More
fabrigated bulshit concocted by Angela Bernhard at the DA's office trying to
cover her ass after being caught covering up murders. The San Jose Police were
using what's called a verifiedc respose system to have an excuse not to respond to
alams so that Brett Moiseff could murder people like Kelly Danner. This all ties on
to what Robert Ridgeway was ding when he would deacivate specific security
cameras at Markham Plaza. Its a pattern for them & part of their cscam. When
Frank Carpenito died, Franks girl friend tried to pull the video ond the detective
from Santa Clara PD said it wasn't available. Last but not least, Deputy District
attorney Barbara Cathcart claims she can't find the video saying "Andrew
Crittenden" was staying at Markham Plaza during the attacks when Robert Moss
got killed. They gave me a number for this lady named Courney. She works for
SIAC but I don't knowwhat she does. She explain it to you better than me. Her
number is 847) 405-4032. Angela Bernhard made this stuff up beause her ass was
on the line in for coverig up Robert Moss's murder snd causing officer Michael
Johnson to get killed
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There is no little doubt that Brian McComas was bribed to keep this shit under
wraps. We need ramp this up & tstart investigating his family in Idho and all these
properties McComas is connected to in San Francisco.
The only reason why they would flip out about Carroll's alam system is if somethig
was fishy. I am willing to bet that Robert Ridgeway was the one who installed the
alam, just like the cameras at Markham Plaza and the Plant Shopping center. We
will getto the bottom of it. Help pass this inforation along to the public & see if
anyoe knows anything.
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If we know what kind of alam systems these people use, then perhaps we can find
out if they recieved the alarm systems from Ridgeway as a form of bribe.
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* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. - purchased approximately
2003 by 406-10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St. Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. - 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. - 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. - 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . - 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. - Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 11/9/2011
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. - 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. - 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. - 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/16/2011
* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks were
made payable to Norcal Holdings
LH&R , Jeremy
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 5:18 AM
From: "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
To: galaxy_454@yahoo.com
Cc: markhamplazata@gmail.com, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com, cindy.alvarez@mail.com,
contact@tedgunderson.info, ted@tedgunderson.com, kaywg2372@gmail.com, celliot087@gmail.com,
senior.affairs@groupmail.net
Subject: Robert Lightbourne - Central Intelegence Agency
Here is photo of Robet Lightboure, the CIA operative who helped to establish the Jamaican Shower Posse Cartel.
He is splitting image of former Social Services director: Will Lightbourne. The Lightbourne family and Shower
Posse Cartel were under investigation by Ted Gunderson
https://honorthysanctity.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/2004-03-13-ted-gunderson-speech-to-congressional-
hearing-on-child-protection-town-hall-forum-with-congressman-joe-baca-on-children-protective-services-reform-
mar-13-2004.pdf
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Here is Will Lightbourne, California Department of Social Services
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 4:07 AM
From: "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
To: galaxy_454@yahoo.com
Subject: 2013 Advisory
Help expose Gary Goodman, Bill Robinson, and that despicable cunt
Molly O'Neal!
Thomas Iveli , Brian McComas and Robert Sigmund are
engaged in a criminal racketerring enterprise and have
corrupt interest in the San Francisco, California Real
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Estate Properties listed below. Brian McComas also
attempted to get a navy officer killed for his participaton in
an investigation into the family of Will Ligtbourne and the
Shower Posse Cartel who were shipping weapons and drugs
between Jamaica, Costa Rica , United Kingdom, Montreal
Canada , United States, Cuba, Spain and Morrocco. New
information obtained today points to a private investigator
hired by Jeffrey Epstien. This investigator may have
interfered with the investigation conducted by retired FBI
special agent Ted Gunderson into Dorothy Lightbourne,
Robert Lightbourne, Christopher Dudos Coke and the
Shower Posse Cartel.
There is reason to believe that attorney Brian Curtis
McComas is a pedophile who is sexually attracted to little
kids!
* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. - purchased approximately
2003 by 406-10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St. Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. - 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. - 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. - 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . - 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. - Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 11/9/2011
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ���
12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. - 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. - 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. - 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/16/2011
* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks
were made payable to Norcal Holdings)
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Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 1:46 AM
From: "Cary Andrew Crittenden" <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>
To: "Brian McComas" <mccomas.b.c@gmail.com>
Cc: sixth.district@jud.ca.gov, supreme.court@jud.ca.gov, "Bill Robinson" <bill@sdap.org>,
patrick@sdap.org
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
Why am I getting all this stuff!!! WTF is going on sir?
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Jeremy Pruitt <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
Subject: Fw: Fwd: Hi Chesa
Date: June 5, 2020 at 6:35:06 PM PDT
To: kaywg2372@gmail.com, senior.affairs@groupmail.com, markhamplazata@gmail.com,
galaxy_454@yahoo.com, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com, cindy.alvarez@mail.com,
cindy.chavez@box.sccgov.org, caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com
Thomas Iveli , Brian McComas and Robert Sigmund are engaged in a criminal
racketerring enterprise and have corrupt interest in the following San Francisco,
California Real Estate Properties. Brian McComas also attempted to get a
military service member killed for his participaton in an investigation into the
family of Will Ligtbourne and the Shower Posse Cartel who were shipping weapons
and drugs between Jamaica, Costa Rica , United Kingdom, Montreal Canada ,
United States, Cuba, Spain and Morrocco. New information obtained today
indicates there maybe a brivate investigator involved who was hired by Jeffrey
Epstien to screw up the investigation initiated by retired FBI special agent Ted
Gunderson. We are affraid that Brian McComas may try to sexualy molest young
children!
* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� purchased approximately 2003 by 406-
10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St. Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . ��� 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. ��� Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 11/9/2011
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. ��� 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/16/2011
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* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks were made payable
to Norcal Holdings)
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 12:53 AM
From: "Cary Andrew Crittenden" <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>
To: kaywg2372@gmail.com
Cc: "super nova" <galaxy_454@yahoo.com>, "Be Judged" <rua@uglyjudge.com>,
markhamplazata@gmail.com, "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>, "Susanne
Bentley" <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, "Cindy Alvarez" <cindy.alvarez@mail.com>,
heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
���Please call me at so I can better understand what���s going on.
I have been flooded with emails over last couple of days which like yours, involve San
Francisco.
I have noticed reference in one of your documents to a private investigator hired by
Jeffrey Epstein so I am forwarding to others , some of whom are have expressed fears
that Brian McComas may sexually molest children .
Respectfully,
Cary Andrew Crittenden |
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>
Date: June 5, 2020 at 4:28:31 PM PDT
To: Julie Del Fava <julie.delfava@bos.sccgov.org>
Cc: Be Judged <rua@uglyjudge.com>, Jeremy Pruitt
<jeremy4justice@activist.com>, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com>,
Susanne Bentley <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, Scott Largent
<scottlargent38@gmail.com>, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
���Hi Julie,
This just came in. More San Francisco stuff. I���m not sure what to
make of it.
I���m forwarding it to others in hopes that after being blasted all over
the internet, it wiill eventually get sorted out.
I have not opened any of the attachments yet.
Cary Andrew Crittenden |
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kay Wg <kaywg2372@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
Date: June 5, 2020 at 4:18:58 PM PDT
To: caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com
Can you tell me how long you were in prison?
Redacted
Redacted
Redacted
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Like did you serve 3.5 years?! I saw the ruling from the Appeals court 45 pages, and confusing. My complaint is
similar see attached.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Kay Wg <kaywg2372@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:15 PM
Subject: Hi Chesa
To: Chesa DA Email <chesa@sfgov.org>
Hi Chesa,
Please don't forward this to Don Dubain, my attorney is
going to get really mad, she forwarded Don Dubain's email
last-time, and I'm afraid he'll over prosecute in retaliation
but I really have to voice my concerns. Case: 19016407
But my bail is higher than Derek Chauvin's his bail was
only $500,000 for Murder. Mine was @ $750,000, and I
have no criminal record.
I'm appalled that this is happening, furthermore Sgt.
Michele Martinez #1208 just issued a Search Warrant
after over 7 months of illegally seizing the incorrect phone
and totally misrepresented her Probable Cause Statement
this is your office, how is this happening?
Why am I getting so many Search Warrants, no one is
stalking anyone, it's disgusting that the SFPD and the DA's
office will help the Thygesen family, Google Executives.
When are the police going to be held accountable for
selective prosecution? I have the highest bail in history for charges of "Stalking", as in trying to serve the white Menlo park man who abducted my infant son? It's so egregious.
I also live in Utah, why are the SFPD and your DA offices
prosecuting out of state cases, on top of that Walker
Stone the fake alleged victim lives in Alabama. I know
there is significant discrimination again blacks and brown
[people, but your office was really prejudicial to me, I am
scared for my life, my parents have already depleted their
entire retirement fund, we cannot afford another
$750,000 Bail, and Sgt. Martinez is still going through all
my stuff, with NO PROBABLE CAUSE. P.S. Michele
Martinez in CBS article attached shows Michele Martinez
has a history in false probable cause incident reports.
Please have your office not fight too aggressively when we
request Sgt. Michele Martinez's record through a Pitchess Motion.
Thank you for listening.
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Jeremy Pruitt <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 11:50 AM
To:galaxy_454@yahoo.com; california.relay@yandex.com
Cc:senior.affairs@groupmail.com; bill@sdap.org
Subject:Alarm & Securty Company Scam
Attachments:030819_SFPD_POLICE_SEARCH_WARRANT_lancewr12.LP.pdf; 032319_San Francisco Well Check
Calls_EMAIL TO UNA BAILEY SFPD CHIEF.pdf; 050820_SGT. MARTINEZ CELL PHONE Search
Warrant001.pdf; 060619_SGT. MARTINEZ EMAILS POLICE SEARCH WARRANT_1 (2).pdf; 06-17-19
_SFPD_Lancewr12@Gmail - [5-4623000026543] Notification from Google.pdf; 06-19-19_COMPLAINT
OF SGT. Martinez Search Warrant Gmail - Search Warrant.pdf; 071919_SGT. MARTINEZ_EMAILS
SEARCH WARRANT_RORY WILL.pdf; 101719_WANG'S SF CRIMINAL WARRANT.pdf; 101819_750,000
BAIL RECEIPT.pdf; Calif. Judge Axes Drug-Dealing Case After Surveillance Footage Contradicts
Police.pdf; EXHIBIT_00019_FEBRUARY 13, 2019_ALLAN THYGESEN POLICE REPORT 190-112-228.pdf;
Mail Attachment.jpeg
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening
attachments and clicking on links.
We figured out part of how their scam works with the burglar alarms. According to
the SIAC, at least from I can tell, it had nothing to do with the ADT security sytem
at Detective Carrolls house. This was nothing but a big smoke screen. More
fabrigated bulshit concocted by Angela Bernhard at the DA's office trying to cover
her ass after being caught covering up murders. The San Jose Police were using
what's called a verifiedc respose system to have an excuse not to respond to alams
so that Brett Moiseff could murder people like Kelly Danner. This all ties on to what
Robert Ridgeway was ding when he would deacivate specific security cameras at
Markham Plaza. Its a pattern for them & part of their cscam. When Frank
Carpenito died, Franks girl friend tried to pull the video ond the detective from
Santa Clara PD said it wasn't available. Last but not least, Deputy District attorney
Barbara Cathcart claims she can't find the video saying "Andrew Crittenden" was
staying at Markham Plaza during the attacks when Robert Moss got killed. They gave
me a number for this lady named Courney. She works for SIAC but I don't knowwhat
she does. She explain it to you better than me. Her number is 847) 405-
4032. Angela Bernhard made this stuff up beause her ass was on the line in for
coverig up Robert Moss's murder snd causing officer Michael Johnson to get killed
There is no little doubt that Brian McComas was bribed to keep this shit under
wraps. We need ramp this up & tstart investigating his family in Idho and all these
properties McComas is connected to in San Francisco.
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The only reason why they would flip out about Carroll's alam system is if somethig
was fishy. I am willing to bet that Robert Ridgeway was the one who installed the
alam, just like the cameras at Markham Plaza and the Plant Shopping center. We will
getto the bottom of it. Help pass this inforation along to the public & see if anyoe
knows anything.
22
If we know what kind of alam systems these people use, then perhaps we can find out
if they recieved the alarm systems from Ridgeway as a form of bribe.
23
* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. - purchased approximately
2003 by 406-10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St. Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. - 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. - 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. - 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . - 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. - Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 11/9/2011
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. - 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. - 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. - 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/16/2011
* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks were
made payable to Norcal Holdings
LH&R , Jeremy
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 5:18 AM
From: "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
To: galaxy_454@yahoo.com
Cc: markhamplazata@gmail.com, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com, cindy.alvarez@mail.com,
contact@tedgunderson.info, ted@tedgunderson.com, kaywg2372@gmail.com, celliot087@gmail.com,
senior.affairs@groupmail.net
Subject: Robert Lightbourne - Central Intelegence Agency
Here is photo of Robet Lightboure, the CIA operative who helped to establish the Jamaican Shower Posse Cartel.
He is splitting image of former Social Services director: Will Lightbourne. The Lightbourne family and Shower Posse
Cartel were under investigation by Ted Gunderson
https://honorthysanctity.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/2004-03-13-ted-gunderson-speech-to-congressional-
hearing-on-child-protection-town-hall-forum-with-congressman-joe-baca-on-children-protective-services-reform-
mar-13-2004.pdf
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Here is Will Lightbourne, California Department of Social Services
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 4:07 AM
From: "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
To: galaxy_454@yahoo.com
Subject: 2013 Advisory
Help expose Gary Goodman, Bill Robinson, and that despicable cunt
Molly O'Neal!
Thomas Iveli , Brian McComas and Robert Sigmund are
engaged in a criminal racketerring enterprise and have
corrupt interest in the San Francisco, California Real Estate
25
Properties listed below. Brian McComas also attempted to
get a navy officer killed for his participaton in an
investigation into the family of Will Ligtbourne and the
Shower Posse Cartel who were shipping weapons and drugs
between Jamaica, Costa Rica , United Kingdom, Montreal
Canada , United States, Cuba, Spain and Morrocco. New
information obtained today points to a private investigator
hired by Jeffrey Epstien. This investigator may have
interfered with the investigation conducted by retired FBI
special agent Ted Gunderson into Dorothy Lightbourne,
Robert Lightbourne, Christopher Dudos Coke and the
Shower Posse Cartel.
There is reason to believe that attorney Brian Curtis
McComas is a pedophile who is sexually attracted to little
kids!
* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. - purchased approximately
2003 by 406-10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St. Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. - 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. - 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. - 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . - 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. - Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. - 11/9/2011
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ���
12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. - 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. - 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. - 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. - 6/16/2011
* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks
were made payable to Norcal Holdings)
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Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 1:46 AM
From: "Cary Andrew Crittenden" <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>
To: "Brian McComas" <mccomas.b.c@gmail.com>
Cc: sixth.district@jud.ca.gov, supreme.court@jud.ca.gov, "Bill Robinson" <bill@sdap.org>, patrick@sdap.org
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
Why am I getting all this stuff!!! WTF is going on sir?
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Jeremy Pruitt <jeremy4justice@activist.com>
Subject: Fw: Fwd: Hi Chesa
Date: June 5, 2020 at 6:35:06 PM PDT
To: kaywg2372@gmail.com, senior.affairs@groupmail.com, markhamplazata@gmail.com,
galaxy_454@yahoo.com, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com, cindy.alvarez@mail.com,
cindy.chavez@box.sccgov.org, caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com
Thomas Iveli , Brian McComas and Robert Sigmund are engaged in a criminal
racketerring enterprise and have corrupt interest in the following San Francisco,
California Real Estate Properties. Brian McComas also attempted to get a military
service member killed for his participaton in an investigation into the family of Will
Ligtbourne and the Shower Posse Cartel who were shipping weapons and drugs
between Jamaica, Costa Rica , United Kingdom, Montreal Canada , United States,
Cuba, Spain and Morrocco. New information obtained today indicates there maybe
a brivate investigator involved who was hired by Jeffrey Epstien to screw up the
investigation initiated by retired FBI special agent Ted Gunderson. We are affraid
that Brian McComas may try to sexualy molest young children!
* 607 Oak St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� purchased approximately 2003 by 406-
10-12 Realty Corp. & 400 W. 22 St. Corp.
* 994-98 Guerrero St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/23/2011
* 925 Pierce St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 8/17/2009
* 88-98 Castro St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 7/17/2007
* 452 Oak St San Francisco, Ca. . ��� 5/6/2004
* 425 Shrader St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/15/2007
* 390 Page St, San Francisco, Ca. ��� Property Lien 2/20/2020
* 3901-09 17th St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 10/9/2013
* 3700 16th St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 11/9/2011
* 350 Laguna Honda Blvd.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 12/9/2005
* 2260 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/28/2012
* 2256-58 Market St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/28/2012
* 201 Waller St.San Francisco, Ca. ��� 11/27/2013
* 178-180 Church St. ��� 6/23/2006
* 133-35 Collingwood St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 4/5/2004
* 1040 Ashbury St. San Francisco, Ca. ��� 6/16/2011
* 561 Baker Street , San Francisco, Ca. - 11 units (Checks were made payable
to Norcal Holdings)
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Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2020 at 12:53 AM
From: "Cary Andrew Crittenden" <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>
To: kaywg2372@gmail.com
Cc: "super nova" <galaxy_454@yahoo.com>, "Be Judged" <rua@uglyjudge.com>,
markhamplazata@gmail.com, "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>, "Susanne
Bentley" <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, "Cindy Alvarez" <cindy.alvarez@mail.com>, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
���Please call me at 408-318-1105 so I can better understand what���s going on.
I have been flooded with emails over last couple of days which like yours, involve San
Francisco.
I have noticed reference in one of your documents to a private investigator hired by Jeffrey Epstein so I am forwarding to others , some of whom are have expressed fears that Brian
McComas may sexually molest children .
Respectfully,
Cary Andrew Crittenden |
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>
Date: June 5, 2020 at 4:28:31 PM PDT
To: Julie Del Fava <julie.delfava@bos.sccgov.org>
Cc: Be Judged <rua@uglyjudge.com>, Jeremy Pruitt
<jeremy4justice@activist.com>, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com>, Susanne Bentley <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, Scott Largent <scottlargent38@gmail.com>, heidi.yauman@heidiyauman.com
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
���Hi Julie,
This just came in. More San Francisco stuff. I���m not sure what to
make of it.
I���m forwarding it to others in hopes that after being blasted all over the
internet, it wiill eventually get sorted out.
I have not opened any of the attachments yet.
Cary Andrew Crittenden |
Begin forwarded message:
From: Kay Wg <kaywg2372@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Hi Chesa
Date: June 5, 2020 at 4:18:58 PM PDT
To: caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com
Can you tell me how long you were in prison?
Like did you serve 3.5 years?! I saw the ruling from the
Appeals court 45 pages, and confusing. My complaint is
Redacted
Redacted
31
similar see attached.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Kay Wg <kaywg2372@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:15 PM
Subject: Hi Chesa
To: Chesa DA Email <chesa@sfgov.org>
Hi Chesa,
Please don't forward this to Don Dubain, my attorney is
going to get really mad, she forwarded Don Dubain's email
last-time, and I'm afraid he'll over prosecute in retaliation
but I really have to voice my concerns. Case: 19016407
But my bail is higher than Derek Chauvin's his bail was only
$500,000 for Murder. Mine was @ $750,000, and I have no criminal record.
I'm appalled that this is happening, furthermore Sgt.
Michele Martinez #1208 just issued a Search Warrant after
over 7 months of illegally seizing the incorrect phone and
totally misrepresented her Probable Cause Statement this is
your office, how is this happening?
Why am I getting so many Search Warrants, no one is
stalking anyone, it's disgusting that the SFPD and the DA's
office will help the Thygesen family, Google Executives.
When are the police going to be held accountable for
selective prosecution? I have the highest bail in history for
charges of "Stalking", as in trying to serve the white Menlo
park man who abducted my infant son? It's so egregious. I also live in Utah, why are the SFPD and your DA offices prosecuting out of state cases, on top of that Walker Stone
the fake alleged victim lives in Alabama. I know there is
significant discrimination again blacks and brown [people,
but your office was really prejudicial to me, I am scared for
my life, my parents have already depleted their entire
retirement fund, we cannot afford another $750,000 Bail,
and Sgt. Martinez is still going through all my stuff, with NO
PROBABLE CAUSE. P.S. Michele Martinez in CBS article
attached shows Michele Martinez has a history in false
probable cause incident reports.
Please have your office not fight too aggressively when we
request Sgt. Michele Martinez's record through a Pitchess
Motion.
Thank you for listening.
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State of California
GOVERNMENT CODE
Section 6254
6254. Except as provided in Sections 6254.7 and 6254.13, this chapter does not
require the disclosure of any of the following records:
(a) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency memoranda that are
not retained by the public agency in the ordinary course of business, if the public
interest in withholding those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure.
(b) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the public agency is a party,
or to claims made pursuant to Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810), until the
pending litigation or claim has been finally adjudicated or otherwise settled.
(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute
an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(d) Records contained in or related to any of the following:
(1) Applications filed with any state agency responsible for the regulation or
supervision of the issuance of securities or of financial institutions, including, but not
limited to, banks, savings and loan associations, industrial loan companies, credit
unions, and insurance companies.
(2) Examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for
the use of, any state agency referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) Preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency communications
prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of, any state agency referred to in paragraph
(1).
(4) Information received in confidence by any state agency referred to in paragraph
(1).
(e) Geological and geophysical data, plant production data, and similar information
relating to utility systems development, or market or crop reports, that are obtained
in confidence from any person.
(f) Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of
intelligence information or security procedures of, the office of the Attorney General
and the Department of Justice, the Office of Emergency Services and any state or
local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state
or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other
state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes. However,
state and local law enforcement agencies shall disclose the names and addresses of
persons involved in, or witnesses other than confidential informants to, the incident,
the description of any property involved, the date, time, and location of the incident,
all diagrams, statements of the parties involved in the incident, the statements of all
witnesses, other than confidential informants, to the victims of an incident, or an
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL
authorized representative thereof, an insurance carrier against which a claim has been
or might be made, and any person suffering bodily injury or property damage or loss,
as the result of the incident caused by arson, burglary, fire, explosion, larceny, robbery,
carjacking, vandalism, vehicle theft, or a crime as defined by subdivision (b) of Section
13951, unless the disclosure would endanger the safety of a witness or other person
involved in the investigation, or unless disclosure would endanger the successful
completion of the investigation or a related investigation. However, this subdivision
does not require the disclosure of that portion of those investigative files that reflects
the analysis or conclusions of the investigating officer.
Customer lists provided to a state or local police agency by an alarm or security
company at the request of the agency shall be construed to be records subject to this
subdivision.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, state and local law
enforcement agencies shall make public the following information, except to the
extent that disclosure of a particular item of information would endanger the safety
of a person involved in an investigation or would endanger the successful completion
of the investigation or a related investigation:
(1) The full name and occupation of every individual arrested by the agency, the
individual’s physical description including date of birth, color of eyes and hair, sex,
height and weight, the time and date of arrest, the time and date of booking, the
location of the arrest, the factual circumstances surrounding the arrest, the amount of
bail set, the time and manner of release or the location where the individual is currently
being held, and all charges the individual is being held upon, including any outstanding
warrants from other jurisdictions and parole or probation holds.
(2) (A) Subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 841.5 of the Penal Code,
the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received
by the agency and the time and nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent
the information regarding crimes alleged or committed or any other incident
investigated is recorded, the time, date, and location of occurrence, the time and date
of the report, the name and age of the victim, the factual circumstances surrounding
the crime or incident, and a general description of any injuries, property, or weapons
involved.The name of a victim of any crime defined by Section 220, 261, 261.5, 262,
264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5,
285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.2, 288.3, 288.4, 288.5, 288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75,
646.9, or 647.6 of the Penal Code may be withheld at the victim’s request, or at the
request of the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is a minor. When a person is
the victim of more than one crime, information disclosing that the person is a victim
of a crime defined in any of the sections of the Penal Code set forth in this subdivision
may be deleted at the request of the victim, or the victim’s parent or guardian if the
victim is a minor, in making the report of the crime, or of any crime or incident
accompanying the crime, available to the public in compliance with the requirements
of this paragraph.
(B) Subject to the restrictions imposed by Section 841.5 of the Penal Code, the
names and images of a victim of human trafficking, as defined in Section 236.1 of
the Penal Code, and of that victim’s immediate family, other than a family member
who is charged with a criminal offense arising from the same incident, may be withheld
at the victim’s request until the investigation or any subsequent prosecution is
complete. For purposes of this subdivision, “immediate family” shall have the same
meaning as that provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 422.4 of the
Penal Code.
(3) Subject to the restrictions of Section 841.5 of the Penal Code and this
subdivision, the current address of every individual arrested by the agency and the
current address of the victim of a crime, if the requester declares under penalty of
perjury that the request is made for a scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental
purpose, or that the request is made for investigation purposes by a licensed private
investigator as described in Chapter 11.3 (commencing with Section 7512) of Division
3 of the Business and Professions Code. However, the address of the victim of any
crime defined by Section 220, 236.1, 261, 261.5, 262, 264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266a,
266b, 266c, 266e, 266f, 266j, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 285, 286, 288, 288a, 288.2,
288.3, 288.4, 288.5, 288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, 646.9, or 647.6 of the Penal
Code shall remain confidential. Address information obtained pursuant to this
paragraph shall not be used directly or indirectly, or furnished to another, to sell a
product or service to any individual or group of individuals, and the requester shall
execute a declaration to that effect under penalty of perjury. This paragraph shall not
be construed to prohibit or limit a scholarly, journalistic, political, or government use
of address information obtained pursuant to this paragraph.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, commencing July 1,
2019, a video or audio recording that relates to a critical incident, as defined in
subparagraph (C), may be withheld only as follows:
(A) (i) During an active criminal or administrative investigation, disclosure of a
recording related to a critical incident may be delayed for no longer than 45 calendar
days after the date the agency knew or reasonably should have known about the
incident, if, based on the facts and circumstances depicted in the recording, disclosure
would substantially interfere with the investigation, such as by endangering the safety
of a witness or a confidential source. If an agency delays disclosure pursuant to this
paragraph, the agency shall provide in writing to the requester the specific basis for
the agency’s determination that disclosure would substantially interfere with the
investigation and the estimated date for disclosure.
(ii) After 45 days from the date the agency knew or reasonably should have known
about the incident, and up to one year from that date, the agency may continue to
delay disclosure of a recording if the agency demonstrates that disclosure would
substantially interfere with the investigation.After one year from the date the agency
knew or reasonably should have known about the incident, the agency may continue
to delay disclosure of a recording only if the agency demonstrates by clear and
convincing evidence that disclosure would substantially interfere with the investigation.
If an agency delays disclosure pursuant to this clause, the agency shall promptly
provide in writing to the requester the specific basis for the agency’s determination
that the interest in preventing interference with an active investigation outweighs the
public interest in disclosure and provide the estimated date for the disclosure. The
agency shall reassess withholding and notify the requester every 30 days. A recording
withheld by the agency shall be disclosed promptly when the specific basis for
withholding is resolved.
(B) (i) If the agency demonstrates, on the facts of the particular case, that the
public interest in withholding a video or audio recording clearly outweighs the public
interest in disclosure because the release of the recording would, based on the facts
and circumstances depicted in the recording, violate the reasonable expectation of
privacy of a subject depicted in the recording, the agency shall provide in writing to
the requester the specific basis for the expectation of privacy and the public interest
served by withholding the recording and may use redaction technology, including
blurring or distorting images or audio, to obscure those specific portions of the
recording that protect that interest. However, the redaction shall not interfere with
the viewer’s ability to fully, completely, and accurately comprehend the events
captured in the recording and the recording shall not otherwise be edited or altered.
(ii) Except as provided in clause (iii), if the agency demonstrates that the reasonable
expectation of privacy of a subject depicted in the recording cannot adequately be
protected through redaction as described in clause (i) and that interest outweighs the
public interest in disclosure, the agency may withhold the recording from the public,
except that the recording, either redacted as provided in clause (i) or unredacted, shall
be disclosed promptly, upon request, to any of the following:
(I) The subject of the recording whose privacy is to be protected, or their authorized
representative.
(II) If the subject is a minor, the parent or legal guardian of the subject whose
privacy is to be protected.
(III) If the subject whose privacy is to be protected is deceased, an heir, beneficiary,
designated immediate family member, or authorized legal representative of the
deceased subject whose privacy is to be protected.
(iii) If disclosure pursuant to clause (ii) would substantially interfere with an active
criminal or administrative investigation, the agency shall provide in writing to the
requester the specific basis for the agency’s determination that disclosure would
substantially interfere with the investigation, and provide the estimated date for the
disclosure of the video or audio recording. Thereafter, the recording may be withheld
by the agency for 45 calendar days, subject to extensions as set forth in clause (ii) of
subparagraph (A).
(C) For purposes of this paragraph, a video or audio recording relates to a critical
incident if it depicts any of the following incidents:
(i) An incident involving the discharge of a firearm at a person by a peace officer
or custodial officer.
(ii) An incident in which the use of force by a peace officer or custodial officer
against a person resulted in death or in great bodily injury.
(D) An agency may provide greater public access to video or audio recordings
than the minimum standards set forth in this paragraph.
(E) This paragraph does not alter, limit, or negate any other rights, remedies, or
obligations with respect to public records regarding an incident other than a critical
incident as described in subparagraph (C).
(F) For purposes of this paragraph, a peace officer does not include any peace
officer employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(g) Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data used to administer a
licensing examination, examination for employment, or academic examination, except
as provided for in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99150) of Part 65 of Division
14 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(h) The contents of real estate appraisals or engineering or feasibility estimates
and evaluations made for or by the state or local agency relative to the acquisition of
property, or to prospective public supply and construction contracts, until all of the
property has been acquired or all of the contract agreement obtained. However, the
law of eminent domain shall not be affected by this provision.
(i) Information required from any taxpayer in connection with the collection of
local taxes that is received in confidence and the disclosure of the information to other
persons would result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the person supplying the
information.
(j) Library circulation records kept for the purpose of identifying the borrower of
items available in libraries, and library and museum materials made or acquired and
presented solely for reference or exhibition purposes. The exemption in this subdivision
shall not apply to records of fines imposed on the borrowers.
(k) Records, the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal
or state law, including, but not limited to, provisions of the Evidence Code relating
to privilege.
(l) Correspondence of and to the Governor or employees of the Governor’s office
or in the custody of or maintained by the Governor’s LegalAffairs Secretary. However,
public records shall not be transferred to the custody of the Governor’s LegalAffairs
Secretary to evade the disclosure provisions of this chapter.
(m) In the custody of or maintained by the Legislative Counsel, except those
records in the public database maintained by the Legislative Counsel that are described
in Section 10248.
(n) Statements of personal worth or personal financial data required by a licensing
agency and filed by an applicant with the licensing agency to establish their personal
qualification for the license, certificate, or permit applied for.
(o) Financial data contained in applications for financing under Division 27
(commencing with Section 44500) of the Health and Safety Code, if an authorized
officer of the California Pollution Control Financing Authority determines that
disclosure of the financial data would be competitively injurious to the applicant and
the data is required in order to obtain guarantees from the United States Small Business
Administration. The California Pollution Control Financing Authority shall adopt
rules for review of individual requests for confidentiality under this section and for
making available to the public those portions of an application that are subject to
disclosure under this chapter.
(p) (1) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by Chapter 10.3
(commencing with Section 3512), Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 3525),
and Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4, and Article 19.5
(commencing with Section 8430) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of
the Education Code, that reveal a state agency’s deliberative processes, impressions,
evaluations, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work products,
theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or training to employees who
do not have full collective bargaining and representation rights under these chapters.
This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the disclosure duties of a state agency
with respect to any other records relating to the activities governed by the employee
relations acts referred to in this paragraph.
(2) Records of local agencies related to activities governed by Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4, that reveal a local agency’s deliberative
processes, impressions, evaluations, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes,
research, work products, theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction, advice, or
training to employees who do not have full collective bargaining and representation
rights under that chapter.This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the disclosure
duties of a local agency with respect to any other records relating to the activities
governed by the employee relations act referred to in this paragraph.
(q) (1) Records of state agencies related to activities governed by Article 2.6
(commencing with Section 14081), Article 2.8 (commencing with Section 14087.5),
andArticle 2.91 (commencing with Section 14089) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, that reveal the special negotiator’s deliberative
processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion of the negotiations with
providers of health care services, impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting
minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy, or that provide instruction,
advice, or training to employees.
(2) Except for the portion of a contract containing the rates of payment, contracts
for inpatient services entered into pursuant to these articles, on or after April 1, 1984,
shall be open to inspection one year after they are fully executed. If a contract for
inpatient services that is entered into prior to April 1, 1984, is amended on or after
April 1, 1984, the amendment, except for any portion containing the rates of payment,
shall be open to inspection one year after it is fully executed. If the California Medical
Assistance Commission enters into contracts with health care providers for other than
inpatient hospital services, those contracts shall be open to inspection one year after
they are fully executed.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection under this
subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of payment
shall be open to inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendment shall be open
to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee and the LegislativeAnalyst’s
Office.The committee and that office shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts
and amendments until the time a contract or amendment is fully open to inspection
by the public.
(r) Records of NativeAmerican graves, cemeteries, and sacred places and records
of Native American places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and
5097.993 of the Public Resources Code maintained by, or in the possession of, the
NativeAmerican Heritage Commission, another state agency, or a local agency.
(s) A final accreditation report of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Hospitals that has been transmitted to the State Department of Health Care Services
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1282 of the Health and Safety Code.
(t) Records of a local hospital district, formed pursuant to Division 23 (commencing
with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code, or the records of a municipal
hospital, formed pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 37600) or Article
8 (commencing with Section 37650) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 4
of this code, that relate to any contract with an insurer or nonprofit hospital service
plan for inpatient or outpatient services for alternative rates pursuant to Section 10133
of the Insurance Code. However, the record shall be open to inspection within one
year after the contract is fully executed.
(u) (1) Information contained in applications for licenses to carry firearms issued
pursuant to Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code by the sheriff
of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department that indicates
when or where the applicant is vulnerable to attack or that concerns the applicant’s
medical or psychological history or that of members of their family.
(2) The home address and telephone number of prosecutors, public defenders,
peace officers, judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in
applications for licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150, 26155,
26170, or 26215 of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the chief or other
head of a municipal police department.
(3) The home address and telephone number of prosecutors, public defenders,
peace officers, judges, court commissioners, and magistrates that are set forth in
licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215
of the Penal Code by the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal
police department.
(v) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State
Department of Health Care Services related to activities governed by former Part 6.3
(commencing with Section 12695), former Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700),
Part 6.6 (commencing with Section 12739.5), or Part 6.7 (commencing with Section
12739.70) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, or Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 15810) or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15870) of Part 3.3 of Division
9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and that reveal any of the following:
(A) The deliberative processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion
of the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking to contract with the board or
the department, entities with which the board or the department is considering a
contract, or entities with which the board or department is considering or enters into
any other arrangement under which the board or the department provides, receives,
or arranges services or reimbursement.
(B) The impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work
product, theories, or strategy of the board or its staff or the department or its staff, or
records that provide instructions, advice, or training to their employees.
(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment,
contracts entered into pursuant to former Part 6.3 (commencing with Section 12695),
former Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700), Part 6.6 (commencing with Section
12739.5), or Part 6.7 (commencing with Section 12739.70) of Division 2 of the
Insurance Code, or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15810) or Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 15870) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, on or after July 1, 1991, shall be open to inspection one year after
their effective dates.
(B) If a contract that is entered into prior to July 1, 1991, is amended on or after
July 1, 1991, the amendment, except for any portion containing the rates of payment,
shall be open to inspection one year after the effective date of the amendment.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to
this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of
payment shall be open to inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until the
contracts or amendments to the contracts are open to inspection pursuant to paragraph
(3).
(w) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board related to activities
governed by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of
the Insurance Code, and that reveal the deliberative processes, discussions,
communications, or any other portion of the negotiations with health plans, or the
impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or records that provide instructions,
advice, or training to employees.
(2) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment, contracts
for health coverage entered into pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section
10700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, on or after January 1, 1993,
shall be open to inspection one year after they have been fully executed.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto, until the
contracts or amendments to the contracts are open to inspection pursuant to paragraph
(2).
(x) Financial data contained in applications for registration, or registration renewal,
as a service contractor filed with the Director of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Chapter
20 (commencing with Section 9800) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions
Code, for the purpose of establishing the service contractor’s net worth, or financial
data regarding the funded accounts held in escrow for service contracts held in force
in this state by a service contractor.
(y) (1) Records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board and the State
Department of Health Care Services related to activities governed by Part 6.2
(commencing with Section 12693) or former Part 6.4 (commencing with Section
12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27
of, or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the
Welfare and Institutions Code, if the records reveal any of the following:
(A) The deliberative processes, discussions, communications, or any other portion
of the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking to contract with the board or
the department, entities with which the board or department is considering a contract,
or entities with which the board or department is considering or enters into any other
arrangement under which the board or department provides, receives, or arranges
services or reimbursement.
(B) The impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work
product, theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or the department or its staff,
or records that provide instructions, advice, or training to employees.
(2) (A) Except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment,
contracts entered into pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693) or former
Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code,
on or after January 1, 1998, or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and
Institutions Code shall be open to inspection one year after their effective dates.
(B) If a contract entered into pursuant to Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693)
or former Part 6.4 (commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance
Code or Sections 14005.26 and 14005.27 of, or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, is amended,
the amendment shall be open to inspection one year after the effective date of the
amendment.
(3) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to
this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of
payment shall be open to inspection.
(4) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection pursuant to paragraph
(2) or (3).
(5) The exemption from disclosure provided pursuant to this subdivision for the
contracts, deliberative processes, discussions, communications, negotiations,
impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or the department or its staff, shall also
apply to the contracts, deliberative processes, discussions, communications,
negotiations, impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research,
work product, theories, or strategy of applicants pursuant to former Part 6.4
(commencing with Section 12699.50) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code or Chapter
3 (commencing with Section 15850) of Part 3.3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(z) Records obtained pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 2891.1
of the Public Utilities Code.
(aa) A document prepared by or for a state or local agency that assesses its
vulnerability to terrorist attack or other criminal acts intended to disrupt the public
agency’s operations and that is for distribution or consideration in a closed session.
(ab) Critical infrastructure information, as defined in Section 131(3) of Title 6 of
the United States Code, that is voluntarily submitted to the Office of Emergency
Services for use by that office, including the identity of the person who or entity that
voluntarily submitted the information. As used in this subdivision, “voluntarily
submitted” means submitted in the absence of the office exercising any legal authority
to compel access to or submission of critical infrastructure information. This
subdivision shall not affect the status of information in the possession of any other
state or local governmental agency.
(ac) All information provided to the Secretary of State by a person for the purpose
of registration in the Advance Health Care Directive Registry, except that those records
shall be released at the request of a health care provider, a public guardian, or the
registrant’s legal representative.
(ad) The following records of the State Compensation Insurance Fund:
(1) Records related to claims pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section
3200) of Division 4 of the Labor Code, to the extent that confidential medical
information or other individually identifiable information would be disclosed.
(2) Records related to the discussions, communications, or any other portion of
the negotiations with entities contracting or seeking to contract with the fund, and
any related deliberations.
(3) Records related to the impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes
of meetings or sessions that are lawfully closed to the public, research, work product,
theories, or strategy of the fund or its staff, on the development of rates, contracting
strategy, underwriting, or competitive strategy pursuant to the powers granted to the
fund in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the
Insurance Code.
(4) Records obtained to provide workers’ compensation insurance under Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code,
including, but not limited to, any medical claims information, policyholder information
provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted to prevent an insurance
agent or broker from obtaining proprietary information or other information authorized
by law to be obtained by the agent or broker, and information on rates, pricing, and
claims handling received from brokers.
(5) (A) Records that are trade secrets pursuant to Section 6276.44, or Article 11
(commencing with Section 1060) of Chapter 4 of Division 8 of the Evidence Code,
including, without limitation, instructions, advice, or training provided by the State
Compensation Insurance Fund to its board members, officers, and employees regarding
the fund’s special investigation unit, internal audit unit, and informational security,
marketing, rating, pricing, underwriting, claims handling, audits, and collections.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the portions of records containing trade
secrets shall be available for review by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee,
California State Auditor’s Office, Division of Workers’ Compensation, and the
Department of Insurance to ensure compliance with applicable law.
(6) (A) Internal audits containing proprietary information and the following records
that are related to an internal audit:
(i) Personal papers and correspondence of any person providing assistance to the
fund when that person has requested in writing that their papers and correspondence
be kept private and confidential. Those papers and correspondence shall become
public records if the written request is withdrawn, or upon order of the fund.
(ii) Papers, correspondence, memoranda, or any substantive information pertaining
to any audit not completed or an internal audit that contains proprietary information.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the portions of records containing
proprietary information, or any information specified in subparagraph (A) shall be
available for review by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, California State
Auditor’s Office, Division of Workers’ Compensation, and the Department of
Insurance to ensure compliance with applicable law.
(7) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), contracts entered into pursuant
to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance
Code shall be open to inspection one year after the contract has been fully executed.
(B) If a contract entered into pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
11770) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code is amended, the amendment
shall be open to inspection one year after the amendment has been fully executed.
(C) Three years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to
this subdivision, the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of
payment shall be open to inspection.
(D) Notwithstanding any other law, the entire contract or amendments to a contract
shall be open to inspection by the Joint LegislativeAudit Committee. The committee
shall maintain the confidentiality of the contracts and amendments thereto until the
contract or amendments to a contract are open to inspection pursuant to this paragraph.
(E) This paragraph is not intended to apply to documents related to contracts with
public entities that are not otherwise expressly confidential as to that public entity.
(F) For purposes of this paragraph, “fully executed” means the point in time when
all of the necessary parties to the contract have signed the contract.
This section does not prevent any agency from opening its records concerning the
administration of the agency to public inspection, unless disclosure is otherwise
prohibited by law.
This section does not prevent any health facility from disclosing to a certified
bargaining agent relevant financing information pursuant to Section 8 of the National
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 158).
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 385, Sec. 29. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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Section 6254.19
6254.19. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of an
information security record of a public agency, if, on the facts of the particular case,
disclosure of that record would reveal vulnerabilities to, or otherwise increase the
potential for an attack on, an information technology system of a public agency.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit public disclosure of records stored
within an information technology system of a public agency that are not otherwise
exempt from disclosure pursuant to this chapter or any other provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 205, Sec. 1. (AB 2091) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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