Surfline (Los Angeles County Fire Department)
Tracking # |
24-111 |
Multi Request | Surfline |
Submitted | June 7, 2024 |
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From: Jason Koebler
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
The company Surfline has been advertising persistent monitoring of California beaches: www.surfzone.ai. Therefore, I request the following:
1) All instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other guidance on the use of Surfline or Surfzone.ai. This includes A) any notes taken during meetings that discussed the use of Surfline, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Surfline works, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use of Surfline, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the department and Surfline, Surfzone.ai, or Wavetrak.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Surfline, Surfzone.ai, or Wavetrak, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Surfline, Surfzone.ai, or Wavetrak.
5) Any case reports in which Surfline was used.
6) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Surfline, Surfzone.ai, or Wavetrak representatives.
The documents will be used in the course of reporting for 404 Media, an independent tech journalism website (www.404media.co)
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jason Koebler
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Los Angeles County Fire Department
This is in response to your below e-mail dated June 11, 2024. Please be advised that pursuant to Government Code Section 7922.535(b), we are extending the time to respond to your Public Records Act (PRA) request by an additional 14 days based on the need to search for, collect, and examine the requested records. You will be provided a determination on or before July 05, 2024 as to whether, based on the stated terms of your request, we are able to identify responsive, disclosable records, and/or any applicable exemptions to disclosure.
Thank you,
Public Reports
Risk Management Division
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
1255 Corporate Center Drive, PH-Ste. 402
Monterey Park, CA 91754
T: (323) 267-7210
F: (323) 267-1403
From: Los Angeles County Fire Department
Good Morning,
Thank you for your request (Log# 24-111). Unfortunately, the Risk Management Division of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department does not have responsive records.
Surfline did provide a presentation, but LACoFD does not have any formal or informal agreements with Surfline.
Please feel free to contact our office with any additional information at (323) 267-7210.
Thank you,
Public Reports
Risk Management Division
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
1255 Corporate Center Drive, PH-Ste. 402
Monterey Park, CA 91754
T: (323) 267-7210
F: (323) 267-1403
From: Jason Koebler
OK, thank you for getting back to me. Any presentation is part of what I requested; can you please provide that?
From: Los Angeles County Fire Department
Good Afternoon,
Unfortunately, we do not have those records as the presentation was only presented to LACoFD. You would have to contact Surfline to obtain it from them.
Thank you,
Public Reports
Risk Management Division
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
1255 Corporate Center Drive, PH-Ste. 402
Monterey Park, CA 91754
T: (323) 267-7210
F: (323) 267-1403