PUC / AECOM / Parsons May 2021 letter response - Immediate disclosure request
| Submitted | June 7, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Michael Carlin and SFPUC:
Pursuant to the Sunshine Ordinance and California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records
1. Exact electronic copies (without further redactions added by PUC, and without any conversion of file format) of all original records provided by AECOM/Parsons ( "AECOM/Parsons" means AECOM, Parsons, its or their joint venture(s)/joint venture board(s) contracting with PUC, and its or their attorneys or other representatives) in response to the May 11, 2021 letter from PUC to AECOM/Parsons (the "PUC Letter", available at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20799191-letter , and disclosed as a public record to me by Sup. Mar). The letter indicates such records should have been received by PUC "no later than May 31, 2021." (For example, if AECOM/Parsons provided PUC a Word file, then I want that original Word file.)
2. Exact copies of the communications sent by AECOM/Parsons in response to the PUC Letter (for example, arguing with it, rejecting it, or transmitting the above records in (1)).
3. Exact copies of the communications sent by PUC to AECOM/Parsons with regards to the PUC Letter (for example, clarifying it, negotiating production, replying to their messages from (2) etc.)
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Provide rolling responses pursuant to SF Admin Code 67.25(d) - you must produce records no later than the end of business you review that record, without waiting for other records.
You may prioritize this over other requests, so you have no excuse not to respond. Given that this is a very narrow request, we will file complaints if they are not timely responded to.
By definition, PUC has actual possession of records sent by AECOM/Parsons to PUC, and there should be no delay in getting this production.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
New: Please produce all letters or documents or records (including exhibits/attachments) transmitted by AECOM/Parsons to PUC on June 16, 2021. Remember "AECOM/Parsons" is defined as AECOM, Parsons, its or their joint venture(s)/joint venture board(s) contracting with PUC, and its or their attorneys or other representatives.
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 7, 2021. 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: 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 7, 2021. 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: 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 7, 2021. 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: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Requester,
The SFPUC identified records responsive to your request. Please see the attached and the following links:
* https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sd7cadee6453f4b9f91922ccb481a79ee
* https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6780b1e115624d20836a8c1ce8899416
Please be advised that the copies of the checks that the SFPUC received from AECOM-Parsons were already redacted. We now consider your request closed.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Thank you - there is a June 7 and June 16 request from this email address - which one did you just complete?
From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Actually, there is a problem: the ShareFile links you gave asks for registering and identifying information to view the files.
You cannot require any extra-statutory requirements to access public records. Please remove the registration requirement and give a completely open, public url.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Honorable Members of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and Anonymous Requester,
We write in response to Anonymous’ complaint below regarding SFPUC’s production of records on July 28, 2021 in response to Anonymous’ public records requests dated June 7 and June 16.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Ms. Ruski Augusto Sa, Please provide the email which you are referring to. Thank you.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
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The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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From: twitter.com/journo_anon Public Records Requester
Ms. Leger: I filed a complaint on July 28, 2021 with subject line "B20210728 - New SOTF Complaint v PUC re account registration". It looks like PUC is responding to the complaint, but you have not provided a file number yet.
From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Ms. Leger,
The SFPUC is responding to the attached complaint. I am resending our response and adding a reference that the complaint has been attached.
Thanks,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
Dear Honorable Members of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force and Anonymous Requester,
We write in response to Anonymous’ complaint (attached) regarding SFPUC’s production of records on July 28, 2021 in response to Anonymous’ public records requests dated June 7 and June 16.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Anonymous Requester,
We are writing regarding the following two public records requests that you submitted to the SFPUC:
(1) June 16, 2021 request: ”Please produce all letters or documents or records (including exhibits/attachments) transmitted by AECOM/Parsons to PUC on June 16, 2021. Remember "AECOM/Parsons" is defined as AECOM, Parsons, its or their joint venture(s)/joint venture board(s) contracting with PUC, and its or their attorneys or other representatives”
(2) June 7, 2021 request: “I hereby request the following records: 1. Exact electronic copies (without further redactions added by PUC, and without any conversion of file format) of all original records provided by AECOM/Parsons ( "AECOM/Parsons" means AECOM, Parsons, its or their joint venture(s)/joint venture board(s) contracting with PUC, and its or their attorneys or other representatives) in response to the May 11, 2021 letter from PUC to AECOM/Parsons (the "PUC Letter", available at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20799191-letter , and disclosed as a public record to me by Sup. Mar). The letter indicates such records should have been received by PUC "no later than May 31, 2021." (For example, if AECOM/Parsons provided PUC a Word file, then I want that original Word file.) 2. Exact copies of the communications sent by AECOM/Parsons in response to the PUC Letter (for example, arguing with it, rejecting it, or transmitting the above records in (1)). 3. Exact copies of the communications sent by PUC to AECOM/Parsons with regards to the PUC Letter (for example, clarifying it, negotiating production, replying to their messages from (2) etc.)”.
As we explained to you in our email dated July 29, 2021, SFPUC did not become aware of your two requests above until July 28, 2021 because they were sent to the SFPUC General Manager’s email address from an e-mail server not properly authorized or trusted to send the e-mail. As soon as we received your request, we promptly responded on July 28, 2021, providing responsive records to both requests.
On July 29, 2021, you wrote that our July 28 response did not include all emails between PUC and the JV but only the PDFs of letters. The SFPUC has conducted a diligent search for the requested emails, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s7daf272dc17e4801998646a56dc74f2e . We now consider both your June 7 and June 16 requests to be closed.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
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No. You have not completed the request.
Those emails have stripped out their embedded attachments and To/From/Cc/Bcc email addresses.
As discussed in the metadata request, you should not be stripping these out.
Please speak to your IT staff. When you convert an email to PDF using Acrobat it will preserve all the hyperlinks, To/From/Cc/Bcc and embedded attachments so I can associate them with each other.
Please produce an exact copy of these records.
Regards,
Anonymous
Twitter @journo_anon
IMPORTANT:
1. If you are a public official: I intend that these communications all be disclosable public records, and I will not hold in confidence any of your messages, notwithstanding any notices to the contrary.
2. If you are NOT a public official: This communication is confidential and may contain unpublished information or confidential source information, protected by the California Shield Law, Evidence Code sec. 1070. I am a member of the electronic media and regularly publish information about the conduct of public officials.
3. I am not a lawyer. Nothing herein is legal, IT, or professional advice of any kind. The author disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to all warranties of merchantability or fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or any other damages whatsoever.
4. The digital signature (signature.asc attachment), if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender.
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
Anonymous: Which matter does the email below refer to?
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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You haven't assigned a file number or served the complaint formally yet.
PUC was already responding.
Regards,
Anonymous
Twitter @journo_anon
IMPORTANT:
1. If you are a public official: I intend that these communications all be disclosable public records, and I will not hold in confidence any of your messages, notwithstanding any notices to the contrary.
2. If you are NOT a public official: This communication is confidential and may contain unpublished information or confidential source information, protected by the California Shield Law, Evidence Code sec. 1070. I am a member of the electronic media and regularly publish information about the conduct of public officials.
3. I am not a lawyer. Nothing herein is legal, IT, or professional advice of any kind. The author disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to all warranties of merchantability or fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or any other damages whatsoever.
4. The digital signature (signature.asc attachment), if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender.
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
I opened a file number last week. 21092; Anonymous v. PUC (you submitted a complaint and complaint form).
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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Thank you, to be clear: even if you created a file number, it hasn't been noticed to me or the PUC, so neither of us knew the file number.
Please do let them know the formal complaint so they can give you the response into the formal file.
Thanks!
Regards,
Anonymous
Twitter @journo_anon
IMPORTANT:
1. If you are a public official: I intend that these communications all be disclosable public records, and I will not hold in confidence any of your messages, notwithstanding any notices to the contrary.
2. If you are NOT a public official: This communication is confidential and may contain unpublished information or confidential source information, protected by the California Shield Law, Evidence Code sec. 1070. I am a member of the electronic media and regularly publish information about the conduct of public officials.
3. I am not a lawyer. Nothing herein is legal, IT, or professional advice of any kind. The author disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to all warranties of merchantability or fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or any other damages whatsoever.
4. The digital signature (signature.asc attachment), if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender.
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Anonymous,
We are writing in response to your August 9, 2021 email (please see below). The records in the format you requested are available at this link https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sd711989be9d448dc885358be2a54274f. Please note that you will not be able to click on the attachments while viewing the records using ShareFile. You will need to download the linked records to your computer and then attachments will be available to open/download/save.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
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Something fishy is going on here. You disclosed one or two of those emails as printed scanned Outlook memos, not as PDFs. Those need to be fixed.
But more importantly: you disclose a conversation between Carlin and the JV/attorneys screenshot attached.
Provide all (apparently twice) supposedly improperly redacted records you received from the JV, and the recall messages, and the recalled messages, if PUC has constructive possession of any of these record in any form.
Regards,
Anonymous
Twitter @journo_anon
IMPORTANT:
1. If you are a public official: I intend that these communications all be disclosable public records, and I will not hold in confidence any of your messages, notwithstanding any notices to the contrary.
2. If you are NOT a public official: This communication is confidential and may contain unpublished information or confidential source information, protected by the California Shield Law, Evidence Code sec. 1070. I am a member of the electronic media and regularly publish information about the conduct of public officials.
3. I am not a lawyer. Nothing herein is legal, IT, or professional advice of any kind. The author disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to all warranties of merchantability or fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or any other damages whatsoever.
4. The digital signature (signature.asc attachment), if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender.
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Anonymous,
We are writing in response to your August 10, 2021 email (please see below). The records in the format you requested are attached. Please note that one PDF was provided in memorandum style because that email was printed as PDF instead of “saved as” a PDF. Additionally, the attached emails between Michael Carlin and the Joint Venture were included in an email chain provided to you. However, as requested, we are now providing additional emails as standalone records.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
From: Public Utilities Commission
Anonymoose: Please provide the complaint number.
Cheryl Leger
Assistant Clerk, Board of Supervisors
Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org<mailto:Cheryl.Leger@sfgov.org>
Tel: 415-554-7724
Fax: 415-554-5163
www.sfbos.org
[CustomerSatisfactionIcon]<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> Click here<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=104> to complete a Board of Supervisors Customer Service Satisfaction form.
The Legislative Research Center<http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=9681> provides 24-hour access to Board of Supervisors legislation, and archived matters since August 1998.
Disclosures: Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information provided will not be redacted. Members of the public are not required to provide personal identifying information when they communicate with the Board of Supervisors and its committees. All written or oral communications that members of the public submit to the Clerk's Office regarding pending legislation or hearings will be made available to all members of the public for inspection and copying. The Clerk's Office does not redact any information from these submissions. This means that personal information—including names, phone numbers, addresses and similar information that a member of the public elects to submit to the Board and its committees—may appear on the Board of Supervisors website or in other public documents that members of the public may inspect or copy.
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Its PUC's email, not mine, I can't change the subject. They started replying to this thread before you served them with notice and a file number.
Regards,
Anonymous
Twitter @journo_anon
IMPORTANT:
1. If you are a public official: I intend that these communications all be disclosable public records, and I will not hold in confidence any of your messages, notwithstanding any notices to the contrary.
2. If you are NOT a public official: This communication is confidential and may contain unpublished information or confidential source information, protected by the California Shield Law, Evidence Code sec. 1070. I am a member of the electronic media and regularly publish information about the conduct of public officials.
3. I am not a lawyer. Nothing herein is legal, IT, or professional advice of any kind. The author disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to all warranties of merchantability or fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or any other damages whatsoever.
4. The digital signature (signature.asc attachment), if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender.
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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From: Public Utilities Commission
Dear Ms. Leger,
Attached is SFPUC’s full response to Complaint No. 21092 and supporting documents.
Thank you,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
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