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![Here are the COVID-related reasons major cities are giving to delay records requests](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2020/09/03/san_francisco.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Here are the COVID-related reasons major cities are giving to delay records requests
Some of the nation’s largest cities are stilling using COVID-19 as an excuse to delay records requests.
![With federal facial recognition regulation stalled, local legislators start to step in](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/06/11/FacRec.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
With federal facial recognition regulation stalled, local legislators start to step in
Unwilling to wait for federal regulation to develop, municipal leaders from California to Massachusetts are pushing their own rules on the acquisition and use of facial recognition technology.
![The FBI considered planting a story painting "Ramparts" as anti-Semitic in response to CIA exposé](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/02/06/NewsCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The FBI considered planting a story painting “Ramparts” as anti-Semitic in response to CIA exposé
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s COINTELPRO investigation of Ramparts magazine appears to have been sparked by a combination of their exposés on Central Intelligence Agency, their contacts at press outlets like the Soviet-controlled TASS, and their interviews with foreign leaders and officials. The Bureau described these interviews as placing the Ramparts reporters as being “under the guidance of Egyptian propaganda and intelligence personnel” and felt that “the average reader” would see the resulting article as “pro-Nasser, anti-Israel and anti-U.S.” For the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office, this perception created an opportunity for the Bureau to sow dissent among Rampart’s staff, subscribers, and donors.
![Voters in Nevada and San Francisco clear two new transparency measures](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/11/08/IVote.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Voters in Nevada and San Francisco clear two new transparency measures
Following a historic midterm election, two ballot measures in western states passed, granting each jurisdiction new laws governing transparency and access to records.
![A look at transparency on the ballot this 2018 midterm election](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/11/05/Booth.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
A look at transparency on the ballot this 2018 midterm election
Ahead of tomorrow’s midterm elections, voters in Nevada and San Francisco, California prepare to decide on the future of their government’s power over open access. If you’re voting in either location, make sure you’re knowledgeable on the potential impacts on transparency effects these two ballot measures could have.
5 Requests
Completed
Heather Akers-Healy sent this request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States of America
Withdrawn
Cell Site Simulator use by San Francisco Police Department
Patrick O'Doherty sent this request to the San Francisco Police Department of San Francisco, CA
Completed
Coronavirus response and homelessness (Department of Public Health)
Dana Sniezko sent this request to the Department of Public Health of San Francisco, CA
Completed
Coronavirus response and homelessness (Office of the Mayor)
Dana Sniezko sent this request to the Office of the Mayor of San Francisco of San Francisco City and County, CA
Rejected
Parker Higgins sent this request to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit of California