Thank you for your public records request. We are in receipt of your request dated July 17, 2020. As explained in the attached memo, per the emergency orders of the Mayor, the provisions of the Sunshine Ordinance relating to immediate disclosure requests have been temporarily suspended for the duration of the local emergency. We will provide our initial response to you on or before July 29, 2010, in accordance with those Mayoral orders and the California Public Records Act.

Public Records

Dear Anonymous,

Thank you for your follow-up email. For clarification, on July 17, we informed you that we intended to provide you with an initial response to your request on or before July 29. It appears this initial response may not have been sent by that date.

Our initial response to your request for records is as follows: We have determined the SFPUC may have records responsive to your request. Due to the voluminous nature of your request, we estimate that we will be able to produce all responsive records to you on or before the end of December, 2021. In the interim, we will provide you with responsive records on a rolling basis as they become available. Please note that we reserve the right to invoke any and all exemptions to the disclosure of otherwise responsive information as applicable.

SFPUC Public Records

Dear Anonymous,

For item #2 listed in your request

☒2. All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts (including all versions thereof) where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties. In addition to government accounts, you must search personal accounts subject to City of San Jose v Superior Court (2017).

In which you list these named parties:

Walter Wong, Melanie Lok, Irene Lok, Washington Wong, Florence Kong, Michael Tracy, P. J. Johnston, Conor Johnston Rudolph Dwayne Jones (Dwayne Jones), Dionjay Brookter, Harlan Kelly Jr., Tony Winnicker, Kwan Wo Ironworks (CA Entity C1522456), SFR Recovery Inc. (CA Entity C4029688), Mlok Consulting (CA Entity C2435085), Alternate Choice LLC (CA Entity 200108610070), Green Source Trading LLC (former CA Entity 201002010311), Jaidin Consulting Group or Jaidin Associates (CA Entity 199501910014), W. Wong Construction Co. (CA Entity C0896111), Barry L. White d/b/a Western Estates Contracting, CSI General Contracting (CA Entity C3811109), PJ Johnston Communications (CA Entity C3862430), RDJ Enterprises, LLC (CA Entity 201105910299), Young Community Developers (CA Entity C0665941), TW Communications & Strategy, LLC (CA Entity 201627710057)

Are you able to provide contract or project numbers associated with those named parties?
Best,
SFPUC Public Records

Dear Muckrock,
Attached are documents responsive to items #6 and #7 in your attached request.
Best regards,

SFPUC Public Records

Dear Requester,
Thank you for your August 7 request for public information. We have determined the SFPUC may have records responsive to your request. An initial search for potentially responsive records indicated that some time will be needed for review. Therefore we estimate completing the response by November 16, 2020. We reserve the right to invoke any and all exemptions that may be applicable to the withholding of records and information otherwise responsive to this request.
Best regards,
SFPUC Public Records

Dear Muckrock,
Please use the link below to access files that are responsive to item #3 in your attached request.

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a

Please do so within 7 days as the link will expire.
Best regards,
SFPUC Public Records

Dear Muckrock,

Sure, please use this link to access files that are responsive to item #3 in your request:

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8

Please access it within 7 days as the link will expire.

SFPUC Public Records

Dear Requester,
Please use the link below to access records responsive to your request.

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s01aad7a255c40e49

Please access the link within 7 days as the link will expire.

We will provide additional responsive records as they become available.

SFPUC Public Records

Dear Muckrock,
Regarding files accessible via the link provided below on September 11, 2020, please be advised that information in certain records responsive to item # 3 of your request have been redacted because these records contain information the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Specifically, we have redacted personal email addresses and credit card numbers based on the California Constitution, article I, section 1, and California Government Code section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy.

SFPUC Public Records

Dear Muckrock,

Please see the following link to access additional files responsive to item #3 of your request:

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s0fb09884e5e4fbab

Please be advised that information in certain records responsive to item # 3 of your request have been redacted because these records contain information the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Specifically, we have redacted home addresses, personal email addresses, personal numbers, personal credit card numbers, and non-work related purchases that appear on personal credit card statements based on the California Constitution, article I, section 1, and California Government Code section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy.
Best regards,
SFPUC Public Records

Dear Muckrock,
Please use the following link to access files responsive to item #8 of your request:

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s5ddce3cd1b546ebb
Best regards,
SFPUC Public Records

Dear Requester,
Please use the following link to access the remaining files responsive to #3 of your request.
https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sf63fc23952746e0a

Please be advised that information in certain records responsive to item #3 of your request have been redacted because these records contain information the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Specifically, we have redacted home addresses, personal email addresses, personal numbers, personal credit card numbers, and non-work related purchases that appear on personal credit card statements based on the California Constitution, article I, section 1, and California Government Code section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy.

SFPUC Public Records

City and County of San Francisco

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A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4354:

Dear Requester,

Please use the following link to access calendar items responsive to item #5 your request originally received on 7/17/2020.  https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sa27ad77e10a41438.

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Your record request #20-4539 has been submitted.
It is currently under review and is not available for the general public to view.

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4539:

Dear Requester,

Please use the link below to access records that are responsive to your request.

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s3205dd3eacbe499

Due to privacy concerns, the files have been redacted. Please be advised that information in certain records responsive to your request have been redacted because these records contain information, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Specifically, we have redacted personal email addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses, based on the California Constitution, article I, section 1, and California Government Code section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy.  

We now consider your request closed.

Please be advised that we are responding to your records request on behalf of the SFPUC only, and only as to records that are within the SFPUC’s possession. Each City department receives, searches, and responds to public records requests on behalf of its own department, not Citywide. 

Best regards,

SFPUC Public Records

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Record request #20-4539 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4354:

Dear Requester,

Below is a link that contains files that are responsive to your request for:

☒ 8. All payments, invoices, or transactions from the City, your agency, or your department head to any of the Named Parties, or vice-versa, from Jan 1, 2010 to present. In addition to government accounts, you must search personal accounts subject to City of San Jose v Superior Court (2017).

https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s9b2e4b80099f44a0a466c93d7ffa5b6f

If you have any issues with accessing the link, please let us know.

Best regards,

SFPUC Public Records

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Dear Requester,

I am writing in response to your public records request dated July 17, 2020. The SFPUC has identified additional records responsive to Items 2, 3, and 4 of your request as follows:

Item 2 - All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties.
The SFPUC has located records responsive to this item of your request, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s50b94022f83549a9a694089326b4e274.

Item 3 - All expense reports, receipts, and invoices for any travel for your department head from Jan 1, 2010 to present.
On February 24, 2021, you mentioned you were not able to access the records responsive to Item 3 of this request that were provided to you in two links (https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 and https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a), as both links had expired by that date. Following your recommendation to have the link to these records remain active for a longer period of time, we are now making the records responsive to item 3 of your request available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sb43c91d4b61b4f239f8b983d206ff066.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records residential addresses, personal emails, personal phone numbers, personal credit card numbers, frequent flyer/loyalty numbers, and barcodes on plane tickets on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Item 4 - All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages where any party is any of the Named Parties and any of the parties is any employee of your agency between Jan 1, 2015 and present.
The SFPUC has over 2,300 employees. To make this search reasonable, we have initially limited our search for responsive records to members of the executive team, which consists of the following SFPUC employees: Michael Carlin, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Greg Norby, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Justine Hinderliter, and Masood Ordikhani. Responsive records from this search may be found at the following location: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s287492c34f4e42a3a52844014a2fe387.

Given the large number of SFPUC employees and the fact that it would be unreasonably burdensome for them all to search for responsive records, in your reply to this email, we ask that you narrow your request to only include certain employees or divisions within the SFPUC.

Finally, please be advised that we have redacted from the attached records the home addresses and personal phone numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

City and County of San Francisco

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4354:

Dear Requester,

I am writing in response to your public records request dated July 17, 2020. The SFPUC has identified additional records responsive to Items 2, 3, and 4 of your request as follows:

Item 2 - All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties.

The SFPUC has located records responsive to this item of your request, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s50b94022f83549a9a694089326b4e274.

Item 3 – All expense reports, receipts, and invoices for any travel for your department head from Jan 1, 2010 to present.

On February 24, 2021, you mentioned you were not able to access the records responsive to Item 3 of this request that were provided to you in two links (https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 and https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a), as both links had expired by that date. Following your recommendation to have the link to these records remain active for a longer period of time, we are now making the records responsive to item 3 of your request available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sb43c91d4b61b4f239f8b983d206ff066.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records residential addresses, personal emails, personal phone numbers, personal credit card numbers, frequent flyer/loyalty numbers, and barcodes on plane tickets on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Item 4 – All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages where any party is any of the Named Parties and any of the parties is any employee of your agency between Jan 1, 2015 and present.

The SFPUC has over 2,300 employees. To make this search reasonable, we have initially limited our search for responsive records to members of the executive team, which consists of the following SFPUC employees: Michael Carlin, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Greg Norby, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Justine Hinderliter, and Masood Ordikhani. Responsive records from this search may be found at the following location: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s287492c34f4e42a3a52844014a2fe387.

Given the large number of SFPUC employees and the fact that it would be unreasonably burdensome for them all to search for responsive records, in your reply to this email, we ask that you narrow your request to only include certain employees or divisions within the SFPUC.

Finally, please be advised that we have redacted from the attached records the home addresses and personal phone numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,

Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa

SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

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Dear Requester,

We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your May 15, 2021 follow up request. We have located responsive records, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s4c0cc63d1a264862bf1d99dc2960904c.

Please note that we are currently working on the other items of your request.
Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

City and County of San Francisco

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Hi there

A document has been released for record request #20-4354 along with the following message:

Dear Requester,

We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your May 15, 2021 follow up request. We have located responsive records, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s4c0cc63d1a264862bf1d99dc2960904c.

Please note that we are currently working on the other items of your request.

Best Regards,Mayara Ruski Augusto SaSFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

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Dear Requester,

We write in response to your request dated May 15, 2021. Please find all records in SFPUC’s possession that are responsive to your request at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s4a0372965cec42bfa33f0c54fe2b1adb. Please note that we have redacted from the enclosed records personal email addresses, as well as bank accounts and routing numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,

Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa

SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

From: Ruski Augusto Sa, Mayara
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 6:01 PM
To: requests@muckrock.com
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354

Dear Requester,

We have conducted a diligent search for records responsive to your May 15, 2021 follow up request. We have located responsive records, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s4c0cc63d1a264862bf1d99dc2960904c.

Please note that we are currently working on the other items of your request.

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

From: requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com> <requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2021 12:44 PM
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Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354

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May 15, 2021

This is a follow up to request number 20-4354:

Please also produce the "resubmitted invoice" mentioned by Fion Hong here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20704590-invoices-payments-vc01237974-summary and also produce exact copies of the two attachments listed at the bottom of that document.

View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:
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On May 14, 2021:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354
Separately, please produce, all POs, invoices, vouchers, and funding requests and supporting documentation for each of the following Voucher Numbers:
5466901
53906901
53937001
63815201
129140901
159289201
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On May 11, 2021:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354
RE: REQUEST NUM 20-4354

RE: Item 4:

(A) you have hidden the participant names in the conversations. They are either cut off the screen or redacted, for example in the Ritchie records. Please provide for each conversation all the attachments and all the participant names (which are in fact stored as part of the conversation and thus part of the record). Also, it would be a lot easier to use screenshots instead of photos of a phone screen - the file size will be much smaller.

(B) Re: your clarification request. I am not willing to forgo all records, but in terms of prioritization, please next search all staff currently or previously working on SIPP, External Affairs, Environmental Justice, or Community Benefits. Given what I find there, more searches may still be needed, therefore ensure PUC preserves responsive records.

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On April 13, 2021:
Subject: [External Message Added] City and County of San Francisco public records request #20-4354
City and County of San Francisco

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4354:

Dear Requester,

I am writing in response to your public records request dated July 17, 2020. The SFPUC has identified additional records responsive to Items 2, 3, and 4 of your request as follows:

Item 2 - All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties.

The SFPUC has located records responsive to this item of your request, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s50b94022f83549a9a694089326b4e274.

Item 3 – All expense reports, receipts, and invoices for any travel for your department head from Jan 1, 2010 to present.

On February 24, 2021, you mentioned you were not able to access the records responsive to Item 3 of this request that were provided to you in two links (https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 and https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a), as both links had expired by that date. Following your recommendation to have the link to these records remain active for a longer period of time, we are now making the records responsive to item 3 of your request available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sb43c91d4b61b4f239f8b983d206ff066.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records residential addresses, personal emails, personal phone numbers, personal credit card numbers, frequent flyer/loyalty numbers, and barcodes on plane tickets on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Item 4 – All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages where any party is any of the Named Parties and any of the parties is any employee of your agency between Jan 1, 2015 and present.

The SFPUC has over 2,300 employees. To make this search reasonable, we have initially limited our search for responsive records to members of the executive team, which consists of the following SFPUC employees: Michael Carlin, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Greg Norby, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Justine Hinderliter, and Masood Ordikhani. Responsive records from this search may be found at the following location: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s287492c34f4e42a3a52844014a2fe387.

Given the large number of SFPUC employees and the fact that it would be unreasonably burdensome for them all to search for responsive records, in your reply to this email, we ask that you narrow your request to only include certain employees or divisions within the SFPUC.

Finally, please be advised that we have redacted from the attached records the home addresses and personal phone numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,

Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa

SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

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On April 13, 2021:
Subject: Public Records Request dated July 17, 2020
Dear Requester,

I am writing in response to your public records request dated July 17, 2020. The SFPUC has identified additional records responsive to Items 2, 3, and 4 of your request as follows:

Item 2 - All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties.
The SFPUC has located records responsive to this item of your request, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s50b94022f83549a9a694089326b4e274.

Item 3 - All expense reports, receipts, and invoices for any travel for your department head from Jan 1, 2010 to present.
On February 24, 2021, you mentioned you were not able to access the records responsive to Item 3 of this request that were provided to you in two links (https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 and https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a), as both links had expired by that date. Following your recommendation to have the link to these records remain active for a longer period of time, we are now making the records responsive to item 3 of your request available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sb43c91d4b61b4f239f8b983d206ff066.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records residential addresses, personal emails, personal phone numbers, personal credit card numbers, frequent flyer/loyalty numbers, and barcodes on plane tickets on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Item 4 - All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages where any party is any of the Named Parties and any of the parties is any employee of your agency between Jan 1, 2015 and present.
The SFPUC has over 2,300 employees. To make this search reasonable, we have initially limited our search for responsive records to members of the executive team, which consists of the following SFPUC employees: Michael Carlin, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Greg Norby, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Justine Hinderliter, and Masood Ordikhani. Responsive records from this search may be found at the following location: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s287492c34f4e42a3a52844014a2fe387.

Given the large number of SFPUC employees and the fact that it would be unreasonably burdensome for them all to search for responsive records, in your reply to this email, we ask that you narrow your request to only include certain employees or divisions within the SFPUC.

Finally, please be advised that we have redacted from the attached records the home addresses and personal phone numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
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On Feb. 24, 2021:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354
PUC:

I still have not been able to get whatever you tried to release at: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 or https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a . Since you are using NextRequest anyway, please release the documents on NextRequest. It is a lot less flaky.

ALSO: Make sure you make the request on NextRequest completely public without sign-in. You cannot require me to sign in to an account requiring agreement to a terms of service/end user agreement (see County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition).

--Anonymous
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On July 17, 2020:
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Walter Wong, Mlok Consulting, RDJ Enterprises, Young Community Developers, Jaidin Consulting, and other Records - Immediate Disclosure Request - SF PUC
Public Utilities Commission and Harlan Kelly Jr.,

Attached are new Immediate Disclosure Requests under the Sunshine Ordinance and CPRA.

NOTE: Please be certain you have properly redacted all of your responses. Once you send them to us, there is no going back. The email address sending this request is a publicly- viewable mailbox. All of your responses (including all responsive records) may be instantly and automatically available to the public online via the MuckRock.com FOIA service used to issue this request (though the requester is an anonymous user, not a representative of MuckRock). 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. The digital signature, if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender. Please do not include any confidential information, as I intend that these communications with the City all be disclosable public records.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

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[http://email.requests.muckrock.com/o/eJwNyj0SwiAQQOHTSMmwGxa0oEj86Wz0AA4CSRhkGCGM1zfVK77nDZFiIdv4eUVvABWhVGw1Qth50Og1ClT2PSAE4ZWVSHulDCyaXUAQEJzkQEcOfFQIdKHb-Up6wmk8SFHDt4e2NZ67S7W4xF3JrJr7o7cUx770tpWn3c82_-wWKi91-QPt_Swm]

Dear Requester,

We write to provide clarification you requested in item (A) of your below email in response to our April 13, 2021 message requesting that you narrow item no. 4 of your July 17, 2020 PRA request, wherein you asked that we “provide for each conversation all the attachments and all the participant names (which are in fact stored as part of the conversation and thus part of the record)”.

Records responsive to this item of the request from Assistant General Manager Kathryn How show the participants’ names (either at the top of each screen or in the body of the message). Additionally, in regard to the text exchanges provided by Assistant General Manager Barbara Hale, please note that “PG” stands for Phil Ginsburg, from the SF Recreation and Parks Department, and “MC” stands for Michael Carlin, SFPUC Acting General Manager. Please note that other participants are named in the body of the messages. Finally, the only records that Assistant General Manager Steve Ritchie located were messages sent between himself and then-General Manager Harlan Kelly. While no participants’ names have been hidden or redacted in Mr. Ritchie’s records, messages between Mr. Ritchie and Harlan Kelly have been redacted to prevent disclosure of Mr. Kelly’s personal phone number, which number appears at the top of the “to” and “from” lines of these messages in place of Mr. Kelly’s name. As mentioned in our April 13, 2021 message transmitting these records, the redactions of a personal phone number are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Additionally, in response to item (B) of your email, the SFPUC has asked all External Affairs employees to search for records responsive to your request. We located additional records responsive to your request, which are available at this link https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s31a438b3708a4bf6bb8d65a0882c57bc. However, please note that the SFPUC cannot retrieve data from former employee’s mobile phones, which remain encrypted when they are returned.

Please note we have redacted from the linked records information regarding an individual’s health (“Photo_20210519_08547”), gender and ethnicity (“Photo_20210519_090024”), and a password that would give access to private and personnel information (“Photo_20210519_090101”) based on the privacy provisions in California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

We have also redacted from the record (“Photo_20210519_090101”) a password in order to prevent access to privileged, private, or otherwise confidential communications that are protected from disclosure under the Public Records Act, including under the attorney-client and attorney work product privileges (Cal. Evid. Code § 954; Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2018.030; Cal. Govt. Code §§ 6254(k), 6276.04, trade secrets (Cal. Govt. Code § 6276.44; Cal. Civil Code §§ 3426, 3426.7(c); Cal. Evid. Code § 1060), and utility customer data (Cal. Govt. Code § 6254.16). This password is further being withheld pursuant to the official information privilege, as this information was acquired in confidence and has not been disclosed to the public, and the SFPUC has determined that disclosure is against the public interest because the interest in protecting the privacy, privileged, and trade secret information that may be accessed through the disclosure of this password outweighs the interest of disclosure of this information. (Cal. Evid. Code § 1040; Cal. Govt. Code § 6254(k).)

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

From: requests@muckrock.com <requests@muckrock.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 7:26 AM
To: Ruski Augusto Sa, Mayara <MRuskiAugustoSa@sfwater.org>
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Public Utilities Commission
PRA Office
Polk Street
525 Golden Gate Avenue
SF, CA 94102

Dear Requester,

We write in response to your request dated July 17, 2020 in which you asked for "1. All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages (of any form, in any application, including but not limited to SMS, MMS, iMessage, Slack, Teams, Signal, Telegram, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Hangouts, Discord, Meet, WhatsApp, WeChat, Skype, Viber, Tango, KakaoTalk, BBM, Line, Snapchat, Messenger, Houseparty, Band, GroupMe, Voxer, Dust, Wire, Wickr Me, Threema, Silent Phone, Kik) where (a) any party is the head of your agency (whether or not that person is deemed a "department head") and (b) any party is any of Walter Wong, Melanie Lok, Irene Lok, Washington Wong, Florence Kong, Michael Tracy, P. Johnston, Conor Johnston Rudolph Dwayne Jones (Dwayne Jones), Dionjay Brookter, Harlan Kelly Jr., Tony Winnicker, Kwan Wo Ironworks (CA Entity C1522456), SFR Recovery Inc. (CA Entity C4029688), Mlok Consulting (CA Entity C2435085), Alternate Choice LLC (CA Entity 200108610070), Green Source Trading LLC (former CA Entity 201002010311), Jaidin Consulting Group or Jaidin Associates (CA Entity 199501910014), W. Wong Construction Co. (CA Entity C0896111), Barry L. White d/b/a Western Estates Contracting, CSI General Contracting (CA Entity C3811109), PJ Johnston Communications (CA Entity C3862430), RDJ Enterprises, LLC (CA Entity 201105910299), Young Community Developers (CA Entity C0665941), TW Communications & Strategy, LLC (CA Entity 201627710057) (the individuals and entities are the "Named Parties"), between Jan 1, 2010 and present. In addition to government accounts, you must search personal accounts subject to City of San Jose v Superior Court (2017)".

The SFPUC located records responsive to your request, which are available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sa5265cc4786d440ead5904ff2f244273. We now consider item 1 of your request closed.

Please note that we have redacted certain portions of the enclosed text messages ("june-dec 2014.walter wong_Redacted" and "Harlan Kelly Text Messages Walter Wong- Redacted Jan 29 2021_175-219") that would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Specifically, we redacted information such as residential addresses, personal phone numbers, birth dates, and pictures of the interior of a private residence, as well as discussions of family illnesses, children, and a reference to a personnel matter on page 51 of the document "Harlan Kelly Text Messages Walter Wong- Redacted Jan 29 2021_175-219". See Cal. Const., Art. I, § 1; Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(c), (k); S.F. Admin. Code § 67.1(g).

Under the California Supreme Court's 2017 decision in San Jose v. Superior Court (2017) 2 Cal. 5th 608, communications on City employees' personal accounts or devices, including text messages on personal cell phones, may be public records subject to disclosure if those communications involve the conduct of the public's business. As the City Attorney described in a public memorandum<https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MEMO-03-24-2017-Personal-Electronic-Devices.pdf> dated March 24, 2017, departments generally satisfy the legal duty under the Public Records Act to search for and produce public records on an employee's personal electronic device by entrusting the employee to conduct the search and retrieve responsive records. That memorandum instructs that the department must notify the employee of the request and acquaint the employee with the standards for determining whether a writing on the device is a public record and responsive to the request. And should there be a court proceeding concerning the request, the employee may be required to testify under oath or submit a statement under penalty of perjury, describing the search conducted on the device and explaining the types of writings on the device that were not provided to the requester because of not being responsive public records.

Consistent with this longstanding advice of the City Attorney's Office as described in the March 24, 2017 memorandum, the SFPUC asked Mr. Kelly to conduct a search of his personal cell phone and to produce all responsive records related to City business. Mr. Kelly provided a document ("Harlan Kelly.Melanie Lok_Redacted") containing a series of text messages between himself and Ms. Lok. Mr. Kelly redacted a significant number of text messages in the document, asserting that the redacted communications between him and Ms. Lok did not relate to City business. After searching, we have determined that the SFPUC does not possess a less-redacted copy of this record. We recommend contacting the City Attorney's Office as they might have a different version of this record in their possession.

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

From: requests@muckrock.com <requests@muckrock.com>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 3:49 PM
To: Public Records <PublicRecords@sfwater.org>
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Walter Wong, Mlok Consulting, RDJ Enterprises, Young Community Developers, Jaidin Consulting, and other Records - Immediate Disclosure Request - SF PUC

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Public Utilities Commission
PRA Office
Polk Street
525 Golden Gate Avenue
SF, CA 94102

July 17, 2020

Public Utilities Commission and Harlan Kelly Jr.,

Attached are new Immediate Disclosure Requests under the Sunshine Ordinance and CPRA.

NOTE: Please be certain you have properly redacted all of your responses. Once you send them to us, there is no going back. The email address sending this request is a publicly- viewable mailbox. All of your responses (including all responsive records) may be instantly and automatically available to the public online via the MuckRock.com FOIA service used to issue this request (though the requester is an anonymous user, not a representative of MuckRock). 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. The digital signature, if any, in this email is not an indication of a binding agreement or offer; it merely authenticates the sender. Please do not include any confidential information, as I intend that these communications with the City all be disclosable public records.

Sincerely,
Anonymous

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Dear Requester,

We write in response to your request dated May 14, 2021 in which you asked for “all POs, invoices, vouchers, and funding requests and supporting documentation for each of the following Voucher Numbers: 5466901; 53906901; 53937001; 63815201; 129140901; 159289201”. The SFPUC located records responsive to your request, which are available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s5a9b1e25fe1b4b55b63a531f271af702. We now consider your May 14, 2021 request closed.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records (V54669: records titled “PO#81239_Redacted” and “Voucherpayment_Redacted”; V539370: records titled “PO#202807_Redacted”, “Voucherpayment_Redacted”, and “08-2018 Invoice - YCD - Horticultural Trng Prgm_Redacted”; V638152: records titled “PO#244349_Redacted” and
“Voucherpayment_Redacted”; V1291409: records titled “PO#431818_Redacted” and
“Voucherpayment_Redacted”; V1592892: records titled “PO#450067_Redacted”, “PO#450067 Comment_Redacted” and “Voucherpayment_Redacted”; V539069: records titled “PO#202807_Redacted” and “Voucherpayment_Redacted”) City Supplier Numbers under Government Code section 6254.33, which exempts from disclosure identification numbers, alphanumeric characters, or other unique identifying codes that a public agency uses to identify a vendor or contractor.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records (V539370: record titled “08-2018 Invoice - YCD - Horticultural Trng Prgm_Redacted” and V539069: record titled “07-2018 Invoice - YCD - Horticultural Trng Prgm_Redacted”) residential addresses, personal phone numbers, IP addresses, credit card information, payment ID, check information (account number, bank address, and routing information), Costco Membership ID, pre-paid credit card information, names and signatures that would identify at-risk people that participated in the horticultural program, parental information that would identify at-risk youth, and citizenship status of an individual on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

From: requests@muckrock.com <requests@muckrock.com>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 5:04 PM
To: Ruski Augusto Sa, Mayara <MRuskiAugustoSa@sfwater.org>
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354

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Public Utilities Commission
PRA Office
Polk Street
525 Golden Gate Avenue
SF, CA 94102

May 14, 2021

This is a follow up to request number 20-4354:

Separately, please produce, all POs, invoices, vouchers, and funding requests and supporting documentation for each of the following Voucher Numbers:
5466901
53906901
53937001
63815201
129140901
159289201

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On May 11, 2021:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354
RE: REQUEST NUM 20-4354

RE: Item 4:

(A) you have hidden the participant names in the conversations. They are either cut off the screen or redacted, for example in the Ritchie records. Please provide for each conversation all the attachments and all the participant names (which are in fact stored as part of the conversation and thus part of the record). Also, it would be a lot easier to use screenshots instead of photos of a phone screen - the file size will be much smaller.

(B) Re: your clarification request. I am not willing to forgo all records, but in terms of prioritization, please next search all staff currently or previously working on SIPP, External Affairs, Environmental Justice, or Community Benefits. Given what I find there, more searches may still be needed, therefore ensure PUC preserves responsive records.

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On April 13, 2021:
Subject: [External Message Added] City and County of San Francisco public records request #20-4354
City and County of San Francisco

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #20-4354:

Dear Requester,

I am writing in response to your public records request dated July 17, 2020. The SFPUC has identified additional records responsive to Items 2, 3, and 4 of your request as follows:

Item 2 - All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties.

The SFPUC has located records responsive to this item of your request, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s50b94022f83549a9a694089326b4e274.

Item 3 – All expense reports, receipts, and invoices for any travel for your department head from Jan 1, 2010 to present.

On February 24, 2021, you mentioned you were not able to access the records responsive to Item 3 of this request that were provided to you in two links (https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 and https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a), as both links had expired by that date. Following your recommendation to have the link to these records remain active for a longer period of time, we are now making the records responsive to item 3 of your request available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sb43c91d4b61b4f239f8b983d206ff066.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records residential addresses, personal emails, personal phone numbers, personal credit card numbers, frequent flyer/loyalty numbers, and barcodes on plane tickets on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Item 4 – All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages where any party is any of the Named Parties and any of the parties is any employee of your agency between Jan 1, 2015 and present.

The SFPUC has over 2,300 employees. To make this search reasonable, we have initially limited our search for responsive records to members of the executive team, which consists of the following SFPUC employees: Michael Carlin, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Greg Norby, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Justine Hinderliter, and Masood Ordikhani. Responsive records from this search may be found at the following location: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s287492c34f4e42a3a52844014a2fe387.

Given the large number of SFPUC employees and the fact that it would be unreasonably burdensome for them all to search for responsive records, in your reply to this email, we ask that you narrow your request to only include certain employees or divisions within the SFPUC.

Finally, please be advised that we have redacted from the attached records the home addresses and personal phone numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,

Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa

SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst

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On April 13, 2021:
Subject: Public Records Request dated July 17, 2020
Dear Requester,

I am writing in response to your public records request dated July 17, 2020. The SFPUC has identified additional records responsive to Items 2, 3, and 4 of your request as follows:

Item 2 - All draft, executed, terminated, and/or expired contracts where one or more parties or signatories is any of the Named Parties.
The SFPUC has located records responsive to this item of your request, which are available to you at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s50b94022f83549a9a694089326b4e274.

Item 3 - All expense reports, receipts, and invoices for any travel for your department head from Jan 1, 2010 to present.
On February 24, 2021, you mentioned you were not able to access the records responsive to Item 3 of this request that were provided to you in two links (https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 and https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a), as both links had expired by that date. Following your recommendation to have the link to these records remain active for a longer period of time, we are now making the records responsive to item 3 of your request available at this link: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-sb43c91d4b61b4f239f8b983d206ff066.

Please be advised that we have redacted from the linked records residential addresses, personal emails, personal phone numbers, personal credit card numbers, frequent flyer/loyalty numbers, and barcodes on plane tickets on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Item 4 - All text or chat conversations, including group or direct messages where any party is any of the Named Parties and any of the parties is any employee of your agency between Jan 1, 2015 and present.
The SFPUC has over 2,300 employees. To make this search reasonable, we have initially limited our search for responsive records to members of the executive team, which consists of the following SFPUC employees: Michael Carlin, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Greg Norby, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Justine Hinderliter, and Masood Ordikhani. Responsive records from this search may be found at the following location: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s287492c34f4e42a3a52844014a2fe387.

Given the large number of SFPUC employees and the fact that it would be unreasonably burdensome for them all to search for responsive records, in your reply to this email, we ask that you narrow your request to only include certain employees or divisions within the SFPUC.

Finally, please be advised that we have redacted from the attached records the home addresses and personal phone numbers on privacy grounds. Redactions are based on California Constitution, Article I, section 1, California Government Code Section 6254(k), and California Government Code Section 6254(c). These provisions guard against disclosure of information that would invade personal privacy. Further, both the California Public Records Act (California Government Code Section 6250) and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.1(g)) acknowledge the importance of protecting personal privacy where disclosing records in response to a public records request.

Best Regards,
Mayara Ruski Augusto Sa
SFPUC Public Records Senior Analyst
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On Feb. 24, 2021:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354
PUC:

I still have not been able to get whatever you tried to release at: https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s6bbe299de014c2e8 or https://sfpuc.sharefile.com/d-s306072bc7844362a . Since you are using NextRequest anyway, please release the documents on NextRequest. It is a lot less flaky.

ALSO: Make sure you make the request on NextRequest completely public without sign-in. You cannot require me to sign in to an account requiring agreement to a terms of service/end user agreement (see County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition).

--Anonymous
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On Feb. 24, 2021:
Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request #20-4354
Supervisor of Records Herrera,

PUC has failed, refused, or incompletely complied with my requests from this email address of July 17, 2020 and August 7, 2020 (attached).
Please determine the records - or any parts thereof - public and order them disclosed.

Most interestingly, they have not replied in any way to request #1 for various text messages of Harlan Kelly. He was a city employee on July 17 and August 7.

If the City failed to search for government and personal records of Kelly, and preserve the records, at the time of my request, because the records were in the constructive possession of the City's employee when I requested them (City of San Jose v Superior Court), the City is deemed to have effectively withheld the records in violation of the PRA ( Community Youth Athletic Center v. City of National City ).

I requested records and petitioned them - and you determine whether they are public and order them disclosed if so. The fact that the City may find it impossible to comply with the law due to their own fault is not your problem and not relevant to a determination.

--Anonymous
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On July 17, 2020:
Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Walter Wong, Mlok Consulting, RDJ Enterprises, Young Community Developers, Jaidin Consulting, and other Records - Immediate Disclosure Request - SF PUC
Public Utilities Commission and Harlan Kelly Jr.,

Attached are new Immediate Disclosure Requests under the Sunshine Ordinance and CPRA.

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Hi there

Record request #20-4354 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Dear Requester,

We believe we have responded to all items of your original (July 17, 2020) and follow-up requests. If you would like us to further search for records, please contact us at mruskiaugustosa@sfwater.org or call the public records phone line (628.246.1372).

Best Regards,

SFPUC Public Records

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