This came to me from one of my regular readers. Prominantly featured at Oakland Focus:
Some public records of new state Attorney General Jerry Brown’s eight years as Oakland mayor are missing and others were apparently improperly destroyed, raising questions about whether the state’s top law-enforcement official has violated California’s public records law.
The San Francisco Peninsula Press Club mentions an even more disturbing notion. Is this the guy we really want to run California again? He did “wonders” for Oakland. Vexatious Requesters…
Attorney General Jerry Brown is sponsoring a bill, AB520 (text and legislative history) that would let government agencies and local governments file petitions to have people declared “vexatious requestors” of public records.
An agency or local government would have to allege that the requestor was seeking records for an “improper purpose.” What’s an improper purpose? “Harassment of a public agency or its employees.” No further explanation is given.
If a judge agrees, then the agency can stop responding to public records from the “vexatious requestor.”
Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter, D-Rialto, introduced the bill on behalf of Brown.
What about providing a guarantee fee award and sanctions for agencies that don’t comply with the initial request? Why must citizens fight so hard to get what we’re entitled to? If we can be deemed Vexatious Requestors, I want a bill that allows them to be deemed Serial Violators.
Original story by CNPA. CalAware has posted this letter in opposition.
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