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DESCRIPTION:The Justice Coalition of Vallejo will hold a Press Conference on the steps 
 of Vallejo City Hall at 5:30 PM today – December 3, 2019.\n\n\nThe City 
 of Vallejo, in response to passage of SB 1421, the "Right to Know Act" is 
 considering adopting a Revised Public Records Access and Management Policy 
 for City of Vallejo Officials. This policy is scheduled to be considered at 
 a Vallejo City Council Special Meeting at 6:00 PM.\n\nCoalition members 
 will be in attendance to vehemently oppose the destruction of records in 
 contradiction to the clear intent of SB1421, the "Right to Know 
 Act"\n\nEmails and electronic communications to and from city officials 
 regarding city business are subject to the California Public Records Act. 
 Part of the recommendation by outgoing City Attorney Claudia Quintana 
 includes automatic purges of all email or text records over two years old 
 that have not been explicitly identified as "writing that constitutes a 
 public record", and archived by the City Official to whom they were sent 
 (or authored by?).\n\nWhile we recognize that a two year retention is far 
 better than the pre-SB 1421 retention period of 90 days, we are not in 
 favor of any automatic purging of data at all. The decision of what to 
 archive made by the same City Official involved in the communication is a 
 potential conflict of interest, should any of the communication be 
 potentially damaging or embarrassing to that individual or their 
 department.\n\nTwo years is too brief a period for document retention. The 
 City of Vallejo and affiliated government agencies can move very slowly. 
 Ronell Foster was killed by Vallejo Police Officer Ryan McMahon in February 
 of 2018, yet the case is still outstanding and under review by the Solano 
 County District Attorney, over 21 months after the incident! Given that 
 kind of long time frame for matters of high importance, we are not 
 comfortable with the automatic destruction of public records within as 
 short a time as two years.\n\nThe logical approach for a Public Records 
 Policy is not to retain only those electronic communications that have been 
 archived by an interested party, but to retain everything that is not 
 explicit identified as irrelevant to the public record, such as 
 SPAM.\n\nThe Agenda for this Special Meeting and the recommended action can 
 be found 
 here:\n\nhttps://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6562240-12-03-19-Staff-Report-Re-Open-Vallejo-Dan-Rubins.html 
 \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/03/18828573.php
SUMMARY:Press Conference to Oppose City of Vallejo Destruction of Police Records
LOCATION:Vallejo City Hall\n555 Santa Clara St\nVallejo, CA 94590
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/03/18828573.php
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