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Monday, May 18, 2015 at 9:13:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time Page 1 of 2 Subject: RE: Phone message RE: unbacked bills Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 3:29:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: Boyer, Diane To: John Myers Mr. Myers Thank you for your follow up email. We are treaLng this as a request for records and will respond accordingly. Diane BoyerVine Original Message From: John Myers [mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:45 PM To: Boyer, Diane Subject: Re: Phone message RE: unbacked bills Ms. BoyerVine, Thank you for your reply. Given that your email offers two responses, I¹m hoping that you can offer some clarity: 1. You say the Office can¹t ³readily track the number of unbacked requests.² Does that mean it¹s something that would take Lme to count? Or do you mean that the Office has no way of counLng them? 2. If there is no way to disaggregate the data, could you simply provide a total number of bills draded by the Office in the 201314 session? Or for any other twoyear session? 3. I¹m aware of aeorneyclient privilege, but could you provide more informaLon on how our request for aggregate data falls under that rule? We¹re not seeking informaLon on the contents of the bills, simply the total number of requests made. If it helps, we¹re amending our request to only cover the 201314 session, which would seem to eliminate any privilege issues related to pending legislaLon and/or legislaLve deliberaLons. We're hoping you can answer two addiLonal quesLons, as well: 1. Are there any limits placed on how many unbacked bills that a member can request your Office to drad? 2. Would aeorneyclient privilege, in your view, extend to former legislators? Given the nature of your work, we certainly understand the concerns with confidenLality. However, we also believe that aggregate historical data is of importance to the public. As such, if there are specific laws or regulaLons that you believe prohibit disclosure, it would be helpful to know which ones. Thanks again, John Myers < JOHN MYERS | Senior Editor KQED California PoliLcs & Government Desk 916.446.6821 T 916.425.7168 M @johnmyers
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Monday, May 18, 2015 at 9:13:55 PM Pacic Daylight Time
Page 1 of 2
Subject: RE: Phone message RE: unbacked billsDate: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 3:29:58 PM Pacic Daylight TimeFrom: Boyer, DianeTo: John Myers
Mr. MyersThank you for your follow up email. We are treaLng this as a request for records and will respond accordingly.Diane Boyer-Vine
-----Original Message-----From: John Myers [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 1:45 PMTo: Boyer, DianeSubject: Re: Phone message RE: unbacked bills
Ms. Boyer-Vine,
Thank you for your reply. Given that your email oers two responses, Im hoping that you can oer some clarity:
1. You say the Oce cant readily track the number of unbacked requests. Does that mean its something thatwould take Lme to count? Or do you mean that the Oce has no way of counLng them?
2. If there is no way to disaggregate the data, could you simply provide a total number of bills draded by the Ocein the 2013-14 session? Or for any other two-year session?
3. Im aware of aeorney-client privilege, but could you provide more informaLon on how our request for aggregatedata falls under that rule?Were not seeking informaLon on the contents of the bills, simply the total number of requests made. If it helps,were amending our request to only cover the 2013-14 session, which would seem to eliminate any privilege issuesrelated to pending legislaLon and/or legislaLve deliberaLons.
We're hoping you can answer two addiLonal quesLons, as well:
1. Are there any limits placed on how many unbacked bills that a member can request your Oce to drad?
2. Would aeorney-client privilege, in your view, extend to former legislators?
Given the nature of your work, we certainly understand the concerns with condenLality. However, we alsobelieve that aggregate historical data is of importance to the public. As such, if there are specic laws orregulaLons that you believe prohibit disclosure, it would be helpful to know which ones.
Thanks again,John Myers
