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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
» Legal Compliance Scoring
» Customer Service Scoring
» Auditor Narrative
» CalAware Reaction

Legal Compliance

Deduct the following from 100 points :

Was the requester denied the ability to make the request? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency refuses to receive the request or pass it along to the appropriate party.
Did the agency deny access to any of the Form 700s? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency refuses to allow access to any of the completed Form 700s for any reason.
Was photo ID required? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency requires the requester to produce photo ID as a condition of the access.
Was the requester's name required? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency requires the requester to provide their name as a condition of the access.
Was the requester's affiliation required? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency requires the requester to provide their affiliation as a condition of the access.
Was the requester required to state their purpose? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency requires the requester to explain the reason they are making the request and/or what they will do with the materials produced as a condition of the access.
Was a written request required? No (-0 points)
Explanation:When the agency requires that requests be made in writing (refuse to acknowledge oral requests).
Were the Form 700s produced by the legally compliant deadline (within 48 after making the request)? No (-10 points)
Was the requester only allowed to view (not copy) the Form 700s? No (-0 points)
Was the requester charged a fee to view the Form 700s? No (-0 points)
Was the copy fee for the Form 700s within the legally compliant maximum
(10¢ per page)?
Yes (-0 points)
Was the letter of determination received within 10 days (or 24 days, if a 14 day extension was requested)? Yes (-0 points)
Did the agency deny access to any of the items in the written request? Yes (-15 points)
Campus Police:
Was the requester denied the ability to make the request? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Did the agency deny access to the police log ? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Was photo ID required? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Was the requester's name required? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Was the requester's affiliation required? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Was the requester required to state their purpose? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Was a written request required? No (-0 points)
Campus Police:
Was the requester only allowed to view (not copy) the police log? Yes (-5 points)
Campus Police:
Police Log Included:
Time of Incident Yes (-0 points)
Date of Incident Yes (-0 points)
Date of Incident Yes (-0 points)
Location of Incident Yes (-0 points)
Time of Report Yes (-0 points)
Nature of Incident Yes (-0 points)
Disposition of Complaint Yes (-0 points)
Explanation: The score is reduced by 5 points for each item unjustifiably denied, up to -35 points.
Total Points Deducted : 30
Final Score : 70
Grade : C-
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Customer Service

Deduct the following from 100 points :

Was agency staff courteous? Yes (-0 points)
Explanation:When agency staff are polite and professional
Was agency staff helpful? No (-0 points)
Explanation:When agency staff try to help the requester succeed with his or her request.
Was the requester referred to another agency altogether? No (-0 points)
Explanation: When the agency refuses to fulfill the request, and instead sends the requester to another agency.
BONUS! Did the agency have any public records request guidelines (or policy) posted? No (+0 points)
Explanation: When the agency conspicuously posts procedural guidelines in its main lobby area to help the public navigate their agency when making public record requests (worth 10 extra credit points).
Total Points Deducted : 10
Final Score : 90
Grade : A-
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Auditor Narrative (auditor Cathy Robledo):


I walked into Sacramento Hall where the president's office is located at 11:23 a.m. I walked towards the visitor information office and they directed me to public affairs. I go to the public affairs office down the hall and entered the office where two women named Jessica and Madonna were sitting down. I told Jessica that I wanted to request some public documents and asked for the Form 700. She had no idea what it was, and she asked Madonna if she knew. I explained the document a bit, but they didn't fully comprehend, so they said that the university counselor might be able to help me with that. Jessica tells me that the university counselor doesn't have a secretary right now because she is sick, so she has to call the President's Office on the 2nd floor, so they can direct me to him. She asks me if I was student, while on the phone. I asked her if that information was important. She continued to talk on the phone and then asks me who this is for and I responded with the State Hornet. Then, Jessica sends me to room 206 on the 2nd floor. I walk upstairs and enter room 206 where I encounter Jodi Reid and asked about the Form 700. She has no idea what it was and asked the other ladies in her office. They had no idea what it was either, so Jodi calls public affairs and asks if they sent me there. Jodi realized that she had to take me to the university counselor's office because he knew what Form 700 was. Jodi walks with me downstairs where the university counselor's office was and asked my name. She was really friendly, so I told her my name was Cathy.

I walked in and Edmundo Aguilar was sitting in his chair, where I asked him about Form 700. I also requested the document for the ethics training required every two years by AB 1234. He had no idea what I meant by ethics training, but he wrote it down on a sticky note. He asked me for my contact information, so I gave him my e-mail and phone number. He told me that he didn't have to give me the documents at that exact moment and had 10 days to respond to me about it because they have to prepare the documents. . However, he said that it shouldn't take that long to respond, but at the moment he was busy with other things and showed me the mess on his desk. I asked him for his business card and he gave it to me. He said that I could e-mail him requesting the things I asked for, and he'll respond as soon as he could. The overall atmosphere of the president's office was that they weren't that helpful, but friendly. I left the building at 11:39 a.m. I e-mailed Aguilar at 12:50 p.m. and he called me at 2:10 p.m. and told me that the ethics training documents are not required for state officials, only local agencies such as school districts. He said he would get the Form 700.

On April 3rd, he e-mailed me saying that I can go pick up the three Form 700 documents. He said they would cost 10 cents each and in total, 30 cents.

Campus Police:

I entered the building at 11:59 a.m. and asked the lady in the window about viewing the crime log. She said that she couldn't make copies of it, but that the crime logs were viewable online. She said I can look at the crime log binder though. She was friendly and direct. I looked through the crime logs and they had the summary, location, date and time of the different situations. The curliest crime date I saw was September 23, 2008. I left the building at 12:05 p.m.

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CalAware Reaction (Terry Francke, General Counsel):


The request for copies of Form 700 was not complied with until April 3-a week after the legal deadline. As for the information requested in writing, a response announcing a 14-day extension to the deadline for the determination letter was received in timely fashion. The determination letter arrived within the extension period but asserted that the request for records of "cash compensation" paid to the president, the vice presidents and procurement or contracting officers "calls for personnel or payroll records which are largely exempt from disclosure;" and that records of employee discipline, litigation settlements and plans for spending stimulus funds were confidential. It also said it had no records that showed non-identifying information on athletic and arts scholarships awarded, for how much and supporting which sport or arts performance, and the sex and class year of the recipients. Finally, it said that records distributed to the board of the campus bookstore operation showing price markups for required textbooks and materials, and income and expense reports, were confidential as containing trade secrets.

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