2016 Public Records Requests

The City of Los Altos Open Government Policy states that "requests for public records, including a brief description of the request, identification of the requester, the date requested, whether the request was granted, partially granted or denied, and the date the request was fulfilled, shall be posted on the City's website."  This list is updated quarterly. To see a list of requests made in prior years, click here.

Requester Request Date of Request City response Date Fulfilled
Bay Area News Group 2015 Employee compensation January 6, 2016 Granted February 2, 2016
Tina Yoke Motor/bike accident info for W. Portola for last 3 years; traffic studies, calming, or traffic data for W. Portola for last 3 years; transportation data for W. Portola; specific bike code requirements for riders January 6, 2016 Partially Granted January 8, 2016
James Rowen Payments made to Larry Tramutola related to Measure A; Larry Tramutola contract; emails, memoranda and reports to and from Larry Tramutola; Measure A campaign statements; cost of Godbe poll; Godbe presentation to Council January 6, 2016 Granted February 2, 2016
Julie Kalb List of stale dated checks $10,000 or greater January 7, 2016 No records January 12, 2016
Mesfin Agegnehu, Advance Soil Technology Location of Public Works storm drains, sewers, etc. January 7, 2016 Granted February 2, 2016
Ron Packard All communications to or from Ted Sorenson, Jerry Sorenson, 40 Main Street Offices, LLC, Gunn Management Group, Inc.; all communications to or from any representative of the City of Los Altos regarding any aspect of 40 Main Street; all memos, documents prepared by City regarding 40 Main Street; 2013 Fee Schedule; all Brown Act notices for meetings held by subcommittees of the City-wide Parking Ad Hoc Committee; all recordings, minutes, documents exchanged or used at any subcommittee meetings of City-wide Parking Committee January 11, 2016 Partially Granted February 2, 2016
Alexandra Sherry Building permit activity from June 2009 to present January 11, 2016 Granted January 15, 2016
Pat Marriott Amount City spends on printing documents each year January 13, 2016 Granted January 25, 2016
Mathew Clark, ENGEO Hazardous materials files for 4350 El Camino Real January 19, 2016 No records January 21, 2016
Larry Baron Audio of September 9, 2015 Senior Commission meeting January 28, 2016 Granted February 4, 2016
Larry Baron Audio of February 1, 2016 Senior Commission/Council meeting January 28, 2016 Granted February 4, 2016
Gary Wesley All communication from Mountain View Council member Michael Kasperzak to the City since June 2014 concerning annexation by Los Altos of properties on Jardin Drive February 10, 2016 No records February 18, 2016
Justin Berglund, Creekside Oaks HOA File for Creekside Oaks February 16, 2016 Granted February 26, 2016
Jamie Morrow, Daily Post 2015 Employee compensation February 18, 2016 Granted February 29, 2016
Rebecca Pierce, Pierce & Shearer LLP All documents related to 1424 Grant Road February 29, 2016 Granted March 3, 2016
Frank Martin Full name, street address, phone number and email address and Commission name and title for all current Los Altos Commission members March 2, 2016 Partially Granted March 14, 2016
Kaitlyn Landgraf Recology South Bay residential curbside garbage pickup rates in 2006 March 3, 2016 Granted March 8, 2016
Thomas Peele, Bay Area News Group All audits, reports and analysis on peace officer firearms controls and unaccounted for, lost or stolen weapons between 1/1/10 and 3/1/16; all reports and findings on lost or stolen peace officer firearms between 1/1/10 and 3/1/16; all correspondence with any agency under US DOJ regarding lost, unaccounted or stolen peace officer firearms between 1/1/00 and 3/1/16; correspondence with California DOJ regarding lost, unaccounted for or stolen peace officer firearms between 1/1/00 and 3/1/16; All requests by Los Altos under federal government 1033 Program for surplus equipment and weapons between 1/1/10 and 3/1/16 March 4, 2016 Partially Granted March 14, 2016
Ron Packard Agenda for each Brown Act, FPPC or other ethics training sessions held at any time from February 2015 to present by City for members of Commissions, Committees or other bodies subject to the Brown Act; all public notices of such training session, along with any emails to any member of the City-wide Parking Committee; a list of those who attended each such training session; any emails or materials delivered at any time from February 2015 to present to Kim Cranston, David Rock, Bill Maston or Ronit Bodner regarding the Brown Act, FPPC rules or other ethical issues March 4, 2016 Partially Granted March 24, 2016
Roberta Phillips

Traffic counts, speed surveys, accident history and traffic violations for San Antonio Road between 2010 and present

March 4, 2016 Granted March 16, 2016
Jack Tooley

November 11, 2012 Hillview Community Center Facility Condition Assessment

March 7, 2016 Granted March 15, 2016
Nancy Jordan

Any notification from FAA to City regarding 2014 change in flight paths

March 7, 2016 Granted March 17, 2016
Monica Madri Residential property owners and addresses; residential property taxes paid in 2015 March 10, 2016 No records March 16, 2016
William Seligmann

Certified copies of: Loyola Corners Specific Plan and amendments; Title Page, Community Design and Historic Resources Element, Land Use Element, 2015-2023 Housing Element, Economic Development Element, and Land Use Map of Los Altos General Plan; Housing Element that preceded 2015-2023 Housing Element; Zoning Map; certain provisions of Los Altos Municipal Code; Ordinance No. 2010-349; and agenda report and attachments for Item 12 on City Council agenda for 4/13/10

March 11, 2016 Granted March 18, 2016
Martin Neiman

University Avenue petition submitted to City Council regarding removal of No Right Turn sign on Milverton Road

March 11, 2016 Granted March 15, 2016
Quest Discovery Services

Subpoena for personnel records

March 15, 2016 Denied March 24, 2016
Max Alford

Building permit applications for 51 Angela Drive, 1535 Oak Avenue and 1671 Kensington Avenue

March 16, 2016 Granted March 28, 2016
Robin Chapman

2006 Civic Center Orchard Management Plan

March 16, 2016 Granted March 24, 2016
Suzanne O'Brien, Intero Real Estate Services

All records for 783 Fremont Avenue

March 17, 2016 Granted March 23, 2016
Nadine Weeden, Smart Procure

Purchase orders dated 12/8/15 to current

March 17, 2016 Granted March 28, 2016
Matthew Palm

Adequate sites inventories for Third, Fourth and Fifth Housing Element or RHNA cycles

March 18, 2016 Granted March 23, 2016
Marina Sadikov, Sadikov LLC

Outstanding/uncashed checks 90 days or older equal to or greater than $5,000

March 21, 2016 Granted March 28, 2016
Eileen Sullivan

CalPERS retirement information for David Kornfield

March 22, 2016 No records March 24, 2016
David Casas All communications to or from any representative of the City and any member of the City-wide Parking Committee March 24, 2016 Granted April 15, 2016
Jacqueline Sessa Combination Sewer Cleaner bid results 9/30/15 March 30, 2016 Granted April 4, 2016
David Casas Original fire contract, staff reports and addendums to contract and staff updates to Council regarding the fire contract in 2015-2016 March 31, 2016 Granted April 11, 2016
David Paredes, NBC News Number of cases submitted to Santa Clara County District Attorney's office involving sexual abuse of a child/minor and/or lewd or lascivious acts on a child or minor for 2013 to current. April 1, 2016 Granted April 11, 2016
Kristi Kandel, I&D Consulting Entitlements for 988 N San Antonio Rd, including COAs, resolutions, site plans, as-builts, utility plans, etc. April 18, 2016 Granted April 28, 2016
Bette Houtchen PowerPoint used in Agenda item #12 at 4/26/16 CC meeting April 28, 2016 Granted May 2, 2016
William Seligmann Certified copy of Resolution No. 90-44 April 29, 2016 Granted May 3, 2016
Alicia Castro Independent Investigative Report of Allegations of Brown Act violations May 2, 2016 Denied May 12, 2016
Daniel Honchariw 2015 Employee Compensation report May 2, 2016 Granted May 6, 2016
David Casas Final report from Arthur Friedman regarding City-wide Parking Committee; all drafts of final report; all communications to or from Mr. Friedman regarding his investigation May 10, 2016 Denied May 20, 2016
Pat Marriott Letters submitted to Council at 5/10/16 Council meeting relating to Parking Committee May 12, 2016 Granted May 12, 2016
Alicia Castro Administrative Services Director separation and release agreement and cost of independent investigation of Brown Act violations in City-wide Parking Committee May 12, 2016 No records May 12, 2016
Raefer Gabriel, Delvv, Inc. Copies of outstanding parking tickets May 18, 2016 Granted May 19, 2016
Robin Chapman Ordinance 78-26, Resolution 81-23, Ordinance 90-225, Resolution 91-31, DPR forms for: 1) Apricot Orchard; 2) Smith House; 3) Halsey House; 4) Redwood Grove; and 2007 Historical Resources inventory May 23, 2016 Granted June 1, 2016
Castle Copy Service Subpoena for records re: Skudneski v. Lamb/Williams for documents concerning property at 2083 Louise Lane, Los Altos May 25, 2016 Granted June 10, 2016
Quest Discovery Services Subpoena for records re: Skudneski v. Lamb/Williams for documents concerning property at 2083 Louise Lane, Los Altos May 25, 2016 Granted June 10, 2016
Michael Bott, NBC Bay Area Type, make, model and serial number of guns recovered at crime scenes and during the course of criminal investigations from 2010 to current May 26, 2016 Granted May 31, 2016
Matthew Gauger, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld City of Los Altos v. Wright and Lopez, Hearing date: 5/17/16:
1) Audio recording of hearing; 2) docs submitted to Hearing Officer; 3) docs considered part of Administrative Record by City; and 4) all correspondence between Hearing Officer and City in May and June 2016
May 26, 2016 Granted June 6, 2016
Jeff Mock, Office of the District Attorney Documents concerning property at 2083 Louise Lane, Los Altos June 7, 2016 Granted June 13, 2016
Ron Stephens Listing of violation notices to property owners June 7, 2016 No records June 13, 2016
Jacqueline Sessa Current list of active contracts June 10, 2016 Granted June 16, 2016
Rachel Vogel, American Transparency Employee salaries for 2015 from data reported to CA  State Controller's Office, including employee names June 16, 2016 Granted June 17, 2016
Janet Corrigan All docs re: 581 University Ave project discussed at 5/18/16 & 6/15/16 Design Review Commission meetings June 16, 2016 Granted June 24, 2016
Jonathan Fales, Via Builders Inc. Audio of Design Review Commission meetings from 5/18/16 to 6/15/16 June 21, 2016 Granted June 22, 2016
Beverly Shengulet-Youlton Audio of Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission meeting on 5/25/16 June 22, 2016 Granted June 24, 2016
Ron Packard All communications to or from the City of Los Altos to anyone in regards to 40 Main Street June 24, 2016 Partially Granted July 19, 2016
Lisa Vorderbrueggen, BIA|Bay Area AB1600 Development Fee Report June 30, 2016 Granted July 5, 2016
Nadine Weeden, Smart Procure

All purchasing records from 3/14/16 to current

July 7, 2016 Granted July 14, 2016
Penny Lave City Council meeting minutes from 1993-1994 July 11, 2016 Granted July 11, 2016
Law Offices of William C. Milks, III

Subpoena for records from 1/1/11-present: 1) exchange between City & Erik Corrigan and Sean Corrigan; and 2) exchange between City & Ron Packard, Von Packard, and Jon Baer re: 40 Main St 

July 12, 2016 Partially Granted August 5, 2016
Jonathan Gontiz

List of issued building permits from July 2015 to July 2016 over valuation of $400K 

July 12, 2016 Granted July 14, 2016
Candis L. Mitchell, Federal Public Defender of Northern District of CA

1) Police procedures, handbooks, guidelines, manuals and codes of ethics; 2) Drug cartel/organization packaging, stamps or markers; 3) drug value charts; 4) cognitive bias/implicit bias training documentation & guidelines; 5) policies, manuals or training materials re: eyewitness ID procedures; 6) policies, manuals or training materials re: interviewing witnesses or suspects; 7) Certifications of canines/handler teams, training records, and proficiency assessment/error rates 

July 13, 2016 Granted July 27, 2016
Jeff Butler

List of full time employees including title/position

July 15, 2016 Granted July 19, 2016
Silvie Pierce, Zane Mac Gregor Real Estate Co.

Documents related to decision whether 3 or 4 units would be allowed to be built on the following properties: 550-556 Lassen; 471-477 Tyndall; 437-443 Tyndall; 432-438 Tyndall; and 412-426 Tyndall

July 18, 2016 Granted July 19, 2016
Abraham Velasco

Email communication re: WC injury on 7/5/16 between Krauss, Galea, Watts-Blackburn, Biss & Groom

July 19, 2016 Partially Granted August 19, 2016
Laura Meiners, Core Development

Planning permits for 1000 Fremont Ave

July 26, 2016 Granted August 1, 2016
Thomas Peele, Bay Area News Group

Destructive orders involving firearms, records of firearms held as evidence or acquired, records for recovery of firearms, records of transfer of firearms, records of sale of firearms

July 29, 2016 Granted August 15, 2016
Asher Kohn, Los Altos Town Crier

Traffic stop data for the last 10 years

August 2, 2016 No public records August 9, 2016
Elizabeth Parker, AECOM

Building records (permits, certs of occupancy, inspections, etc), fire records, current zoning, etc. for Andronico's Market property at 690 Los Altos Rancho Ctr

August 4, 2016 Granted August 16, 2016
Law Offices of Bo Katzakian

Subpoena for records re: Arguelles v. LAPD

August 5, 2016 Partially Granted August 10, 2016
Rashit Nabiev

Information re: complaints pertaining to their property at 1424 Grant Rd

August 11, 2016 No records August 16, 2016
Ron Packard

Emails between Jon Biggs and either Ted and/or Jerry Sorensen between 6/25/16 and 8/16/16

August 17, 2016 Granted August 19, 2016
Skip Rudolf, Public Assets, LTD

List of leased real properties by the City from any non-governmental, third-parties.

August 22, 2016 No records August 22, 2016
Kevin Rees

List of previous school principals, names and years of service for LASD between 1985-2015. 

August 22, 2016 No records August 22, 2016
Larry Baron

Audio of June 18, 2016 Council Retreat

August 26, 2016 Granted August 30, 2016
Pat Marriott

Chart of Sales Tax data for past 5 years

September 6, 2016 Granted September 8, 2016
Deegan

Records of bike accidents on Almond, San Antonio,  behind LA High School, Cherry Lane, Linden and Portola (area around Egan)

September 16, 2016 Granted September 21, 2016
Julienne Nucum, Miranda & Nucum, LLP

Subpoena for Production of Documents and Records to Jean Mordo & Jan Pepper re: 40 Main and/or Parking Committee

September 16, 2016 Subpoenas withdrawn October 17, 2016
Law Offices of William C. Milks

Subpoena for Production of Documents and Records to Marcia Somers, Megan Satterlee, David Casas, Val Carpenter, Jarrett Fishpaw, and Ron Packard re: 40 Main

September 16, 2016 Subpoenas withdrawn October 17, 2016
Andrea Eaton

10-year financial forecast dated 11/16/15 and 9/27/16

September 23, 2016 Granted September 28, 2016
Christine Morrin

All documentation related to pipe break that occurred in August during water main installation by West Valley Construction at 483 Alicia Way

September 26, 2016 Granted October 6, 2016
Peggy Prendergast

Name(s) of owners of 220 State Street

September 27, 2016 Granted September 29, 2016
Peter Beller

Copy of business licenses for BridgePoint at Los Altos, Courtyard by Marriott, Los Altos Town Crier, and Select Communications

October 5, 2016 Granted October 6, 2016
Ramon Rule

Conditions of approval for United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave, Los Altos and Bridges Community Church 625 Magdalena Ave, Los Altos

October 7, 2016 Granted October 7, 2016
Don Marcott, MDM Land Surveying

History of the City of Los Altos monument disc(s) with number 7595 stamped on them

October 12 2016 Granted October 13, 2016
Nadine Weeden, Smart Procure

Purchasing records from 7-1-16 to current

October 18, 2016 Granted October 24, 2016
Simone Aponte, KTVU

GPS logs for Los Altos Police patrol vehicles from 1/1/15 to 10/18/16

October 18, 2016 Denied October 28, 2016
Ashish Modi

Planning application for 1350 Miravalle Avenue, Los Altos (APN #197-19-084)

October 18, 2016 Granted October 19, 2016
Larry Baron

Godbe research on Hillview Community Center: details and summary reports for both surveys

October 19, 2016 Granted October 20, 2016
Richard Campbell

Design Review/CUPs for 625 Magdelana 

October 24, 2016 Granted October 25, 2016
Linda Michaud

Breakdown of unionized job classifications versus non-unionized

October 27, 2016 Granted November 8, 2016
Gary Hedden

2010 Recreation Needs Assessment Survey

October 28, 2016 Granted October 28, 2016
Kimberly Louie, Law Offices of William C. Milks, III

Form 700 for the years 2008, 2011, 2012 from David Casas and Ron Packard

October 31, 2016 Granted November 1, 2016
Larry Baron Copy of RFP for the Downtown Visioning Project November 1, 2016 Granted November 8, 2016
Michael Lazar, MarketSphere

Records pertaining to: 1) uncashed checks; 2) unclaimed checks/funds; 3) unclaimed tax refunds/bonds; 4) stale dated checks; 5) tax overpayments; 6) outstanding checks; 7) outstanding/refundable credit balances; and 8) checks exempt from unclaimed property reporting.

November 2, 2016 Granted November 8, 2016
Jim Fenton

Information on rollover vehicle crash on 9/14/16 on El Monte Ave near intersection w/ Benvenue Ave.

November 3, 2016 Denied November 3, 2016
Allan Epstein

Economic analysis for fire services negotiations

November 22, 2016 Granted December 1, 2016
Pat Marriott

RFP and contract for Loyola Corners Specific Plan update

November 28, 2016 Granted December 1, 2016
Pat Marriott

Contract for Downtown Visioning

December 5, 2016 No records December 6, 2016
Christine Roher

Citations issued to drivers who did not provide proof of insurance from 1/1/13 to present; amount collected for these citations

December 8, 2016 Granted December 19, 2016