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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Placer County Grand Jury
• 2016-2017
Placer County's Compliance with the California Public Records Act
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Findings 2 findings
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A path to making a CPRA request is not intuitive. Filing of a public records request can be difficult.
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The non-centralized approach to receiving and responding to public records requests appears to speed up the response time and contributes to Placer County’s compliance with the law but does not provide for tracking or monitoring compliance with all CPRA requirements. Conclusion The Grand Jury determined that Placer County is meeting the requirements of the California Public Records Act. The Grand Jury concludes that there is some room for improvement that could help citizens more easily find information on how to submit a request for public records. The Grand Jury also concludes that there are IT systems improvements that could help the County monitor how many requests they are receiving and how well they are complying with the law. - 22 - -2017 Final Report
Recommendations 3
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R1Page 27Placer County change its website for locating information on how to request public records. Specifically, a link titled “Public Records” should be added to the homepage tab entitled “How do I…”/“Request.”
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R2Page 27Placer County make changes to its website to provide links to each of the various departments’ online public records request forms in one convenient location.
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R3Page 27Placer County establish one point to maintain a countywide tracking system for all written public records requests. This recommendation is for a tracking system and not a single point for submitting or responding to requests. - 23 - , R2, R3 September 30, 2017 175 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603 Mr. David Boesch R1, R2, R3 August 31, 2017 County Executive Officer 175 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603 Mr. Jerry Cardin R1, R2, R3 August 31, 2017 County Counsel 175 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603 Copies Sent to: Mr. Chris Gray Deputy Director, Communications and Public Affairs 175 Fulweiler Avenue Auburn, CA 95603 - 24 -