Austin v. City of Taft CA5
On August 2, 2019, a media outlet published an article stating, inter alia, “Taft Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred somewhere in the city Wednesday evening but they have an uncooperative victim and little information to go on.” Months later, on November 18, 2019, appellant made a CPRA request to City via e-mail. He wrote:
“The following is my public records request: I read online (www.taftmidwaydriller.com/...olice-investigate-stabbing) that on or about July 31, 2019, Taft Police officers were called to the West Side Family Health Care Clinic where a 60-year-old man had gone for treatment of a stab wound to the upper right rib cage. Please email me the name of the victim.”
On November 27, 2019, City’s legal counsel provided the following written response:
“Mr. Austin: [¶] I am the City Attorney for the City of Taft, California. Please consider this a response to your request under the Public Records Act. Your request is included below.
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