Laserfiche WebLink
<br />310 3762287 <br />SEP-27-~0 WED 11:16 J.H.LISSNER <br /> <br />310 3762287 <br /> <br />P.Ol <br /> <br />FACSIMILE COVER SHEET AND MESSAGE <br /> <br />Total number of pages including this cover sheet 2 <br /> <br />m~@~D\V1fI <br /> <br />SEP 2 7 2000 I <br />OFFICE' OF THE CITY CLb <br /> <br />Date MON 8-21-00 4:02 p.m. <br /> <br />To CITY COUNCIL, RIVERSIDE <br />Fax number 9098265470 (Council) <br />Voice number -5991 (City Hall), -5531 (PD) <br /> <br />From James Lissner, Box 264, Manhattan Beach, CA 90267 <br />Fax number: (310) 376-2287 <br />Voice number: (310) 376-4626 <br /> <br />Subject: Cost of Copies of Police Reports <br /> <br />To the City Council: <br /> <br />Please aQendlze this matter for your next council meeting. <br /> <br />A reading of Govt. Code Section 6253(b), the Attorney General's 4-11-91 letter <br />opinion to Sen. Hart, and North County Parents vs. Cal. Dept. of Education (March <br />1994, 93 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3224), indicates that some of your charges for Xeroxes <br />of documents may be many times too high. For example, in localities that observe <br />the Sec. 6253(b) legal limit ("direct costs of duplication"), a two page traffic accident <br />report or burglary report costs an average of about a dollar. whoreas you charge <br />~20.00. <br /> <br />If you wish to avoid spending money doing your own legal research on this issue. <br />you can take advantage of the research and staff reports done by the following <br />agencies that already have adjusted their charges. <br /> <br />(Conti nuedJW.neld-page )_--------~-__h- ----.. "M__".~___~________ <br /> <br />r--------.-~ ~ <br />~~.-l-(rD ~ f ~ ~tJ-v--,^-- I ~ <br />------------ ------- <br />------- ----------- <br />