Public Complaint No. 1704316618 - 1471087309

David Charles Spiller

San Rafael Police Department

1375 Fifth Avenue

San Rafael, California 94901

(415) 485-3000

https://www.srpd.or…

Date of Offense

November 25, 2020

Complaint

Criminal Behavior

Supporting Document(s)

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Exhibit 14 - Rizamarie Sitton Closing Letter.pdf

Statement

All documents available on VanessaHolton.com

Vanessa Holton filed a false police report the day after I filed a State Bar complaint against her. She filed this on State Bar letterhead, signing as the General Counsel.

The SRPD had James Bellamy leave me two messages, both available on Vanessaholton.com.

When I spoke to the SRPD, Officer James Bellamy, he described the report in detail, including how Vanessa had it hand delivered by her staff.

When the word got out I was protesting, Chief Spiller had the report redacted to the point of uselessness.

They kept the report open for two years. Investigating...

Location

San Rafael, CA, USA

37.9735346, -122.5310874

California Public Records Act

§ 6250-6268

The California Public Records Act is a series of laws meant to guarantee that the public has access to public records of governmental bodies in California. In December of 2011, a Superior Court judge ruled that the California Assembly must also disclose budget records of individual lawmakers, after some California newspapers filed a lawsuit accusing legislators of flouting the state’s open records laws.

Public records in the California Public Records Act are defined as “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.” There is a separate category of “purely personal information” that, although it may be in the custody of a government agency, does not fall under the act. Statute 6255 states a catch all exemption, “The agency shall justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under express provisions of this chapter or that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.”

Anyone can request public documents in California, and a purpose does not have to be stated. The California Public Records Act does not regulate the use of records obtained from public agencies. One should allow 10 days for an agency to comply with a records request.