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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRR25314 Selden - Fees charged on ADU projects MATTHEW GELFAND September 25, 2025 VIA EMAIL City of San Luis Obispo Email: cityclerk@slocity.org RE: Request for public records regarding fees charged on ADU projects. To t: Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code § 6250 et seq.), I am writing on behalf of Californians for Homeownership to request a copy of the records detailed below. We are examining accessory dwelling units (ADUs). To that end, we request the following records: 1. Documents related to fees charged for ADUs: Any receipt or invoice reflecting fees charged in connection with any project that includes the development of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), from January 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024. This request applies to all records that the City is required to provide under the Public Records Act. Please provide entire documents, even if only parts of them are responsive to this request. If any portion of a document is exempt from disclosure, please narrowly redact that portion and provide the redacted document. If an entire document needs to be withheld because there is no non-exempt portion, please provide a log with a detailed description of the document, including the author, the subject matter, and any individuals who received it. To the extent that you maintain records in electronic format, please provide them in that same format to avoid copying costs. If you are unable to reproduce electronic records in electronic form, please provide an explanation. For the same reason, please scan documents into an electronic format rather than copying them, if you have access to equipment capable of doing so. If any information responsive to this request is contained in an electronic database, you may respond by providing a copy of the database or remote access to the database, with sufficient information to allow us to identify and access the responsive records using ordinary computer software. September 25, 2025 Page 2 We request that you waive copying fees because we have limited resources and the requested information will be used in the public interest. None of the information obtained will be sold or distributed for profit. If you are unable to waive the copying fees and you anticipate that these costs will exceed $50, or if you determine that the time needed to collect the records will delay their release, please contact us so that we can arrange to inspect the documents or decide which documents we wish to receive. Otherwise, please send them as soon as possible. By this letter, Californians for Homeownership is agreeing to pay for up to $50 in properly substantiated costs payable under the Public Records Act. Please respond to this request within ten days, either by providing all of the requested records or by providing a smaller set of records accompanied by a written response setting forth the legal authority for withholding or redacting any document and stating when any remaining documents will be made available. If you require any clarification in identifying responsive documents or focusing this request, please contact me at matt@caforhomes.org. Please send records responsive to this request directly to me using the contact information above. We can accept documents in hardcopy format, on physical data media sent by mail, by email, or through an electronic transfer. We are happy to arrange an FTP site for your use to transfer large files. Sincerely, Matthew Gelfand