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Home My WebLink AboutPRR26477 Rizzo - Records & communications related to Fire Dept responses to 11050 LOVR (Laguna Middle School)Updated 05/2023 City of San Luis Obispo Request for Public Records The California Public Records Act (Government Code 7921. et set.) was enacted to ensure public records are available for inspection by members of the public. Completion of this form will assist staff in identifying related records to accurately complete your request. Requested records will be distributed to the email address that is listed on this form, unless directed otherwise by City staff. Requests for printed records will require payment subject to the City’s Comprehensive Fee Schedule. Payment must be rendered prior to production of printed materials. Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ______________________ Last First Address: ________________________________________________________________________ Street & Unit # City State Zip Email: _____________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Release Forms Requests for certain public records legally require release forms to be submitted for records to be distributed to the requestor. To help expedite your request, please read below and ensure additional information is submitted along with this public records request form. •Personal health information Records containing personal health information require a HIP AA Release Form. Examples include fire incident reports, worker’s compensation claims, etc. o HIPAA Release Form •Printed residential and/or commercial building plans The Public Records Act does not allow the release of printed copies of this material without the permission of the architect/engineer copyright owner. The public records requestor is responsible for obtaining said authorization by completing all three release forms listed below. You may call the Community Development Department at (805) 781 - 7170 to find out the name of the copyright owner. In-person viewing of plans do not require release forms. o Copies of Plans Affidavit o Plan Request Architect/Engineer Authorization o Plan Request Owner Authorization Continued Rizzo Saro G.September 17, 2026 ( YOUR REQUEST WILL BE PROCESSED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (PRA). California Government Code Section 7921. An Agency shall notify the requestor within 10 days from receipt of request with a Determination which states if the Agency is in possession, in whole or in part, of the requested documents, and possible lega l exemptions which prohibit the release of non-disclosable documents, as outlined per the PRA. In some instances, an Agency may require an extension of up to 14 days to provide a Determination, as authorized by the PRA. A notice will be provided to the requestor setting forth the reasons for the extension and the date on which a Determination is expected to be supplied. Record Information: List the records you are requesting. Specify relevant information such as: subject, title, incident number, location/address, person(s) involved, project name, etc. Date and Time: Specify the incident date or date and time range of the requested records Questions may be directed to the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7100. Submit Completed Forms To: cityclerk@slocity.org OR City Clerk’s Office 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Requester is an attorney. This request accompanies a letter dated September 17, 2026, which is incorporated into and forms part of this request and states each item in full. LOCATION / ADDRESS: 11050 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo (Laguna Middle School). 1. All computer-aided dispatch (CAD) records, incident reports, NFIRS reports, run reports and response logs for any emergency response by the Fire Department to the above address. As to each response: date, time of call and arrival, reported nature of the call, incident type and disposition codes, location or area of campus, units dispatched, and disposition including whether any person was transported. 2. Records sufficient to identify each response under Item 1 reported as a fall, a traumatic injury, a fracture, or a medical aid to a juvenile. 3. All records of the response of December 9, 2025 to the above address, including the CAD record, incident report, patient care report, and any audio recording or transcript of the 9-1-1 call and radio traffic. (Patient is Ryan Tanous, a minor; executed HIPAA Release Form enclosed.) 4. Records of any pre-incident survey, site plan, fire inspection, access assessment or emergency-access review for the above address, including any record identifying points of access to the athletic fields or lower campus. 5. Correspondence between the Fire Department and the San Luis Coastal Unified School District relating to the above address. Except as to Item 3, no patient names, dates of birth, addresses or clinical information are sought; please redact those identifiers rather than withhold the record. Electronic format requested; a CAD/NFIRS data export limited to the above address is preferred over individual printed reports. Items 1, 2, 4 and 5: January 1, 2015 through the present. Item 3: December 9, 2025, all times. LAW OFFICE OF SARO G. RIZZO 1457 Marsh Street, Suite 100 • San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Telephone (805) 783-1735 • sgrizzo3@gmail.com September 17, 2026 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL AND U.S. MAIL Office of the City Clerk CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 cityclerk@slocity.org cc: Fire Chief, San Luis Obispo City Fire Department 2160 Santa Barbara Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Re: Public Records Act Request — Emergency Responses to Laguna Middle School, 11050 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo Dear Custodian of Records: This office represents Ryan Tanous, a minor, in connection with injuries he sustained on the grounds of Laguna Middle School on December 9, 2025. Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 7920.000 et seq., and article I, section 3, subdivision (b) of the California Constitution, I request copies of the following records of the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department. The City's Request for Public Records form accompanies this letter, and this letter is incorporated into and forms part of that request. RECORDS REQUESTED 1. All computer-aided dispatch (CAD) records, incident reports, National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) reports, run reports, and response logs for any emergency response by the Department to 11050 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo (Laguna Middle School), for the period January 1, 2015 through the present. As to each response, this request seeks records sufficient to show the date, the time of the call and of arrival, the reported nature of the call, the incident type and disposition codes, the location or area of the campus to which units responded, the units dispatched, and the disposition of the response, including whether any person was transported. 2. All records sufficient to identify each response described in Request No. 1 that was reported as a fall, a traumatic injury, a fracture, or a medical aid to a juvenile. 3. All records of any response by the Department to Laguna Middle School on December 9, 2025, including the CAD record, the incident report, the patient care report, and any audio recording or transcript of the 9-1-1 call and of radio traffic relating to that response. 4. All records reflecting any pre-incident survey, site plan, fire inspection, access assessment, or emergency-access review conducted by the Department for Laguna Middle School, including any record identifying points of access to the athletic fields or lower campus. 5. All correspondence between the Department and the San Luis Coastal Unified School District relating to Laguna Middle School, including any correspondence relating to emergency access to the lower campus or athletic fields. SCOPE, PATIENT PRIVACY, AND FORMAT This request does not seek confidential patient medical information. Except as to the response of December 9, 2025 concerning my own client, I do not seek patient names, dates of birth, addresses, or clinical information, and I ask that such information be redacted rather than treated as a ground for withholding the record. The dispatch and incident data described above — dates, times, locations, call types, and dispositions — are not medical information and are disclosable with patient identifiers redacted. (Gov. Code, § 7922.525, subd. (b).) As to Request No. 3, the patient is my client, a minor. I understand from the City's Request for Public Records form that records containing personal health information require a HIPAA release. The City's HIPAA Release Form, executed by Tony Tanous, the father of Ryan Tanous and his duly appointed Guardian ad Litem in the above-described action, will be transmitted to the Clerk's office within one business day of the date of this letter, together with a copy of the patient's birth certificate and a copy of the order appointing Mr. Tanous Guardian ad Litem. If the City requires any additional or different authorization, please tell me and I will provide it promptly. I ask that the requirement of a release as to Request No. 3 not delay the processing of Requests Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5, which seek no personal health information. Please provide the records in electronic format. If any responsive record is maintained in an electronic format, I request that it be produced in that format rather than as a printout. (Gov. Code, § 7922.575.) If the Department maintains its CAD or NFIRS data in a searchable database, a data export limited to the address above is preferable to individual printed reports and would substantially reduce the burden of this request. RESPONSE, FEES, AND EXEMPTIONS I understand that the City must determine within ten days of receipt whether this request seeks disclosable records and must notify me of that determination and the estimated date of production, and that the City may in an appropriate case extend that period by up to fourteen days upon written notice stating the reasons. (Gov. Code, § 7922.535.) Please direct the records and all correspondence to sgrizzo3@gmail.com. I agree to pay the direct cost of duplication up to $150.00; if the cost will exceed that amount, please contact me before incurring it. (Gov. Code, § 7922.530.) If the City withholds any record or portion of a record, please identify the record and state the specific exemption claimed, as required by Government Code section 7922.540, and produce the record with the exempt material redacted. (Gov. Code, § 7922.525, subd. (b).) If any part of this request is unclear or appears overbroad, please contact me and I will narrow it. (Gov. Code, § 7922.600.) I am glad to work with the Clerk's office and with Fire Department staff to make this as efficient as possible. Thank you for your assistance. Very truly yours, SARO G. RIZZO Attorney for Ryan Tanous, a minor Enclosure: City of San Luis Obispo Request for Public Records form To follow: HIPAA Release Form (DHCS 6247), executed; birth certificate; order appointing Guardian ad Litem $. ,. 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San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Re Public Records Act Request - Ernergency Responses to Laguna Middle School, 11050 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo Dear Custodian of Records: This office represents Ryan Tanous, a minor, in connection with injuries he sustained on the grounds of Laguna Middle School on December 9,2025. Pursuant to the Calilbrnia Public Records Act, Govemment Code section 7920.000 et seq., and article I, section 3, subdivision (b) of the California Constitution, I request copies of the following records of the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department. The City's Request for Public Records form accompanies this ietter, and this letter is incorporated into and fbrms part of that request. RECOBDS REOUESTED 1. All computer-aided dispatch (CAD) records, incident reports. National Fire Incident Reporting System G\IFIRS) reports, run reports, and response logs for any emergency response by the Department to 11050 Los Osos Valley Road, San I,uis Obispo (Laguna Middle School), for the period January I,2015 through the present. As to each response, this request seeks records sufficient to show the date, the tirne of ttrre call and of arrival, the reporteci nature of the call, the incident type and disposition codes, the location or area of the campus to which units responded, the units dispatched, and the disposition of the response, including whether any person was transported. 2. All records sufficient to identify each response described in Request No. 1 that was reported as a fall, a traumatic injury, a fracture, or a medical aid to a juvenile. 3. All records of any response by the Department to Laguna Middle School on December 9, 2025, including the CAD record, the incident report, the patient care report, and any audio recording or transcript of the 9-1-1 call and of radio traffic relating to that response. 4. All records reflecting any pre-incident survey, site plan, fire inspection, access assessment, or emergency-access review conducted by the Department for Laguna Middle School, including any record identifying points of access to the athletic fields or lower campus. 5. All correspondence between the Department and the San Luis Coastal Unified School District relaiing to Laguna lv{iddic School, includ.ing any cofiespondeircs relating to emergency access to the lower campus or athletic fields. SCOPE. PATIENT PRIVACY. ANP FqRMAT This request does not seek confidential patient medical information. Except as to the response of December 9,2025 concerning my own ciient, I do not seek patient narnss? dates o1' birth, addresses, or clinical information, and I ask that such information be redacied rather than treated as a ground for withholding the recor<l. The dispatch and incident data described above - dates, times, locations, call types, and dispositions not medical information and are disclosable with patient identifiers redacted. (Gov. Code, S 7922.525, subd. (b).) As to Request No. 3, the patient is my client, a minor. I understand from th.e City's Request for Public Records form that records containing personal health information require a HIPAA release. The City's HIPAA Release Form, executed by Tony Tanous, the father of Ryan Tanous and his duly appointed Guardian ad Litem in the above-described action, will be transmitted to the Clerk's office within one business day of the date of this letter, together with a copy of the patient's birth certificate and a copy of the order appcinting Mr. Tanous Guardian ad Litem. If the City requires arry additional or different authorization, please teil me and I will provide it pron:ptly. I ask ttrat the requirement of a release as to Request No" 3 not delay the processing c'f Requests Nos. 1.2,4 and 5, wliich seek no personal health inforn'lation. Please provide the records in electronic fornat. If any responsive record is maintained in an electronic format, I request that it be prodr,rced in that forrnat rather than as a printout. (Gov. Code, S 7922.575.) If the Department rnaintains its CAD or NFIRS data in a searchable database, a data exporl limited to the address above is preferable to individual printed reports and would substantially reduce the burden of this request' RESPONSE. FEE$" AND EXEMPSI-O_NS I understand that the City must determine within ten days of receipt'whether this request seeks disclosable records and must notify me of that determination and the estimated date of production, and that the City may in an appropriate case extend that period by up to fourteen days upon written notice stating the reasons. (Gov. Code, S 7922.535.) Please direct the records and all c<rrrespondence to sgizzo-?@gmail.corn. I agree to pay the direct cost of duplication up to $150.00; if the cost will exceed that amount, please contact me before incurring it. (Gov. Code, $ 7922.530.) If the City withholds any record or portion of a record, please identify the record and state the specific exemption claimed, as required by Government Code section 7922.540, and produce the record with the exempt material redacted. (Gov. Code, S 7922.525, subd. (b).) If any part of this request is unciear or appears overbroad, please contact me and I will naffow it. (Gov. Code, $ 7922.600.) I arn glad to work with the Cierk's office and with Fire Department staff to make this as efficient as possible. Thank you for your assistance. Very truly yours, Sarr. %. SARO G.F*IZZO Attorney for Ryan Tanous, a minor Enclosure: Ciry* of San Luis Obispo Request for Fublic Records fomr Ts follorv: HIPAA Release Form (DHCS 6247), executed; birth certificate; order appointing Guardian ad Litem