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Before Trump’s Records Taken From White House There Was Jerry Brown As Mayor of Oakland
From: “Record Missing From Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown’s Adminstration – Former Aide Gil Duran Erased Negative Information On Jerry” at Oakland Focus Blog https://ift.tt/2Jo8ls1
Well, this should prove just how much Jerry and Gil Duran had to hide (its not the first time they’ve been accused of a cover-up) — and how damaging his term was to Oakland. It should be against the law for anyone to do this, but hey, Jerry’s AG now, he’s really protected. And what about all the talk of wanting “open meetings”? Right! Who voted him in to that office? Mayoral files for Jerry Brown are missing
By Thomas Peele and Heather MacDonald MEDIANEWS STAFF – CCTIMES Some public records of new state Attorney General Jerry Brown’s eight years as Oakland mayor are missing and others were apparently improperly destroyed, raising questions about whether the state’s top law-enforcement official has violated California’s public records law. Two former Brown aides said they removed records from the office late last year. One of them, Gil Duran, said he consulted Michelle Abney, the public records coordinator in the Oakland city attorney’s office, before doing so.
But Abney’s boss, Mark Morodomi, the assistant city attorney in charge of records access, said no permission was granted and no such conversation ever took place. State law makes it a crime to remove, tamper with or destroy government records. Abney “does not recall a conversation with Duran regarding what to do with documents in the transition of the mayor’s office,” Morodomi said Friday. Morodomi said neither he nor anyone else in his office gave Brown’s staff approval to throw away or remove public records. State law requires the approval of the city attorney or council before disposing of records less than two years old and prohibits the destruction of certain others. Because of MediaNews questions about the status of Brown’s records, City Attorney John Russo will form a task force to review all of the city’s records retention policies, Morodomi said Friday. It is unclear exactly which of Brown’s records may be missing or were destroyed. “We got rid of all the stuff that we thought was electronically backed up,” said the other former aide, David Grenell. “A lot of things were thrown away, Raiders documents, things like that.” Duran, Brown’s former press aide, said he spoke with Abney and received her permission to purge files. “Everything was handled properly and according to the law,” Duran said. Brown was on vacation out of the country last week and could not be reached for comment. Nathan Barankin, his state Department of Justice spokesman, said he spoke with Brown and was assured that no records were improperly destroyed. Barankin said Brown is a notoriously poor record-keeper and said that he didn’t generate many records to begin with and that copies of any destroyed documents were likely available elsewhere in city government. Barankin, who did not work for Brown in Oakland, said that after looking into the issue for several days he believes no crime occurred. “Copies are around. It ought to be all findable,” he said. “No records were improperly disposed of.” He said that he did not know who Duran did or didn’t speak with in the city attorney’s office. Public records advocates said the matter raises serious concerns about Brown’s ability as attorney general to enforce laws such as the Public Records Act that are designed to ensure government transparency. “I think people are going to be less willing to believe him (if) he says enforcement of open government laws are a priority,” said Peter Scheer, executive director of the California First Amendment Coalition. “This is very regrettable. The former mayor’s official records were not his to throw away. They belong to the citizens of Oakland.”
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