Below is the text of a letter in response to my September 27, 1999 PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST seeking the mailing list used for a highly questionable taxpayer funded PR mailing done under a $250,000.00 contract with Bay Relations.  The purpose of the request was to ascertain whether the PR mailing was targeted to likely voters, as appears to be the case.

SAN MATEO COUNTY
COMMUNlTY COLLEGE D1STRICT

CANADA COLLEGE, Redwood City / COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO, San Mateo / SKYLINE COLLEGE, San Bruno

Office of the                           
Chancellor-Superintendent

October 5, 1999

Mr. Jack Hickey
243 Ferndale Way
Redwood City CA 94062

PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST

Dear Mr. Hickey:

This letter is in response to your September 27, 1999 public records request.

The San Mateo County Community College District does not have a mailing list in any form that was used in the mailing of the two brochures referenced in your letter. Bay Relations does not have a mailing list in any form that was used in the mailing of the two brochures referenced in your letter.

In addition, such a list is exempt from disclosure under Government Code Section 6254(k), which protects trade secrets from disclosure (Evidence Code Section 1060).

Please contact me if I can provide any additional information.

Sincerely,

Barbara Christensen
Director of Community/Government Relations

BC/dwo

c: Beth Freeman

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Karen Schwarz, President; Patricia Miljanich, Vice President-Clerk; Thomas L. Constantino Helen Hausman, Richard Holober

3401 CSM Drive, San Mateo, Caliiornia 94402-3699 (650) 574-6550