Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The city’s FOIA Coordinator is the City Clerk, or other Mayoral designee as needed.

1. As always, the Mayor has requisite authority via the City Charter to release information, so stakeholders need to get information/requests to the Mayor, and then the Clerk is responsible for locating/retaining all records, capturing related program costs, and making the release of records once approved by the Mayor.
2. In general, the FOIA request should be logged in via the city’s website at htps://cityoflakecity.com/contact/.
   a. It’s always preferable to have them log the FOIA request via the website contact page; however, if they call or request assistance I/we can enter the information on the website request page.
   b. Following receipt of the FOIA request, the City Clerk; or designated office staff will confirm the document/data is available and then provide the city clerk (‘the keeper of the record’) and Mayor Ardis’, or their designee with the requested information.
3. The City Clerk is responsible for ensuring the costs worksheet is maintained and includes the current rates; as approved, and actions are congruent with the FOIA laws.
4. If approved for immediate release, the office staff will obtain the requisite FOIA costs from the requestor, and then the copied records can be released once approved by the Mayor.