Attn: Cheryl Leger – San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance Task Force (SOTF)
It is important this information be brought before the full SOTF during its July 25, 2023 in which I will participate.
Even though the electoral and judicial battle is over, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) whose De Young Museum stands astride JFK Promenade still needs to be forthcoming and stand in the sunshine of public disclosure.
Attached you will find the following:
- FAMSF Response to my Records Request dated June 26, 2022 (see pages 2837-2838) in SOTF file.
- California Fair Political Practices Commission Form-460 submitted by ACCESS FOR ALL, SPONSORED BY CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS AND OPEN THE GREAT HIGHWAY ALLIANCE-Period 7.16.2022 through 7.31.2022 ( Open the Great Highway Alliance was Plaintiff in the lawsuit which sought in Court to destroy JFK Promenade and The Great Highway Park. The litigation was dismissed by the California Court of Appeals earlier this year. ‘Open the Great Highway Alliance v. Ginsburg, No. A164797’)
- The FAMSF report shows that the first contributor was Megan Bourne-Chief of Staff Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums – $250.00. The same Megan Bourne who responded that her employer had “no responsive” documents to my Spring 2022 public records requests.
In my earlier Immediate Disclosure Requests I labeled the responses by FAMSF “preposterous”.
Language which still holds true today over a year later.
Requests which were totally non responsive and resulted in my first hearing before the SOTF in May 2022.
In the FAMSF rejection of my subsequent June 26, 2022 IDR the FAMSF is trying to, again, duck its responsibilities by hiding under a technicality. Claiming it has no obligation to provide responsive documents.
This may be correct in a court of law. But in the real world of San Francisco politics it’s preposterous.
FAMSF was the leader in the attempt to destroy JFK Promenade legislatively. That is the reason I filed my initial Requests.
Lee Heidhues
San Francisco 94121
Husband of a long time member of the FAMSF.
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