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Local rendering of NextRequest request 26-2491
This page is a word-for-word rendering of the authenticated portal view of City of Sacramento public-records request 26-2491 (Lovato/Owens texts and delivery-channel records; closed July 28, 2026), captured from the portal's timeline data on August 24, 2026 (Pacific time). Timeline text is reproduced exactly as the portal returned it; each entry carries the portal's own timeline_id.
Publication redaction 3 instance(s) of a telephone number are replaced with a bracketed marker; all other text, senders, and timestamps are unaltered.
Official source: cityofsacramentoca.nextrequest.com/requests/26-2491City of Sacramento · Public Records Request
Request 26-2491
ClosedReceivedJune 23, 2026
Point of contactAmanda Ramirez
Timeline entries12
CapturedAugust 24, 2026
Request text (as filed)
Title field:
Paul Lovato / Karin Owens texts and delivery-channel records - August 20-21, 2025 inspection cancellation / Case 23-009185
Attachment to upload:
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California Public Records Act Request - City of Sacramento
Requester: Christopher T. Foley, authorized representative for the owner of 4880 T Street, Sacramento, CA 95819 (APN 011-0135-010-0000). Code Enforcement Case 23-009185.
Under the California Public Records Act, Gov. Code section 7920.000 et seq., I request the records described below.
This request concerns the August 20-21, 2025 inspection-scheduling and cancellation dispute for 4880 T Street. Attached is a screenshot of an SMS thread labeled "Paul." The screenshot shows an August 20, 2025, 9:48 a.m. text stating that Jackie Baritell would postpone the visit with "you and Doug" and that she had been told to call that day too. On August 21, 2025, the City's case note states that Lovato arrived with PBI Cosley at 11:30 a.m.; the caretaker wanted to cancel; the City said it would move forward with an inspection warrant; about thirty minutes later Lovato received a call from Karin; and Lovato then contacted PBI Cosley. Property audio from the doorstep exchange records the statement that the inspection had been canceled, and the official response that "she didn't tell me she canceled."
I request:
1. All SMS, iMessage, text-message, mobile-message, Teams, email-to-text, messaging-app, or other written electronic communications between Paul Lovato and Karin Owens from August 20, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. through August 21, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. that concern any of the following: 4880 T Street, Case 23-009185, Jackie Baritell, Karin Owens, inspection scheduling, cancellation, postponement, access, entry, warrant, backyard inspection, "Doug," Bo Cosley, Douglas Pierson, or any August 21, 2025 site visit.
2. All SMS, iMessage, text-message, mobile-message, Teams, email-to-text, messaging-app, or other written electronic communications between Paul Lovato and Bo Cosley from August 20, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. through August 21, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. that concern the same subjects listed above.
3. All SMS, iMessage, text-message, mobile-message, Teams, email-to-text, messaging-app, or other written electronic communications between Paul Lovato and Douglas Pierson, or between Karin Owens and any City employee, during the same time period that concern the same subjects listed above.
4. Delivery, receipt, read-status, failure, bounce, device, carrier, MDM, backup, message-export, or account records showing whether the August 20, 2025, 9:48 a.m. text shown in the attached screenshot was sent to, received by, delivered to, forwarded to, synced to, or visible on any City-issued device, City-managed account, or personal device/account used by Paul Lovato for City business.
5. Records identifying whether the "Paul" contact shown in the attached screenshot corresponds to a City-issued phone number, City-managed line, City-managed message account, personal number used for City business, or other communication channel used by Paul Lovato for City inspection communications with Karin Owens or the 4880 T Street property.
6. Records showing the City-issued phone number, line/account identifier, mobile device, messaging application, or other official communication channel assigned to Paul Lovato on August 20-21, 2025, limited to identifying fields necessary to determine whether the attached text was sent to an official or City-business channel. The City may redact private telephone numbers while producing non-exempt metadata, dates, times, user names, account identifiers, device identifiers, and system names.
7. Records showing any search conducted for responsive text messages or message metadata, including custodian inquiries to Paul Lovato, Bo Cosley, Douglas Pierson, Karin Owens if contacted by the City, IT, telecom, Records Management, or any mobile-device administrator.
This request includes records on City devices/accounts and any personal device or account used to conduct City business. Public business communications are public records regardless of whether they are stored on a government account or personal account. See City of San Jose v. Superior Court (2017) 2 Cal.5th 608.
This request does not seek unrelated personal communications, private message content unrelated to public business, social security numbers, home addresses, or unredacted private phone numbers. If the City contends telephone numbers or other fields are exempt, please redact only those fields and produce the remaining segregable content and metadata, including date, time, participants if non-exempt, direction, message existence, delivery status, and public-business content.
If no responsive records are found, please state that after a reasonable search and produce any records reflecting the search, retention policy, deletion/non-retention, device capability, carrier/account records, or custodian responses supporting that determination.
Format: Native electronic format where available, including export files, message threads, screenshots, CSV/PDF carrier or device logs, or other format in which the City holds the records.
Segregability: If any record or field is withheld, please identify the specific exemption relied on and release all reasonably segregable non-exempt portions.
Preservation: Please preserve responsive text/message records, metadata, delivery logs, device/account logs, backups, retention/deletion records, and communications about this request.
Timeline (oldest first)
12 entriesThe City of Sacramento has received your public records request and will begin processing on the next business day.
Within 10 days of processing, we will determine whether your request seeks disclosable records and release those records or if we require additional time to gather information and review records.
*This applies to Public Records Requests only, subpoenas will be processed in accordance with each individual subpoena.
Thank you,
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sacramento
915 I Street, 5th Floor
New City Hall
Sacramento, CA 95814
This email is in response to your California Public Records Act request for text message communication.
To conduct an efficient and accurate search, please provide the following details:
Regarding the portion(s) of your request for which you are requesting text messages between a city employee and a non-city employee, please provide the specific phone number for which you are requesting the search (Karen Owens). The City does not maintain a database of phone numbers.
Please submit your response by 6/30/26 or we will be unable to process that portion of the request until that information is provided.
Thank you,
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sacramento
915 I Street, 5th Floor
New City Hall
Sacramento, CA 95814
This is a timely response to the City's June 26, 2026 message on Request #26-2491.
I am not requesting public disclosure of any private telephone number for Karin Owens or any other non-City person. Any private telephone numbers appearing in responsive records may be redacted. The request is for City records of public-business communications, message metadata, search records, and related delivery/channel records concerning Case 23-009185 / 4880 T Street.
The request already identifies the relevant case, property, participants, date range, subject matter, and attached screenshot: Paul Lovato / Karin Owens texts and delivery-channel records for the August 20-21, 2025 inspection cancellation / Case 23-009185, including the attached screenshot of an SMS thread labeled "Paul." The City's own case record also refers to communications/call activity involving Karin Owens and Paul Lovato during the August 21, 2025 access event. Those public-business communications, if retained, should be searched from City/Lovato custody and from the City's own case, device, account, custodian, telecom, MDM, backup, or retention/search records.
Please proceed with all searches that can be performed from the information already supplied, including but not limited to Paul Lovato's City-issued or City-managed phone line/device/account, City email-to-text or message systems, Teams or other City messaging systems, mobile-device-management/telecom records, backups/exports, the case file/contact fields, and any personal device/account used by Paul Lovato to conduct City business. Please also conduct the necessary custodian inquiry to Paul Lovato for responsive messages or message metadata on any account/device he used for City business, consistent with City of San Jose v. Superior Court (2017) 2 Cal.5th 608.
If the City contends that one specific system cannot be searched without a private non-City phone number, please do not treat that as a basis to stop processing the request. Please identify the specific system, the specific search field required, what searches were completed without that number, whether Paul Lovato was asked to search or produce his responsive communications, whether any City case/contact record contains the identifying information the City says it needs, and produce all reasonably segregable responsive records and all records reflecting the search, retention, non-retention, deletion, custodian inquiry, or determination.
Please preserve and continue processing the request. This response is intended to clarify that I seek the City's public records and search/determination records, not disclosure of private phone numbers.
The City is researching and identifying records that may be responsive to your request and additional time is necessary to properly respond to your request due to the volume of materials required to be searched, collected, and examined for responsiveness (permitted under Government Code 7922.535 (c)(2)).
We will notify you on or before Tuesday, July 14th 2026 as to whether the City is in possession of non-exempt records responsive to your request.
Thank you,
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sacramento
915 I Street, 5th Floor
New City Hall
Sacramento, CA 95814
This email is in response to your California Public Records Act request for text message communication.
Thank you for responding to our request for clarification. However, you did not provide a phone number for Karin Owens.
As previously explained, the City does not maintain a database of phone numbers. Please provide us with Karin Owen's phone number and/or phone numbers so that we can fully process your request.
Please respond by 9 AM on Wednesday, July 8th 2026 so that we can process this portion of your request.
Thank you,
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sacramento
915 I Street, 5th Floor
New City Hall
Sacramento, CA 95814
This is a follow-up to my prior response regarding Request #26-2491.
The phone number the City requested is already contained in the City's
own case file and was disclosed there without redaction. On page 33,
under “General Case Information,” the April 10, 2025 entry by Leia
Billings states:
“Received call from PO's friend, Karen Owens [redacted for publication: third-party phone number]...”
Accordingly, the number for the City's search is [redacted for publication: third-party phone number]. Please
use the information in the City's own case record and proceed promptly
with the requested search. The assertion that the City lacks the
identifying information needed to perform the search is contradicted
by its own case file.
Please confirm that the search has been initiated and do not delay,
suspend, or close any portion of Request #26-2491 on the ground that
this number was not provided.
Regarding Request #26-2491:
The identifying information the City says it needs is already in the City's possession. It appears in the notes section of the case file the City produced to me.
For clarity: open the file, press Ctrl+F (or use the document's search function), and enter the name you are looking for. The file will take you to the matching note, which contains the information. That should resolve the City's stated difficulty locating it.
I will not repeat or republish personal information that the City itself failed to redact and already possesses. Please search the City's own file, use the information already in its records, and proceed with the requested search without further delay.
The City is researching and identifying records that may be responsive to your request and additional time is necessary to properly respond to your request due to the volume of materials required to be searched, collected, and examined for responsiveness (permitted under Government Code 7922.535 (c)(2)).
We will notify you on or before Tuesday, July 28th 2026 as to whether the City is in possession of non-exempt records responsive to your request.
Thank you,
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sacramento
915 I Street, 5th Floor
New City Hall
Sacramento, CA 95814
This email is in response to your California Public Records Act request.
The City does not have any records that are responsive to your request. After an exhaustive search where your request was diligently routed to the relevant departments within the City that might have possessed pertinent records, we have determined that there are no responsive records to this request.
However, we can confirm that the mobile phone number assigned to BI Paul Lovato is as follows: 916-[redacted for publication: employee mobile number].
It is important to note that our response adheres to our policy; we do not create records solely for the purpose of fulfilling Public Records Requests. Our commitment lies in providing accurate and authentic information within the parameters of our existing records.
This closes your public records request.
Thank you,
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
City of Sacramento
915 I Street, 5th Floor
New City Hall
Sacramento, CA 95814
The City does not have any records responsive to this request.
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