Records show staffers for local office holders use the encrypted messaging app Signal. Experts say this circumvents California’s public records law because there’s no way to check whether records that should be made public are actually disclosed.
Philip Nenna / KPBSOn March 1, 2021, Vettiyil Vicram wrote to Miller-Sclar,"putting this here to send on Signal because good lord this was wild."On Oct. 7, 2021, Anthony Hackett wrote to Miller-Sclar,"yea i'll send t to you on signal."On Nov. 3, 2021, Linus Smith wrote to Miller-Sclar,"Just sent on Signal. Let me know if that works."And on Nov.
A spokesperson for San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said no one in their office uses Signal for work-related communication.A Shepard Fairey-style illustration of Nathan Fletcher, chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, with the words “Fletcher Tyrant.” Canning wouldn’t answer directly whether his office includes Signal messages in its responses to other public records requests, instead referring the question to Michael Workman, the county’s chief spokesperson.
“But if a substantial amount of those messages are on private channels, the agency's task and burden becomes that much more difficult, because then they have to … not only search their own systems, but also require employees to search their own systems and their own channels and produce those documents, which they have a legal obligation to do,” Loy said.
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