Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and the city violated state transparency laws by failing to prove they adequately searched his private texts and emails for public records, a judge has ruled.
and the First Amendment Coalition, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kuhnle wrote in an Aug. 29 order that Liccardo failed to provide details about how he attempted to locate public records at the center of the case.
Kuhnle previously ordered Liccardo and Rhonda Hadnot, then chief operations officer for Liccardo, to detail their search procedure and public records training in declarations to the court. The order said the submitted declarations were too generalized. Loy said such simple measures like those highlighted by Kuhnle could help avoid public records issues in the future for San Jose.
"I think it's a very strong message to public officials like Liccardo that you can't conduct stealth government," Olson said. "Frankly I think former Mayor Liccardo should be ashamed of himself. I think this brings complete disgrace to him."
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