Dear Mr Gallagher,

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request seeking budget records for the current and previous year broken down by district.

The requested records have already been publicly released and remain available through the City’s public financial records.

The relevant district budget records for both years can be accessed at:

LINK

As the requested records are already publicly available in their existing form, no additional record or district-level compilation has been created in response to this request.

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning Sora Park, including records relating to an alleged determination of ineligibility for City office, background checks, employment history, political activity, and financial transactions.

The City conducted a reasonable search of records and systems reasonably likely to contain responsive material.

The City has identified no record showing that Ms. Park formally applied for City employment or public office, was appointed to City office, or was employed by the City of Los Santos.

The City has likewise identified no City record documenting a formal determination that Ms. Park was ineligible to serve in City office, no background-check record, and no investigative report or findings concerning such a determination.

The City identified no responsive records concerning employment or official service by Ms. Park with the Los Santos Unitarian Party, City Government, or State Government.

The City further identified no records of donations, payments, grants, reimbursements, or other financial transactions between Ms. Park and the City during the March–August period identified in your request.

To the extent your request seeks records maintained by State Government or another independent entity, those records are not maintained by the City of Los Santos.

Accordingly, the City has identified no responsive records available for inspection or copying.

For clarity, this response reflects the result of the City's records search and is not a withholding of identified records pursuant to a Section V exemption.

((Background checks re eligibility to serve in office are conducted OOC by LFM))

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning a complaint relating to former Director of Health and Welfare Danielle Shaw.

The City conducted a reasonable search of records and systems reasonably likely to contain responsive material.

The City can confirm that a complaint was received, formally investigated, and that the investigation has concluded.

The relevant administrative dates are as follows:

• Complaint received: 09/08/2026

• Investigation commenced: 09/08/2026

• Final determination reached: 22/08/2026

• Matter concluded: 08/09/2026

The City identified the original complaint, investigative records, a final report, and a final written determination.

Those records contain personal information concerning private individuals and information derived from a completed investigation. The City has considered the severability requirement under Section IV(e); however, the substantive material is sufficiently intertwined with protected information that meaningful disclosure cannot be achieved through redaction without directly or contextually identifying private individuals or revealing protected completed-investigation information.

Accordingly, the complaint, investigative records, final report, and final determination are withheld pursuant to Section V(c)(13)(ii) of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

The City is therefore not disclosing the underlying allegations, evidentiary material, findings, reasoning, or other substantive details arising from the investigation.

The portion of your request seeking broader internal discussions, discovery materials, and related communications would require substantial manual identification and review across communications that are not maintained within a single consolidated record set. That portion is denied pursuant to Sections V(11) and V(12).

The City has released the non-exempt administrative information that can reasonably be separated from the protected investigative material.

In response to your narrowed request, please find attached the Board of Labor Relations’ submission concerning the certified results of the Los Santos Police Protective League presidential election held from September 7–10, 2026, together with its accompanying certification.

[DOCUMENT A: Submission to the Mayor and Statement of Election Results]

[DOCUMENT B: Certification of Election Results and Declaration of Validity, issued September 11, 2026]

These records report election findings of the kind addressed by Duty 7 of Executive Directive 005-2025 and are provided in full, without redaction.

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request concerning Darius Jackson’s recruitment to the Crisis Response Team, appointment as Superintendent of Public Safety, and subsequent resignation.

The City confirms that Mr. Jackson was employed by the Crisis Response Team and was subsequently appointed Superintendent of Public Safety by Mayor Andrew Brandenburg.

The formal appointment was made by Executive Order and is enclosed as:

Document A — Executive Order Appointing Darius Jackson as Superintendent of Public Safety

The City can further confirm:

• Effective appointment date: 25/06/2026
• Effective resignation date: 29/08/2026

The City identified records concerning Mr. Jackson’s original application, interview, recruitment assessments, recommendations, offer and acceptance communications, written resignation, stated reason for resignation, and related employment discussions.

These materials form part of Mr. Jackson’s confidential personnel and recruitment records and are withheld pursuant to Section V(c)(13)(ii) of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

The City has considered the severability requirement under Section IV(e). Where objective administrative information can be separated from confidential personnel material, that information has been disclosed above and through Document A. The remaining records concern individual recruitment, employment, and resignation matters and are withheld.

The City identified no records showing that Mr. Jackson received severance, continued compensation, or continued access to government systems or resources following his resignation.

The City has released the non-exempt records and objective employment information responsive to your request.

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning the Board of Labor Relations, including reports and recommendations dating from January 1, 2026, reporting schedules, Board composition and appointment records, expenditure reports, Mayor’s Emergency Fund transactions, and other municipal appropriations.

The City has reviewed the scope and nature of the request.

As submitted, fulfilling the request would require searches across multiple offices, custodians, administrative systems, financial records, appointment records, and Board-related materials covering a period exceeding seven months.

Several portions of the request additionally seek information that is not maintained as a single precompiled record. Responding would therefore require manual identification, retrieval, comparison, compilation, review, and, where applicable, redaction of records from multiple administrative and financial sources.

Taken as a whole, processing the request would require an unreasonable amount of staff time and would substantially constrain City resources beyond what is required for the ordinary processing of public-record requests.

Accordingly, the request is denied pursuant to:

Section V(11) of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, which exempts requests that may take an unreasonable amount of time to complete, including requests for reports or information that is not already precompiled by the agency; and

Section V(12) of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, which exempts requests that heavily constrain agency resources in order to compile or complete the request.

This determination applies to the request as submitted and concludes the City’s processing of this request.

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning Sylvester Sawyer and the composition of the Board of Labor Relations.

The City conducted a reasonable search of records and systems likely to contain responsive material.

The City confirms that Sylvester Sawyer currently serves as a Member of the Board of Labor Relations. A formal appointment record documenting that appointment, including its effective date, is enclosed as:

Document A — Appointment of Sylvester Sawyer to the Board of Labor Relations

The appointment record is released in full.

Board membership is an unpaid public appointment. Accordingly, the City has identified no salary, pay-grade, or compensation record applicable to the position of Board Member. The City has likewise identified no salary record for the position of Superintendent of the Board of Labor Relations.

The City also identified a public notice concerning Mr. Sawyer’s appointment to the Board. The notice was published through the City’s public government information system and is enclosed as:

Document B — Public Notice of Appointment

This record identifies the date and method by which the appointment was publicly announced.

The City maintains a current roster of the Board of Labor Relations identifying its members, official roles, appointing authority, and effective appointment dates. This is enclosed as:

Document C — Current Board of Labor Relations Roster

The current Board members were appointed by the Mayor. The current roster identifies no Board member appointed by the Superintendent.

The City interprets the request for a “full listing of Board appointees” as seeking the current Board composition. The City does not maintain a separate consolidated historical roster of former Board appointees. Producing a historical appointment history would require the City to manually identify, review, and compile separate historical appointment records into a new consolidated record.

The City has released the existing non-exempt records responsive to the request as submitted.

The Office of the City Operations Officer acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records relating to advisory meetings or official consultations between Mayor Andrew Brandenburg and Special Advisor Sylvester Sawyer between August 1, 2026 and August 12, 2026.

The City conducted a reasonable search of offices, custodians, and record systems reasonably likely to contain records responsive to the categories identified in your request.

No responsive records were identified.

In particular, the City identified no responsive:

meeting transcripts;
audio or video recordings;
meeting minutes;
summary memoranda;
briefing papers;
agendas;
retained working notes;
official emails;
text or short-message records;
internal messaging records;
meeting summaries;
advisory reports;
action-item records; or
records containing direct transcriptions of discussions between Mayor Brandenburg and Mr. Sawyer.

The City has likewise identified no separate calendar, meeting, or administrative record documenting an advisory meeting or official consultation between the named individuals during the period specified.

Accordingly, there are no responsive records available for inspection or copying.

Your request additionally asks for a written certification detailing the specific search methods and locations reviewed should no responsive records be identified. Section IV(f) requires an agency denying access to an existing public record, in whole or in part, to provide a written statement identifying the legal basis for that denial. It does not require the City to create a separate search report, affidavit, or technical certification documenting each system, search term, or administrative step undertaken during the processing of a request.

For clarity, the City is not withholding an identified responsive record pursuant to a Section V exemption. This response reflects the result of the City's reasonable search: no responsive records were identified.

Further to your request concerning grant applications submitted by Mr. Athanas/Athanisidias, the City has conducted a supplemental review of records responsive to your request.

The City has identified the requested grant application submitted by Mr. Athanas.

A redacted copy is enclosed as:

Document A — Cultural Grant Application submitted by Mr. Athanas

Information considered confidential or private has been redacted in accordance with the applicable exemptions contained within Section V of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

The City has applied the severability requirement under Section IV(e) and has released the non-exempt portions of the application.

This supplemental disclosure addresses the application identified in your request.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking the historical municipal business registration record for Burton Washers, including the business owner name last listed in public records prior to expiry or system migration.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable search of available business registration records and archived registration materials reasonably likely to contain responsive information.

The City maintains only partial archived business registration records from the period prior to system migration. Following review of the available archived records, the City has identified no responsive record for Burton Washers.

Accordingly, the City has identified no record showing a last listed business owner for Burton Washers prior to expiry or system migration.

Public records law provides access to existing records held by the City and does not require the City to create, reconstruct, or infer historical registration information where no responsive record is maintained.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking public records relating to grants approved during the 2025 calendar year.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted an initial assessment of departments reasonably likely to maintain responsive records.

The City does not maintain a centralized register or consolidated listing of all grant approvals issued across municipal departments. Grant-related records are created and maintained at the departmental level in the ordinary course of program administration and may include award correspondence, administrative approval documentation, and supporting program records.

Public records law provides access to existing records but does not require an agency to compile, aggregate, or create new summary documents in response to a broadly framed request. Due to the decentralized nature of grant administration, the City is unable to identify a single responsive record set without further specification as to department, program, or funding category.

Additionally, individual grant files may contain personal identifying information relating to private applicants, community organisations, or small nonprofit entities. Any disclosure would therefore require review and appropriate redaction in accordance with applicable privacy protections.

To facilitate processing of your request, you may wish to narrow the scope by identifying a specific department, grant program, subject area, or funding range. Upon receipt of a more targeted request, the City will make reasonable efforts to locate and provide responsive, non-exempt records.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning an alleged arrest warrant for Nikolai Johnson, the operations of The Eagle restaurant, and records relating to an alleged arrest and attending SWAT officers.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable review of records and departments reasonably likely to maintain responsive City records.

With respect to The Eagle restaurant, the City has identified responsive municipal business registration records.

DOCUMENT A – Municipal Business Registration Records for The Eagle - Here

The City has identified no responsive inspection, code enforcement, or regulatory investigation records relating to the business.

The remaining portions of your request seek records concerning an arrest warrant, law enforcement operations, arrest records, and SWAT personnel. The City does not maintain the judicial records or law enforcement operational records requested. Accordingly, the City has identified no responsive City records concerning those portions of your request.

To the extent such records exist, they would be maintained by the appropriate judicial or law enforcement authority rather than the City of Los Santos.

Public records law provides access to records maintained by the responding public body and does not require the City to obtain records from another agency or respond on behalf of another governmental entity.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request that are maintained by the City.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking raw audio/video feeds, Clerk working materials, and communications relating to the City Council session held on Monday, June 8, 2026.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable review of records and systems reasonably likely to maintain responsive materials.

The official public record of the Council session is the final approved record of proceedings, including the approved minutes and any materials formally entered into the Council record.

[DOCUMENT A – LINK]
Final approved minutes for the June 8, 2026 City Council session.

The City does not maintain an integrated raw audio/video logging archive of the type described in your request. To the extent public audio or video of the session was retained, it exists only as part of the official public record of the meeting. The City has identified no retained raw audio or video recording for the post-adjournment period identified in your request. The recording system ceases recording upon formal adjournment and is not maintained as a post-meeting surveillance or ambient monitoring system.

Your request also seeks complete unredacted draft logs, handwritten desk notes, shorthand entries, electronic transcriptions, and similar Clerk materials. To the extent such materials exist, they are limited working notes used to assist in preparation of the final approved record. They are not the official record of proceedings. Disclosure of draft or working materials would risk confusion with the approved public record and would reveal internal administrative record-preparation processes. Such materials are exempt from disclosure under the draft, administrative, and deliberative provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

The City has identified no finalized directive, order, or public administrative record instructing the City Clerk to omit, edit, curate, or alter the public record for the June 8, 2026 session.

To the extent internal communications concerning record finalisation exist, such communications are administrative and deliberative in nature and are not the final public record of the session. They are therefore exempt from disclosure under the administrative and deliberative provisions of the Act.

The City does not maintain metadata logs as ordinary public records in a searchable form responsive to this request. Producing such material would require technical extraction, reconstruction, or generation of a new record. The San Andreas Freedom of Information Act provides access to existing records held by the City and does not require the City to create, compile, extract, reconstruct, or generate new records in response to a request.

The City has released or identified all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request. No additional non-exempt responsive records have been identified.

Kind Regards,
Office of the City Operations Officer

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking approved grant records relating to Thiago Athanas, also referenced as Thiago Athanastis/Thiago Athanasiadis, and the restaurants Minotaur and Viedernmonte.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable search of grant records and grant registry materials reasonably likely to contain responsive records.

The City maintains grant records from the relevant prior municipal administration period, including a central grant register. The City identified responsive grant records under the name Thiago Athanas / Thiago Athanastis /Thiago Athanasiadis and relating to Viedernmonte. The City identified no responsive grant records relating to Minotaur.

The City has identified approved and paid grant records responsive to your request. Responsive approval records are provided with appropriate redactions.

[DOCUMENT A – ATTACHED]
Redacted grant approval record relating to Thiago Athanas / Athanastis and Viedernmonte.

[DOCUMENT B – ATTACHED]
Redacted grant payment or award confirmation record relating to the approved grant.

[DOCUMENT C – ATTACHED]
Miscellaenous payments to Thiago Athanasiadis.

The records released include the grant recipient or business name, approved amount, approval date, and approving office where recorded. Redactions have been applied only to personal identifying information or private applicant details not necessary to disclose the grant approval itself.

The City has identified no responsive approved grant record for Minotaur.

Public records law provides access to existing records held by the City. It does not require the City to create new summaries, conduct investigative analysis, verify media reporting, or infer grant relationships where no responsive record exists.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records relating to Lewis Martinez, including records and communications concerning his possible selection or appointment to the City Council, and related ethics or conflict-of-interest allegations.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable review of departments and record systems likely to maintain responsive records.

Mr. Martinez is a candidate for possible appointment and has not been selected or appointed as a Council member. The City has identified no finalized selection decision, appointment instrument, certification, scoring record, evaluation record, recommendation record, or formal administrative record confirming his selection or appointment.

The City has identified one responsive record consisting of a formal letter of interest submitted by Mr. Martinez.

[DOCUMENT A – Letter of Interest]
Formal letter of interest submitted by Lewis Martinez.

The portion of your request seeking all communications across PHMC, the Office of the Mayor, City Council members, the City Clerk, and other officials is not reasonably searchable as framed. The City does not maintain a centralized communications file for the subject of your request, and any responsive communications would be dispersed across multiple offices, custodians, and record systems. Public records law requires a reasonable search for existing records; it does not require the City to create, compile, reconstruct, or extract a new communications set across multiple sources.

To the extent communications exist concerning candidate consideration or selection, such materials are pre-decisional and deliberative and are exempt from disclosure under the administrative and deliberative provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

The City has identified no responsive records indicating that PHMC holds a formal role in the selection or appointment process described in your request.

The City has identified no City Hall records concerning communications about a personal relationship between Lewis Martinez and Evelyn Bleichschroder.

The City has identified no finalized ethics determination, conflict-of-interest finding, or formal administrative decision concerning Mr. Martinez responsive to your request.

The City does not confirm the accuracy of allegations or characterizations contained within the request. Public records law provides access to existing records and does not require the City to provide narrative statements, commentary, or investigative determinations where no finalized responsive record exists.

Kind Regards

Hank Miller
City Operations Officer

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request submitted pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act seeking access to records relating to the suspension, alleged suspension, or consideration of suspension of Councilor Zara Melikian.

Pursuant to the Act, the City conducted a good-faith search of departments and record systems reasonably likely to maintain responsive records.

The City has identified one existing, non-exempt public record responsive to your request, consisting of a formal written communication from the Office of the Mayor to the Office of the Council President relating to a request for administrative action. This record is already publicly available and is provided here for completeness as DOCUMENT A.

Under the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the right of access applies to existing public records maintained by an agency. The Act does not require the creation, compilation, or extraction of new records in order to satisfy a request.

The City does not maintain any additional consolidated or standalone record set responsive to your request. To the extent further materials exist, they are embedded within internal administrative communications and governance processes and are not maintained as discrete, finalized public records in the ordinary course of business.

To the extent responsive materials may exist within internal correspondence, including emails or related communications, such materials form part of the City’s internal administrative and deliberative processes. These records reflect internal evaluation, consideration, and administrative handling of matters and are exempt from disclosure under the deliberative and administrative provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

Additionally, your request seeks confirmation, characterization, or explanation of an individual’s official status. The Act provides for access to records, not the provision of narrative responses, explanations, or interpretations by the agency.

Kind Regards

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records relating to enforcement activity concerning Bastone Freight & Haul, as well as statistical summaries of Municipal Business Code enforcement outcomes.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable search of departments reasonably likely to maintain responsive records.

The City can confirm that a report regarding potential business code non-compliance was received and administratively reviewed on the dates referenced in your request. Following review of available information, no notice of non-compliance, cease-and-desist directive, civil penalty, warning letter, or formal enforcement determination was issued.

The City has identified no finalized enforcement records responsive to your request.

To the extent internal administrative notes or compliance assessments exist, such materials were generated as part of internal regulatory review processes. Disclosure of such materials would reveal internal evaluative methodologies and decision-making considerations and is exempt from disclosure under the deliberative and regulatory administration provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

With respect to your request for statistical summaries identifying enforcement actions by violation type and business name for the months of February and March, the City does not maintain consolidated enforcement statistical records in the form requested. Responsive information, if any, exists only within individual case files. Public records law does not require the City to compile, aggregate, or create new analytical records in response to a request.

Additionally, disclosure of enforcement-related information identifying specific businesses in matters not resulting in formal regulatory action would create a foreseeable risk of commercial and reputational harm. Such information is therefore not subject to disclosure.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request.

Request

On public reports of neo-nazi city municipal employees in the Paleto Sawmill.

On updates regarding the status of the Investigation initially promised by Andrew Brandenburg, then delegated to Hank Miller.

On whether Glen Reddick, Sawmill Operations Director, has been made aware of these reports, reviewed his personell for such, and made any firing decisions based on such.

Response

As an initial procedural matter, the Freedom of Information process is designed to provide access to existing documented records maintained by the City. Requests seeking general status updates, explanatory commentary, or ongoing administrative context regarding internal reviews may be more appropriately directed through routine inquiry channels. Should you wish to obtain general background information or non-record updates, you may contact City Operations Officer directly via 1545.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning public reports alleging extremist conduct by municipal personnel associated with operations at the Paleto Sawmill, the status of any related review process, and supervisory actions taken in response.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable search of departments reasonably likely to maintain responsive records.

The City can confirm that public allegations regarding employee conduct were brought to the attention of municipal officials and were subject to administrative review. Relevant information was also assessed through appropriate external reporting channels. At this time, no finalized investigative finding or formal disciplinary determination relating to the allegations referenced in your request has been issued, and the review remains ongoing.

Records generated in connection with ongoing personnel conduct reviews, including investigative materials, internal memoranda, supervisory communications, or evaluative deliberations, constitute confidential employment administration records. Disclosure of such materials is exempt from disclosure under the personnel privacy and administrative deliberation provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

Public records law provides access to existing finalized records and does not require the City to provide narrative updates, commentary, or status briefings regarding ongoing internal reviews. The City does not release records identifying individual employees subject to allegations or disclose employment-related considerations in the absence of finalized findings.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request.

Request

Pursuant to applicable Freedom of Information laws, the Public Trust Foundation respectfully requests access to public records relating to the tunnel repair project associated with the collapse near Paleto Bay, also known as Braddock Pass.

Specifically, we request the following information and documents:

1. The identity of all companies, contractors, or entities that have been contracted, retained, or otherwise compensated by the City in connection with the tunnel repair project.

2. The total budget approved by the City for the repair and restoration of the tunnel and by which body or office it was approved by.

3. The total amount of funding approved, allocated, or paid to each company or contractor involved in the project.

4. Documentation indicating whether the contractor(s) were selected through a public bidding or competitive procurement process, including any requests for proposals (RFPs), bid solicitations, evaluations, or award determinations.

5. Copies of any officially executed or signed contracts, agreements, or service authorizations between the City and the aforementioned companies that are in effect as of the filing date of this request.

Response

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning contractor engagement, project budgeting, procurement methodology, funding allocations, and contractual documentation relating to the emergency tunnel repair project associated with the collapse near Paleto Bay, commonly referred to as Braddock Pass.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable search of departments reasonably likely to maintain responsive records.

Emergency stabilization and repair works relating to the Braddock Pass tunnel have been completed. The project was undertaken as urgent infrastructure remediation in response to a roadway collapse affecting public safety and regional transport continuity.

External contractor services - Los Santos Construction were engaged on an emergency response basis to perform tunnel stabilization and repair works.

Due to the emergency nature of the incident, contractor selection was conducted through expedited administrative review of proposed repair methodologies, cost estimates, and anticipated delivery timelines. The City has identified no formal competitive procurement record set, including bid solicitations, evaluation matrices, or standardized award determinations maintained in the ordinary course of business.

The City established an internal aggregate expenditure ceiling of $1.5m for emergency response planning and fiscal control purposes. No standalone legislatively adopted project budget document exists.

Services were performed under administrative work authorization and were compensated to the amount of $1,316,550 through invoice-based payment processing following completion of defined stabilization activities. The City does not maintain an executed standalone construction services contract instrument for this emergency response engagement.

Records reflecting detailed invoice submissions, internal payment verification processes, or transaction-level fiscal controls constitute internal financial administration materials. Disclosure of such records would reveal vendor-specific financial activity and municipal financial management procedures and is exempt from disclosure under the fiscal administration and financial security provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

Public records law applies to existing finalized records maintained in the ordinary course of business and does not require the creation of retrospective procurement analyses or substitute contractual instruments where emergency administrative engagement mechanisms were utilized.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request.

Request

All records reflecting: approval, denial, or authorization granted by the Port Director as per Rule 2.02 LSPA Rules and Regulations.

Response

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your correspondence requesting records identifying agencies, entities, or persons authorised by the Port Director to carry firearms within Port Terminal facilities pursuant to Rule 2.02 of the Los Santos Port Authority Rules and Regulations.

Following review of the clarified scope of your request, the City can confirm at a general policy level that firearm carriage within Port Terminal facilities and other areas subject to jurisdiction per state law may be authorised for certain categories of personnel engaged in safety, enforcement, or infrastructure protection functions.

Specifically, authorisation may be granted to:

• Municipal and state law enforcement personnel acting within the scope of official duties

• Designated Port Authority safety personnel, including the Bureau of Safety

• Contracted port security providers operating under approved security service arrangements, including Protech Security

This disclosure is provided at a categorical level for informational purposes.

Records reflecting individual authorisations, operational deployment decisions, incident-specific permissions, weapon control directives, or tactical security arrangements constitute sensitive infrastructure protection and law-enforcement coordination materials. Disclosure of such records would reveal security procedures and enforcement practices at a critical municipal facility and is therefore exempt from disclosure under the public safety and operational security provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your clarified request.

The City of Los Santos acknowledges receipt of your request seeking records concerning the operational status, service providers, procurement activity, contractual arrangements, and funding associated with the Los Santos Area Sanitation Program.

Pursuant to the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act, the City conducted a reasonable search of departments reasonably likely to maintain responsive records.

The Los Santos Area Sanitation Program remains active. The City does not maintain a formal instrument declaring activation or termination of the program.

With respect to your inquiry regarding website content, the City can confirm that sanitation-related information on the municipal website has been periodically refreshed to reflect the continuation and renewal of existing service agreements. The City has identified no separate explanatory record beyond routine administrative website updates.

Sanitation services are performed by external service providers, please see list below:

• ELS Waste Management Inc
• San Andreas Waste Management Solutions
• Citywide Waste Solutions

Executed sanitation service agreements currently in effect are provided.

Existing Contracts

Existing service arrangements primarily reflect renewal or continuation of previously established operational relationships. The City has identified no responsive records reflecting new competitive bid solicitations, bid submissions, evaluation reports, or award determinations during the period referenced in your request.

Sanitation services are funded through the City’s central operating account maintained by City Hall. The City does not maintain a separate sanitation-specific bank account or standalone sanitation program budget.

To the extent records exist reflecting transaction-level payment processing or internal allocation entries within the City’s central operating account, such materials constitute internal fiscal administration records. Disclosure of detailed payment-level records would reveal vendor-specific financial activity and municipal financial control mechanisms and is exempt under the fiscal administration and financial security provisions of the San Andreas Freedom of Information Act.

Public records law applies to existing records maintained in the ordinary course of business and does not require the City to create summaries or substitute explanations where finalized records do not exist.

The City has released all existing, non-exempt records responsive to your request.

First and foremost, I’d like to sincerely thank you for submitting this request. We greatly value transparency and accountability in all government operations.

Please see response below:

• Copy of the Contract between LSPA and ProTech Security Solutions.

Please see link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BIGubx ... sp=sharing ((Just goes to a PDF on a google drive))

• Any internal or external communication, about the consideration and/or evaluation of any security firm, including IMEX and ProTech, for the security contract.

There was no formal minuted internal or external communication about the consideration and/or evaluation of any security firm.

• Any bids or proposals submitted by other security firms, alongside any correspondence as to why those offers were declined or not pursued.

There were no bids or proposals submitted by other security firms.

• Any metric or comparison materials used by LSPA to assess ProTech and any other bidders.

N/A

• Any and all policies, or guidelines used or referenced by LSPA during their decision making process.

N/A

• Any and all policies, or guidelines the City has in relation to regulating public contracts.

The Port of Los Santos are governed by the Port Act which enables the Director of the Port of Los Santos to make procurement decisions.

• Documentation of how the contract was funded, and if any funding requests were made to the City from LSPA in relation to the security contract.

Payment is funded via the Port of Los Santos' budget. No funding requests were made to the City from LSPA in relation to the security contract

• Any internal or external communication, referencing IMEX in relation to security contracting. IMEX’s eligibility or exclusion.

There were no formally minuted communications either internally or externally about IMEX's eligibility or exclusion. It has been confirmed that IMEX were not considered due to conflict of interest.

This letter responds to your request submitted pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The City has conducted a reasonable search for records responsive to your request.

Responses are provided below:

1. Small Business Fund (SBF) Applications
• All records reflecting the current number of outstanding Small Business Fund (SBF) grant applications, including but not limited to internal tallies, tracking documents, or status summaries maintained by the City or its departments.

Records reflect fifteen (15) outstanding Small Business Fund grant applications, twelve (12) of which were submitted prior to the commencement of Mayor Brandenburg’s administration.

Records further reflect that the Small Business Fund is currently under administrative review and that no new applications are being accepted at this time.

2. Business Development Department – Creation and Authority
Any Executive Order, formal directive, memorandum, or written statement issued by the Mayor or the Mayor’s Office regarding the creation of the “Business Development Department,” including:

• The stated purpose and scope of the department, and

• The intended leadership structure (e.g., Director, Secretary, Minister, or equivalent role), as referenced during a recent public press conference.

To the extent responsive records exist, any records relating to the proposed purpose, scope, or leadership structure of the Business Development Department consist of preliminary, internal, or deliberative communications and are exempt from disclosure under applicable Freedom of Information Act provisions.

No final executive order, formal directive, or binding administrative action establishing the department has been issued as of the date of this response.

3. Planned City Contracts for 2026
Any documentation, memoranda, briefing notes, or official statements from the Mayor’s Office outlining anticipated or planned contracts for the year 2025-2026, including, but not limited to contracts related to construction, sanitation, mining, or other major municipal services, as referenced in recent public remarks.

To the extent responsive records exist, such records would consist of preliminary or deliberative materials exempt from disclosure under applicable Freedom of Information Act provisions.

No finalised contracts, executed agreements, or binding commitments for calendar years 2025–2026 have been issued as of the date of this response.

4. Grant and Contract Issuance Criteria
All current policies, guidelines, or procedural documents governing how the City issues grants and contracts, including:

• Existing procurement or bidding rules, and/or[/b]

Current procurement and bidding rules are publicly available at: viewtopic.php?t=1065

• Any proposed changes, revisions, or forthcoming policies communicated internally or by the Mayor’s Office.

No non-public, final policies responsive to this request were identified beyond those already publicly available. Any draft, proposed, or internal materials relating to future changes are exempt from disclosure under FOIA deliberative process provisions.

5. LS High and Davis High – Future Intentions
Any executive orders, formal proposals, internal memoranda, or official correspondence from the Mayor or the Mayor’s Office regarding:

• Whether there are plans or intentions to reopen, revive, repurpose, or permanently close either institution.

To the extent responsive records exist, no final executive orders, formal proposals, or binding administrative decisions have been issued regarding the reopening, repurposing, permanent closure, or future operational status of Los Santos High or Davis High as of the date of this response.

Any internal discussions, draft materials, or preliminary considerations relating to either institution are deliberative in nature and are exempt from disclosure under applicable Freedom of Information Act provisions..

6. Sacred Hearts Shelter Closure Documentation
Any documentation, internal correspondence, or official statements substantiating the claim that Sacred Hearts Shelter was “completely and utterly snuffed out” and left with “zero employees,” including records confirming staffing termination, closure status, or cessation of operations under the Preston Administration, such as employee termination notices, budget cut orders, and any other relevant terminations.

To the extent responsive records exist, such records consist of internal personnel or operational records and are exempt from disclosure under FOIA provisions governing personnel, employment, and internal administrative matters.

7. Arcani and Related Entities – City Funding or Contracts
Any records, contracts, memoranda, invoices, correspondence, or agreements indicating whether the security or consultancy company Arcani, and/or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, parent companies, or related entities (including but not limited to VIG or any sister organizations), currently:

• Receive funding or payment from the City for investigatory, security, body guarding, consulting, or related services;

No responsive records were located indicating any current contractual relationship, funding, or payment between the City and Arcani or any related entities.

• Have received such funding or compensation in the past or

No records were identified indicating that the City has awarded funding or compensation to Arcani or any related entities in the past.

• Are being considered for future contracts, one-off service agreements, or ongoing engagements with the City.

No responsive records were located indicating that Arcani or any related entities are being considered for future contracts, one-off service agreements, or ongoing engagements with the City as of the date of this response.

8. Department of Cultural Affairs – Leadership, Staffing, Budget, and Plans
Any records, executive orders, memoranda, or official correspondence identifying:

• The current leadership of the Department of Cultural Affairs, including titles, roles, and appointed officials;[/b]
Records identifying the current leadership of the Department of Cultural Affairs are publicly available at:
https://forum.gta.world/en/topic/153832 ... ry-8-2026/


• The total number of employees or staff currently assigned to or operating under the Department of Cultural Affairs;

Records reflect six (6) staff members assigned to the Department of Cultural Affairs..

• The Mayor’s executive order or directive establishing, re-establishing, or restructuring the Department of Cultural Affairs;

Records relating to the establishment or restructuring of the Department of Cultural Affairs are publicly available at:
https://forum.gta.world/en/topic/153832 ... ry-8-2026/

• Any planned or scheduled events, programs, or initiatives currently being developed or overseen by the Department’s leadership;

Records reflect the following planned events and programs:

Black History Month
Thanksgiving
Fourth of July
Christmas
New Years

Cultural Heritage Program

• Any statements, proposals, or internal communications outlining the current Director’s or leadership’s intentions to rebuild, expand, or otherwise develop the department; and

Any draft statements, proposals, or internal communications regarding future expansion or development of the department are exempt from disclosure under FOIA deliberative process provisions..

• The department’s current operating budget, including any allocated, proposed, or projected funding.

Budgetary deliberations, proposed allocations, and preliminary funding decisions are exempt from disclosure under FOIA until formally adopted or published.




Warm regards,

City Operations Officer

E-mail: [email protected]

City of Los Santos

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