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Though SFO Enterprises is apparently useless in protecting San Francisco from liability, it does provide Martin with the extremely important function of secrecy. In response to my request last month for SFO Enterprises records, airport spokesman Michael McCarron sent me the following message by fax:
"With respect to those records you have requested which are in the exclusive possession of SFO Enterprises, Inc., such records are not subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act or the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance since SFO Enterprises is an independent corporation and is not a department of the City and County of San Francisco. Furthermore, the records of SFO Enterprises, Inc. are not "public records' within the meaning of the Public Records Act or the Sunshine Ordinance."
Despite the dubiousness of this legal reasoning, I can't for the moment peek inside SFO Enterprises. But I know someone who can. If it's true, as Martin says, that San Francisco now faces possible liability stemming from the actions -- or non-actions -- of SFO Enterprises, shouldn't the agency in charge of protecting the city from lawsuits conduct an investigation, and examine that company's files?
Dennis Herrera, are you out there?
