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Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals Friday ordered Sheriff Sandra Hutchens to retain all relevant jail informant records after disclosures that the county Board of Supervisors had at one point approved a policy allowing such records to be destroyed.
Bill Feccia, senior assistant DA, declared that there would be
no probe of Anaheim City Hall unless employees contact the DA’s
office.
Workers have witnessed a manager in code enforcement shredding
large volumes of documents. City officials insist the shredding is
routine and legal.
Mayor Tom Tait directed city officials to review the city’s
records policy after Voice of OC revealed orders to purge
records.
California’s Secretary of State is preparing guidelines for cities and counties to use if they want to create public records that will last indefinitely.