readership among financial regulators and members of
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, for having been instrumental in a regulatory battle. During 2009 and 2010, Ms. Webber was part of a a small group of other influential economics bloggers who met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Ms. Webber also has many years of experience working in finance at an elite level. As a former
Goldman Sachs investment banker, McKinsey consultant, and head of mergers & acquisitions of Sumitomo Bank, she is particularly qualified to analyze and comment on practices in the private
equity industry, and intends to use the data requested in an ongoing series of publications on private equity.
3.On or about 29 September 2013, Ms. Webber contacted CalPERS via a webpage form to request certain private equity returns data provided by CalPERS to researchers Jenkinson, et al.. 4.On 16 October 2013, receiving no response, Ms. Webber again contacted CalPERS via the website form, tracking number 1385. (See Exhibit A). Ms. Webber had examined a publicly available PRA log of all requests received in September 2013 and had not found a record of her request. She sought confirmation that CalPERS had 1) received her original 29 September 2013 request and 2) an explanation of why the request did not appear in the PRA log for September. 5.Within 24 hours, Barbara Galli, Public Records Act Coordinator, replied on behalf of the CalPERS Office of Stakeholder Relations. (See Exhibit B). Ms. Galli found no record of Aurora’s September 2013 request, and indicated that 3PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728