Hi Mel and all- I posted the message below to the CA-RECORDS list in September = I was pleased to read how this one man had made a dramatic difference in the cost of copies in many of California's Counties- We will be having a new Recorder in Mariposa sometime soon (the position is currently vacant ). Perhaps we can approach the new recorder with this information below- ??? The one difference that perhaps is determining the fact that they charge $1.00 a page on the Recorders side , is that they have to handle the fiche and make the copy- If they were to get a machine that makes it's own copies then that should/?? reduce the cost. I believe that there will be a new reader/copier in the new library- perhaps the reader/copier that is now in the clerks office can be moved to the recorders office and then they pages would be the .25 per page? We can hope! Will let you all know what happens- the new library will be opening any day, but I am not sure that all these details have been worked out yet--- Carolyn -------- From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> Subject: [CA-RECORDS-L] COSTS of Documents Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 06:45:31 -0700 This information is abstracted from an article in the Modesto Bee- Thursday, Sept 7, 2000, by Garth Stapley A one man crusade by a Manhattan Beach retiree is changing the rates that counties are charging for public documents. James LISSNER says "I just want people to have access to government and government documents. I'm concerned about people not knowing what's going on". He is fighting the exorbitant charges for pushing the button on a copy machine! California State Law says that agencies must not charge more than it costs to produce copies- (I have found that specific law at this site- but don't recall the exact number of the section- if you find it would you please post to the list- ) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html The campaign by this fellow (LISSNER) has made some dramatic changes in the fees that are being charged- the type of documents mentioned in the article refer to police reports- San Francisco used to charge $10.00 per copy, even for one or two pages- they now are free! Redondo Beach used to charge $32.00, they now charge $2.00 Sacramento used to charge $10.00 , they now charge .10 cents per page Manhattan Beach used to charge $15.00 , they now charge .20 cents per page There are more examples give, but the award for the lowest costs goes to Stockton, at .9cents per page! He has currently had 20 counties drastically reduce their rates- ! The cost of obtaining any copies I get in Mariposa County at the Hall of Records is .25 cents per page- In Modesto Lissner found approximately 20 agencies were charging from $10.00 to $37.00 dollars for common 2 page reports- that has been reduced to $3.00 or less! Hope Mr. Lissner makes it to your community! Let us know! Best, Carolyn ---------------- -----Original Message----- From: KelleyFamily <tkelley@sierratel.com> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] MARIPOSA STOCK BRANS/MINING RECORDS >Index to the brands is found on microfiche at the Recorders Office. Index >also shows a hand drawn example with the owner's name. Too bad for all of >us that this fiche is in the Recorders side of the Hall of records and not >the Clerk's side of the hall. >Anyone may view the fiche on the Recorders side, but, unlike the Clerk's >side, a simple printed copy of any of those wonderful fiche on the Recorders >side cost ONE DOLLAR per page. The Clerk's side lets us make our own >copies, starting at thirty cents a page and decreasing to twenty cents per >page, depending on amount of pages made. > >I even tried to talk them into letting me take the stupid fiche next door to >the Clerks side, where I could make the copies myself. NO GO... > >Mel, whose politics are showing............. > > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >If you have a family chronicle I will be happy to add it on the Mariposa County GenWeb Page. > >