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City solicitor: right-to-know requests and litigation workload have surged; office seeks new RTK attorney and expanded lien specialist duties
Summary
City Solicitor Neil Grover told council the law bureau is seeing a steep rise in right-to-know (RTK) requests, cited 758 requests received by mid‑afternoon, and recommended hiring a dedicated RTK attorney and expanding lien‑specialist duties to remediate historical records and support litigation.
Neil Anthony Nicholas Grover, the city solicitor, told the budget committee that public‑records requests and related appeals have ballooned and are consuming substantial staff time. "At 03:00 this afternoon, we had 758 right to knows," Grover said, describing a persistent and time‑consuming flow of requests that often require exemptions logs, redactions and court filings.
Grover asked council to approve a right‑to‑know attorney in the law bureau’s 2026 staffing plan, saying dedicated litigation support would reduce the…
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