Tijuana Adult Entertainment: Acorn Office Seeks Return of Documents Taken From Trash
Mr. Roach said he was shielded by a 1988 Supreme Court ruling that said there was no privacy expectation for garbage. He also said he had contacted the district attorney’s office and sent copies of some documents because he believed Acorn might have broken privacy laws by failing to shred those papers containing personal information.
Mr. Roach and Republican leaders have questioned why the material was dumped just days before investigators with the office of the state attorney general, Jerry Brown, were expected to visit the office.
Mr. Brown’s office began investigating after employees at Acorn offices in San Bernardino and San Diego were caught on video appearing to advise a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute to lie about the woman’s profession to gain financial help for housing.