Government Watch

• State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, introduced a bill to enhance consumer privacy protection by strengthening the notification requirements when databases of personal information are compromised. The bill is an extension of the state’s existing data breach law, authored by Simitian in 2002, requires companies and state government agencies to notify individuals when their personal information has been hacked into, stolen or lost. The new bill would establish standard content for data breach notification, including a general description of the incident, the type of information breached, the date and time of the breach and a toll-free telephone number of major credit reporting agencies for security breach notices in California.

The law also requires public agencies, businesses and people subject to California’s security breach notification law to send an electronic copy of the breach notification to the Attorney General if more than 500 Californians are affected by a single breach.

City government

• Redwood City is continuing its scoping process on an Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Saltworks Project EIR. The proposed project for the 1,436-acre Cargill property is up to 12,000 dwelling units, one million square feet of office buildings, retail areas, parks and sports fields and to restore 436 acres to tidal marsh. The scoping process gathers input from the public about what the EIR will include.

Meetings have already been held on land and water use. The next focuses on natural resources and will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29 at the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave.

The next focuses on transportation and will be 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave.

All comments are due by March 31 and written remarks may be e-mailed to SaltworksComments@RedwoodCity.org or mailed to Attn: Blake Lyon, Planning Services, City of Redwood City, P.O. Box 391, Redwood City, CA 94064-0391.

• A retail store with instructional classes called Tweedle and Toots offered for kids is proposed at 307 Primrose Road. The Burlingame Planning Commission will study facade changes and a use permit Monday.

Burlingame may also be getting a produce store, proposed to be called Burlingame Produce, at 226 Lorton Ave. At the same meeting, the commission will consider approving facade changes to the storefront.

The commission meets 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24 at City Hall, 501 Primrose Road.