Source Record • Video Recording

The phone was in use at the inspection

Recorded 2025-08-21 at 4880 T Street, Sacramento CA 95819
Why this clip matters: This seven-second source clip shows Paul Lovato responding to his phone during the inspection-day encounter. It matters because the City's records and later explanations turn on what communications existed, what communications were logged, and what communications were omitted. The phone was not a theoretical channel. It was on him, active, and checked during the visit.
Paul Lovato checks phone — 7.274 seconds — recorded by property security camera, 4880 T Street
The point

What the reader should not miss

Printed CCTV time around 11:40:12 A notification sounds and Lovato pulls his phone from his back pocket, looks at it, and puts it away.

The record problem The inspection-day dispute is not just about what people remember saying later. The video shows the communication device in active use during the event itself.

How it pairs with the prior clip Minutes earlier, Lovato described a completed scheduling exchange with Karin Owens. This clip preserves the same on-scene phone channel as active and available during the visit.

Evidentiary use

Why this is not just a phone glance

On its own, a person checking a phone is ordinary. In this record, it matters because the City's produced file is being tested against specific communication claims. Lovato had just described prior scheduling contact with Karin Owens. Separately, Claim 19 concerns message receipt and the handling of communications tied to his City phone. This clip fixes the phone as present, active, and being checked during the inspection-day encounter.

The point is not that every phone glance is misconduct. The point is narrower and easier to verify: where the City relies on what Lovato did or did not receive, say, log, or preserve, the contemporaneous video should be compared against the produced phone, email, text, and activity records. Missing records are harder to dismiss when the device itself is visible in use on the tape.

Recording metadata
Source type Video recording (CCTV / property security camera)
Recording date 2025-08-21 (Pacific Time)
Location 4880 T Street, Sacramento CA 95819 (subject property)
Clip duration 7.274 seconds
Source format H.264 / AAC, 1920×1080, 29.97 fps
Source clip ID Untitled.mp4 from local Videos folder; copied into the evidence set under a descriptive CLM-19 filename.
Processing Direct file copy into the site evidence folder; no re-encoding or content edits.
SHA-256 46849e77f06790200770a8bdc252d9984100883cb1bab4006c7c13f3f6691d48
This hash matches both the original local file and the site evidence copy.
Related claims CLM-19 and CLM-105.
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