A template will be posted here shortly..
For now see https://www.muckrock.com/foi/ for examples
To submit a public records request please submit the request through the city’s portal. Here are a list of emails and portals for each city: San Francisco - City of San Francisco Incident Report Request Portal
Oakland - oaklandca.nextrequest.com
San Jose - Public Records Request form
Palo Alto - 
Submit a Public Records Act (PRA) Request
South San Francisco - City of South San Francisco | Public Records Center
Fremont - cityoffremontca.nextrequest.com
Hayward - city-haywardca.govqa.us
Sunnyvale - Request Public Records
· Access Sunnyvale
Berkeley - cityofberkeleyca.nextrequest.com
San Pablo - cityofsanpabloca.nextrequest.com