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Federal Prosecutors Ordered to Unseal FBI Warrants Related to L.A. City Attorney’s Office and DWP Corruption

Names of Public Officials Including Former City Attorney Mike Feuer Will Not Be Redacted, Nor Will Statements by an FBI Agent that Feuer Lied to the Grand Jury This morning...

Government Prosecutors Seek to Protect the “Privacy” of City Officials Entangled in Web of Corruption Related to DWP Billing Scandal

Los Angeles, CA – While broadly supporting public disclosure, the United States Attorneys’ Office is seeking to redact the names of former City Attorney Mike Feuer and other City...

Consumer Watchdog and the Los Angeles Times Petition Federal Court to Release FBI Warrants Related to LA City Attorney and LA DWP Corruption 

 Los Angeles, CA -- Yesterday afternoon the non-profit Consumer Watchdog and the Los Angeles Times petitioned a federal court in Los Angeles to release 33 FBI warrants and related documents that...

Ballot Initiative Would Overhaul Open Records Laws to Provide Greater Government Transparency & Accountability

70% of CA Voters Approve of the Measure According to a Recent Poll Los Angeles, CA - Embracing the principle that “sunshine is the best disinfectant,” a new ballot initiative would...

California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Good Government Bill To Close State Agency Lobbying Loophole

Los Angeles, CA -- Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1783 to close a loophole in state law that allowed former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to influence decision-making at the...

California Senate Committee Kills Good Government Bill To Bar Destruction of Public Records Using Secretive “Suspense File” 

Sacramento, CA – Senator Anthony Portantino’s Senate Appropriations Committee killed good government legislation today using one of the Legislature’s most undemocratic tactics, the “suspense file,” which legislative leadership uses to...

California Senate Committees Pass Good Government Bills To Close Agency Lobbying Loophole and Bar Destruction of Records

Los Angeles, CA - Today, the California State Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill 11-0 that would require agencies to retain all public records for a minimum of two years....

California Assembly Passes Good Government Bills To Close Agency Lobbying Loophole and Bar Destruction of Records

Los Angeles, CA - Today, the California State Assembly passed a bill 65-0 that would close a loophole in state law that allowed Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to influence...

Feuer Must Resign Following Report Placing Him at DWP Extortion Meeting

Los Angeles, CA -- City Attorney Mike Feuer should resign following a bombshell KNBC-TV report revealing Feuer was calendared for a meeting in which his office okayed an extortion scheme to keep...

Cartoons on Secretary of State Website Make Mockery of Government Transparency, Encourage Destruction of Records

Assembly Committee Approves Bill to Preserve Public Records Sacramento, CA -- The California Secretary of State (“SOS”) Shirley Weber will remove cartoons and a records “retention” handbook on the SOS’s...

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