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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...
Department of Insurance Changes Course on Email Deletion Policy that Threatened Records of Pay-to-Play Scandal Days After Consumer Watchdog Threatened to Go to Court
The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop it. Emails that are...
Mike Feuer Under State Bar Investigation According to Bar Documents And Sources, Consumer Watchdog Reveals
Los Angeles, CA -- Letters received from the state bar and sources confirmed by journalist Justin Kloczko show that Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer is under investigation by the state...
Lara Defies Transparency: Refuses To Confirm Or Deny Whether He Or Department Met With Nunez, Serna and Other Known Applied Underwriters Lobbyists In PRA...
Los Angeles, CA -- In responses to requests for admissions in pending litigation, Insurance Commissioner Lara’s Department has refused to answer straightforward questions about meetings and communications between the...
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