News Releases

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

March 25, 2024  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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

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

February 22, 2024  ·  Jerry Flanagan

 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...

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

August 2, 2023  ·  Jerry Flanagan

70% of CA Voters Approve of the Measure According to a Recent Poll Los Angeles, CA – Embracing the principle that “sunshine is the best...

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

September 23, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Los Angeles, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1783 to close a loophole in state law that allowed former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to...

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

August 11, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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...

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

June 14, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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...

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

May 25, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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...

Feuer Must Resign Following Report Placing Him at DWP Extortion Meeting

April 5, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

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...

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

March 23, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

Assembly Committee Approves Bill to Preserve Public Records Sacramento, CA — The California Secretary of State (“SOS”) Shirley Weber will remove cartoons and a records...

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

January 31, 2022  ·  Jerry Flanagan

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...

Mike Feuer Under State Bar Investigation According to Bar Documents And Sources, Consumer Watchdog Reveals

September 16, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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...

Lara Defies Transparency: Refuses To Confirm Or Deny Whether He Or Department Met With Nunez, Serna and Other Known Applied Underwriters Lobbyists In PRA Litigation

July 22, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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...