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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTQ_NemK5Lw CW litigation director, Jerry Flanagan, says unless there is the threat of public scrutiny, you have no way of knowing that the investigation was nothing more than a sham.

By Alec Regimbal, SFGATE https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/top-shasta-official-may-have-broken-state-laws-18563995.php Three months ago, I emailed Shasta County Board Chair Patrick Jones a list of straightforward questions about a board resolution he’d sponsored, which allowed county officials to ignore...

By CAMILLE VON KAENEL and BLANCA BEGERT, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/10/19/jamie-courts-tactics-are-finally-working-00122633 DAY IN COURT: Jamie Court is on the ascent. The president of advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, long dismissed as a Sacramento gadfly, has chalked up some significant policy...

By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-20/los-angeles-dwp-billing-investigation-ending-questions-remain It was a shocking sight on a July morning in 2019: An FBI van parked outside Los Angeles City Hall and agents upstairs, scouring...

By Jason Henry, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS https://www.dailynews.com/2023/08/28/el-monte-officials-used-disappearing-message-app-to-coach-cannabis-applicant/ El Monte’s city manager and then-mayor used an application that automatically deleted text messages, potentially in violation of state law, to coach an...

By Kellie Hwang, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/grocery-stores-overcharging-18303789.php# Grocery stores and other retailers across the Bay Area have recently been caught overcharging customers, according to county inspectors — a problem that experts...

Requiring a more transparent Legislature and making agencies keep public records longer are good ideas. But will officials actually change their ways? By The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-u-t-editorial-board-staff.html Consumer Watchdog —...

Consumer advocates say agencies' delays in producing records often exceed their own deadlines By John Woolfolk, EAST BAY TIMES https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/08/07/california-voters-made-public-records-a-right-will-they-give-it-more-teeth/# Nearly 20 years after California voters made access to government records a...

By Jim Shields, THE UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2023/08/06/the-observer-paying-the-price-for-progress/ It’s amazing how many bright people we have in this county to educate us on the causal factors of what at first may...

By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.