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Is Assembly speaker playing game of chicken over 72-hour rule?

SACRAMENTO – California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 54, a constitutional amendment to promote transparency by requiring all bills in their “final form” to be published online for 72 hours before legislators vote on them. It’s designed to stop

Transparency initiative shaped nature of road-tax debate

Steven Greenhut April 12, 2017

It’s no secret that the state’s legislative leadership is less than thrilled about an open-government initiative that California voters passed in the November election, and are doing what they can to undermine its clear intent. Yet, it’s a testament

California high court says public records are public, even on a private email

Steven Greenhut March 7, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court unanimously overturned an appeals court decision that had provided a large loophole in the state’s public-records act. The case, City of San Jose v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County, revolves around

CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 15

CalWatchdog Staff September 15, 2016

Transparency ballot measure nearly unopposed Outside groups want transportation deal done in lame-duck Senate candidates fight over for-profit colleges, Trump University New law prevents renter blacklist Gov. Brown signs more environmental laws Good Thursday morning! While the governor pumps out

Police reform measures struggling in Sacramento

Chris Reed July 12, 2016

Against a national backdrop of discord over police killings of black men and deadly anti-police violence, state lawmakers who back law enforcement conduct and transparency reforms are making little progress in Sacramento. Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, introduced Senate Bill

CalWatchdog Morning Read – July 1

CalWatchdog Staff July 1, 2016

November ballot fills out with 17 measures… and lawmakers want to add a few more Which gun-control bills will Brown sign? Vaccination law drives some out of state Why regulators want more money for air quality cleanup Good morning, happy

CalWatchdog Morning Read – June 28

CalWatchdog Staff June 28, 2016

Assembly speaker, transparency proponents spar PUC reforms coming Nothing bad ever seems to happen at UC Who were the white supremacist groups in Sacramento last weekend? Water management in CA Good morning! A war of words erupted in recent days

CalWatchdog Morning Read – June 15

CalWatchdog Staff June 15, 2016

Transparency duel Budget by midnight Welfare rule to be repealed Gun control advances Crisis looming for energy grid expansion? Lawmakers will consider two transparency bills today in an effort to head off a ballot measure that would go to greater

CalWatchdog Morning Read – May 6

CalWatchdog Staff May 6, 2016

Transparency measure close to qualifying Trump divides CA GOP Brown’s sentencing measure likely OK Lots of peeved nicotine addicts Republicans seeking low-income dental funding Good morning! TGIF Is it worth giving the public more time to consider major pieces of legislation if

Transparency measure appears headed to November ballot

Matt Fleming May 5, 2016

A ballot measure aimed at increasing legislative transparency crossed a vital threshold on Thursday and appears poised to be on November’s ballot. The initiative is a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to make available online the final version of a