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Summary
OPPOSE
Government transparency and accountability are foundational to a free society, and the California Public Records Act is one of the most important tools citizens have to hold government to account. As originally drafted, AB 1821 would weaken that tool in ways that are arbitrary, constitutionally dubious, and fundamentally unfair.
While the bill has been recently amended removing its most damaging components of new financial penalties, dramatically delayed agency response deadlines and a two-tiered system of government transparency, the California Policy Center will continue to oppose any incremental policy that weakens public access to public documents.
Read CPC’s Letter of Opposition
Read Letter of Opposition from the Law Offices of Craig P. Alexander
Last Action
In Senate. Read first time. To Rules Committee for assignment.