TAG / CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT
RESULTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
California Retreats From Bill That Would Have Curbed Public Access to Government Records
Newspapers, transparency advocates and First Amendment groups mobilized against provisions that would have imposed new fees, expanded agency control and allowed lawsuits against requesters.
CORRUPTION
LA Ends Auto-Delete Messaging to Comply With Law—After Over a Decade
Auto-deleting messages have violated the California Public Records Act for over a decade, but it took the threat of a lawsuit to compel compliance from the City of Los Angeles.
