IP: California Public Records Act Reform

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:50:44 -0800
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: "James S. Tyre" <jstyre () jstyre com>
> Subject: California Public Records Act Reform
>
> [Dave, please consider this for IP.  Thanks.  -Jim]
>
> Fellow Californians with even the slightest interest in reform of the PRA
> (CA state version of FOIA) should pay attention to, support, get the word
> out on SCA 7, a proposed constitutional amendment introduced yesterday in
> the State Senate.
>
> http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sca_7&sess=CUR&house=B&site=sen
>
> The California Supreme Court has said that the public's right to know is a
> fundamental right, entitled to the highest constitutional protections, but
> the Legislature consistently finds ways to weasel around that right, and
> our Governor, Gray Davis, has proven to be a major foe of public access.
>
> "In California, access to government records has been deemed a fundamental
> interest of citizenship."  CBS, Inc. v. Block (1986) 42 Cal.3d 646, 651
> n5.  "Maximum disclosure of the conduct of governmental operations was to
> be promoted by the [Public Records] Act."  Id. at 651-52.
>
> Please help make those words true.  Thank you.
>
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