Before California’s voters in the June primary, Proposition 42 would require local government agencies to enforce the California Public Records Act and pay for it. Although there is no concerted effort to defeat the proposition, the Legislative Analyst’s Office says if enacted, the measure would cost local government tens of millions of dollars a year. (Capital Public Radio, May 6, 2014, by Steve Milne)
Writing in the Contra Costa Times, April 26, 2014, Thomas Peele welcomes the opportunity for voters to establish open government by settling disputes on who pays the bill and taking away a governor’s ability to “gut the public records act….”