Greater transparency looms for the California bar as the legislature considers putting the agency under the state’s open records and open meetings laws. The bar is the only state licensing agency to operate in the dark. (Sacramento Business Journal, September 1, 2015, by Kathy Robertson)
The bar has been reluctant to comply with the legislature’s demands for transparency and recently fired the executive director but withheld documents justifying the action. (The Recorder, August 28, 2015, by Cheryl Miller)