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This lawmaker’s proposal could make California ‘the most secretive state in the country’
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In March, Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco introduced a measure that would have made it more expensive for Californians to obtain government records. Amid opposition from transparency advocates and public access concerns from her own Assembly colleagues, though, the Downey Democrat diluted her proposal to […]
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According to Palo Alto Online’s source item, This lawmaker’s proposal could make California ‘the most secretive state in the country’, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In March, Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco introduced a measure that would have made it more expensive for Californians to obtain government records. Amid opposition from transparency advocates and public access concerns from her own Assembly colleagues, though, the Downey Democrat diluted her proposal to […]
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- This lawmaker’s proposal could make California ‘the most secretive state in the country’Palo Alto Online - 2026-06-18T17:52:15+00:00
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