Recent Proposals to California Public Records Act will Limit Accountability and Transparency

Dear California Subscriber,

We’ve just been made aware of some recent proposals to change California Public Records Act laws that will limit accountability and transparency of local governments in California.

This is a serious challenge to the California Public Records Act and could seriously affect the public's access to crime data.

Here is the letter from First Amendment Coalition describing the changes: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/threat-watch-browns-budget-cuts-slash-services-spike-costs-for-access-to-public-records/gov-brown-veto-cpra-threats-in-budget-bill/

Here is a link to the legislation: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB71&search_keywords=

We encourage you to reach out to Governor Jerry Brown’s office.

You can reach Governor Jerry Brown via email here:

http://gov.ca.gov/m_contact.php

or

by phone at (916) 445-2841

Let him know you value government accountability and transparency in California. Ask him to veto the the provisions of SB 71 contained in section 4 of the bill.

Kind regards,

The SpotCrime Team

Feedback@SpotCrime.com

619.663.7768

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