Any red-blooded, flag-waving politician would declare that the public has a right to know how government works and that transparency is vital to a functioning democracy. … But one of the promising proposals is the California Legislature Transparency Act, a nine-page open government initiative offered by Republican campaign financier Charles T. Munger Jr., and former […]

Sadly, public officials often behave as if subjecting their decisions to public oversight is an annoyance. A good example is the way legislators routinely rush through important bills at the last moments of the session, where there are no hearings, debate or public input. Senators and assembly members then vote on these bills which they […]