CalWatchdog.com By Steven Greenhut, June 7, 2017 California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 54, a constitutional amendment to promote transparency by requiring all bills in their “final form” to be published online for 72 hours before legislators vote on them. It’s designed to stop last-minute gut-and-amend bills where the leadership pushes through substantive measures that […]

San Diego Union-Tribune By the Editorial Board, June 5, 2017   Last November, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 54, which requires the state Legislature to not vote on the “final version” of bills until the public has been given 72 hours to scrutinize the measures on the Internet. After decades of lawmakers slamming through far-reaching […]

Sacramento Bee By Taryn Luna and Jim Miller, June 2, 2017   Advocates for a voter-approved transparency measure allege that the California Assembly violated the law this week in votes on more than 90 bills. California voters approved a constitutional amendment in November that requires bills in the state Legislature to be published online in […]

Los Angeles Times By John Myers, June 1, 2017   Almost seven months after California voters imposed new transparency rules for the Legislature, a long simmering debate over the meaning of those rules could put the ultimate fate of dozens of bills in jeopardy. Proposition 54, overwhelmingly approved by voters last November, requires that all legislation be […]

In remarks on June 1, 2017, Kevin Kiley, a member of the California State Assembly, comments on the State Legislature’s ignoring the requirements of Proposition 54, enacted by the voters last year.