The Sunshine Ordinance Task Force will no longer have to battle deputy city attorneys in its quest to open government to public scrutiny, thanks to a policy change by City Attorney Dennis Herrera. Following a Guardian editorial that called attention to the practice (see "Herrera: end secrecy," 08/25/04), Herrera for the first time has directed his staff not to help departments fight to keep public records secret.
California Closing Criminal Records
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SB-731 Automatically Sealing of Conviction and Arrest Records A social
justice bill that implements a system to prospectively and retroactively
seal conv...