Dossier
public records rules
Coverage of public records rules in the Nexus archive.
- California Lawmaker Rolls Back New Public Records Barriers After Fierce Opposition
Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco revised her proposal to amend California's public records rules after facing opposition from First Amendment advocates. The initial measure aimed to increase costs for public records requests to reduce malicious or profit-driven requests but was scaled back before passing through the Assembly, where high fees were later added.