Portantino to Attend Court Hearing on Whether to Force Assembly to Make Its Records Public

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who represents part of Monrovia, plans to attend a court hearing Friday in Sacramento Superior Court stemming from his efforts to force the Assembly to make its budget records public.

  

Portantino said, "The public has a fundamental right to know how its money is being spent and it is outrageous that the Assembly refuses to adopt and adhere to the California Public Records Act. There is no greater abuse of power than to shun accountability and disrespect the citizens of our great state by conducting the people’s business in secret."

 

He has introduced a House Resolution to change Assembly Rules to require transparency and an Assembly bill that would force the legislature to comply with the same open government rules that every agency in the state follows.

"I am hoping that the court forces the Assembly to finally release all budgets so that we can finally shed some light on how our taxpayer dollars are being spent," Portantino said.

 

- Brad Haugaard (from press release)