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Yee to chair committee on public records | San Francisco Examiner

Yee to chair committee on public records | San Francisco Examiner

Yee to chair committee on public records


Staff report
March 26, 2010

State Sen. Leland Yee. (Courtesy photo)

Leland Yee, the Democratic state senator from San Francisco, will chair a new select committee to examine California’s public records and open-meetings laws. He said the committee will look for ways to improve public access to government documents and proceedings. California has good open-government laws, Yee said, but some agencies still deny public and media requests for records.



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