OfficialWire: Open Government Advocates Strike Deal With UC, CSU On Transparency Act

OfficialWire: Open Government Advocates Strike Deal With UC, CSU On Transparency Act

Open Government Advocates Strike Deal With UC, CSU On Transparency Act

Public Universities to Drop Opposition to Yee’s Bill, Sunshine Law Now Likely Published on May 25, 2011 by Adam J. Keigwin (OfficialWire) SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (USA) OfficialWire PR News Bureau

For the past three years, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), along with open government advocates, students, and workers, have been trying to bring greater transparency and accountability to California’s public higher education institutions – University of California, California State University, and the state’s community college system. Previous legislative efforts have been opposed by the administrations of UC and CSU and vetoed by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles), but today, the sides announced a compromise that will remove the universities’ opposition, protect donor anonymity in most cases, and increase transparency at