Placer County, California

From Sunshine Review

Budget Meetings Elected Officials Administrative Officials Permits, zoning Audits Contracts Lobbying Public records Local taxes

Placer County is one of 58 counties in California.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of California county websites

[edit] The good

• The names and contact information for all board of supervisor members is provided.^[1]

• Board of supervisor meeting agendas and minutes are published.^[2]

• Budget, Audit, and Tax information is published.^[3]

• Information on contracts is available.^[4]

[edit] The bad

• There is no information on building permits and zoning, administrative officials or lobbying.
• No information is provided on how to request public records using the California Public Records Act.

[edit] Lobbying

[edit] Tax-funded lobbying

Main article: California taxpayer-funded lobbying

During the two-year legislative session that ended December 1, 2008, Placer County spent $780,000 for lobbyists and membership dues in advocacy groups to lobby the California legislature.^[5]

[edit] Open Secrets

In 2008, Placer County reported $240,000 spent on lobbying. ^[6]

[edit] External links

Placer County

• Placer County
• Placer county ballot measures
• Placer County on E-Reference
• About Placer County
• Placer County Office of Education
• Placer County Genealogical Society
• Placer County on Wikipedia

[edit] References

1. ↑ Board
2. ↑ Meetings
3. ↑ Financial Documents
4. ↑ Contracts
5. ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Local government lobbying costs soar in California", February 10, 2009
6. ↑ [1]

	v • d • e State of California Sacramento (capital)
Transparency	Public Records Act | Open Meeting Act | Government corruption reports | Transparency Legislation | Open Records procedures | Transparency Advocates |
Divisions	State | List of counties | List of Cities | List of School Districts, A - L | List of School Districts, M - Y | Evaluation of State website | Evaluation of county websites | Evaluation of city websites | Evaluation of school district websites |
State spending	State budget | State salaries | Stimulus allocations | Taxpayer-funded lobbying |
Government	California State Constitution | Executive | House of Representatives | Senate | Local officials | Public school system |
Judiciary	California Supreme Court | Courts of Appeal | Superior Courts | District Courts | Judicial selection in California | Judicial News |
Ballot Measures	2008 Ballot measures | 2008 local ballot measures | City and county ballot initiatives | School district bond issues | Laws governing initiatives | Recall process |