Fresno State case leads to push to add open records
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March 3, 2009
[edit] Fresno State case leads to push to add open records
"In response to a case involving Fresno State, a state lawmaker is pushing legislation that would force university-linked nonprofit groups to make documents public.
Auxiliary organizations that get public money are now exempt from the California Public Records Act. California State University, Fresno, used the protection in the late 1990s when it turned down a request from The Bee for documents identifying suite leaseholders at the Save Mart Center, which opened in 2003.
Senate Bill 218, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would update the records act to include any entity that gets public dollars or "performs a governmental function" on behalf of the state's colleges and universities." Read the full article here.
