The decision came just weeks before a new law would have required making them available to the public.
Steps are being taken to ensure transparency and accountability in the era of big policing tech.
There's little sunlight in this sun-soaked desert city.
“The problem with the Palo Verde Irrigation District is its very structure. It is a public entity controlled by the same business interests that the entity regulates,” says open government advocate Peter Scheer.
A set of new rules governing Anaheim’s interaction with lobbyists moved one step closer to fruition last week, but not with consensus from the city council.
The recall effort against Gavin Newsom is being watched across the nation. But California's governor isn’t the only one whose job is potentially on the line.
Cities like Fresno and Ontario have been courting online retail giants with generous sales-tax rebate programs that return as much as 50 to 80% of the tax to the retailers.
A group of marijuana businesses is suing the City of Sacramento for allegedly overstepping its regulatory authority by slapping an additional fee on their operations.
With more access to information than ever before, it is now even more difficult for people and even policymakers to separate facts from misinformation.