State’s Public Records Act needs this boost

When the California Public Records Act was signed into law by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1968, it promised state residents the right to know what their government is doing.
That promise has not always been fulfilled, in part because the act provides for no accountability and no penalty for government bodies that fail to honor requests for records.
But this could change soon if a bill working its way through the Legislature becomes law.
Assembly Bill 1479 would do two things that are overdue. First, i