Schwarzenegger vetoes open records law
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a law that would have facilitated public records requests on the Internet and empowered the attorney general’s office to mediate freedom of information disputes. The bill had passed both houses of the California State Legislature unanimously.The law would have required the state attorney general to review an agency’s denial of a public record request and provide a written opinion on the validity of the denial within 20 days of being asked by the requester. Open government advocates had pushed for the measure as an alternative to costly litigation.