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Sacramento City Manager Pushed for $20K Raise Before Delivering Bad News: $50 Million Budget Black Hole

January 25, 2024 10:40 amJanuary 26, 2024 6:36 am

The City of Sacramento is facing a budget deficit of more than $50 million this year – up from a $24 billion deficit last year – resulting in a hiring freeze, and a travel and office supply freeze, City Manager...

Why Is Sacramento Paying City Manager Howard Chan $493,655?

December 19, 2023 8:59 amDecember 20, 2023 7:07 am

Why do city managers receive such exorbitant pay? Across the state, city managers receive significantly larger salaries than the governor. While city managers of any city are responsible for managing multiple departments, employees, budgets, etc…, the governor is responsible for...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Re-define State’s Open Meeting Act

August 23, 2022 7:24 am

A bill to redefine California’s open meeting act, the The Brown Act, has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Senate Bill 1100, authored by Sen. Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and Assemblyman Evan Low’s (D-Silicon Valley), authorizes the presiding member of...

California Democrats Re-define State’s Open Meeting Act

August 8, 2022 2:30 amAugust 9, 2022 7:11 am

Only three months ago, the Globe reported that State Capitol leadership was still requiring social distancing in committee hearing rooms, greatly diminishing available seating for lobbyists and members of the public, and denying many access to their elected representatives –...

California Bills with Public’s Right of Access Disclaimers

February 20, 2022 12:22 pmFebruary 20, 2022 8:25 am

Have you ever read a bill and found a section at the end of the bill discussing the public’s right of access being limited by the bill? The following is an example from a recently-introduced bill in the California Legislature:...