
California Lawmakers Propose $2B Bond to House Homeless
California senators have proposed a $2 billion legislative package aimed at providing the state’s homeless population with permanent housing.

California senators have proposed a $2 billion legislative package aimed at providing the state’s homeless population with permanent housing.

A couple of weeks ago a freshman Republican member of the State Assembly said to me: “You were right, this place is controlled lock, stock and barrel by the unions.”

The California state legislature, which has relatively free rein to conduct much of its business without being scrutinized by the public, may soon have to face rules demanding greater transparency. Unlike other agencies of the state government, the Associated Press notes, which fall under the narrow umbrella of the California Public Records Act, the legislature has been constrained by the more lenient Legislative Open Records Act, which permits many of its actions to be shrouded in secrecy.