{"id":44356,"date":"2024-01-08T06:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweet-pascal.52-27-215-206.plesk.page\/san-jose-lawsuit-sparks-legislation-to-bolster-government-transparency\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T06:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:13:26","slug":"san-jose-lawsuit-sparks-legislation-to-bolster-government-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/san-jose-lawsuit-sparks-legislation-to-bolster-government-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose lawsuit sparks legislation to bolster government transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Stockton to Anaheim and San Jose, government officials across California use personal email accounts and texts to do the public\u2019s business\u2014and those messages often never see the light of day because public agencies can\u2019t access them. Now, a San Jose legislator is working to change that. State Sen. Dave Cortese on Monday introduced a bill that would require public officials to forward communications on personal accounts and devices that deal with public business to an official channel. If approved, it would ensure there\u2019s a record of those messages that can be accessed and publicly released when requested. It was…<\/p>\n