SB 118

Posted by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Mar 26, 2012 | 2011, Activities, Legislation, Open Government | 0 |

SESSION: 2011

INFORMATION: SB 118 (Yee) would authorize a public agency, notwithstanding any other law, to enter into an energy service contract and any necessarily related facility ground lease only if its contracting process is in accordance with competitive bidding requirements and procedures for public contracts, as specified.

POSITION: Support

STATUS: Amended to other subject matter after opposition from school lobbyists and more than 35 energy and other companies.

About The Editor

Terry Francke, General Counsel

Terry Francke has a 39-year history of helping journalists, citizens and public officials understand and use their First Amendment and open government rights. With CalAware, Francke has authored comprehensive and authoritative guidebooks to California law on access to government meetings and public records and the news gathering and publication rights of journalists. Focusing on these issues in public forum law, he supervises CalAware's legislative and litigation initiatives; conducts workshops on legal compliance; helps design public records audits; supports local sunshine ordinance drafting efforts; writes CalAware Today, a blog on current developments and proposals in the law and best practices; and answers countless queries by phone and e-mail from citizens, journalists, public officials and employees, and lawyers. Francke previously served 14 years as executive director and general counsel to the California First Amendment Coalition, after a 10-year post as legal counsel for the California Newspaper Publishers Association. He has served as an advisory panel member to the National Center on Courts and the Media; taught journalism law at the Department of Communication at Stanford University; and served as an expert contributor to the 1994 major revisions to the Ralph M. Brown Act and the 2004 ballot proposition making open government a basic right of citizens under the California Constitution. Francke is a 1967 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a 1979 graduate of McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. Prior to his legal career, Francke worked as a weekly newspaper editor and in military and local government public affairs positions.

Help Our Cause

$ Donation Amount:

Personal Info

First Name *

Last Name

Email Address *

Credit Card Info

This is a secure SSL encrypted payment.

Card Number *

CVC *

Cardholder Name *

Expiration *

Billing Details

Country *

Address 1 *

Address 2

City *

State *

Zip / Postal Code *

Donation Total: $25

SB 118

About The Editor

Terry Francke, General Counsel

Leave a reply Cancel reply

Search

Help our cause

Help Our Cause

Recent Posts

SB 118

About The Editor

Terry Francke, General Counsel

Related Posts

California Newsroom Law: Ebook Edition Impresses the Pros

New Group Promoting Open Government, First Amendment to Hold Contra Costa Community Meeting

CalAware Warns Local Governments of Brown Act ‘Strict Enforcement’

Audit of Public Education Transparency Reveals Questionable Travel Expenditure Trend Among Community College District Officials

Leave a reply Cancel reply

Search

Help our cause

Help Our Cause

Recent Posts