SB 1002 (Yee) – Oppose Unless Amended
As Proposed to be Amended
SB 1002, by Senator Leland Yee, would amend the Public Records
Act to specify, under certain circumstances, that local agencies
provide electronic records in a searchable or open format.
In a previous
blog, we reflected on a significant policy change proposed in
SB 1399 (Leno), which would establish a medical parole program
for the state’s most seriously ill prisoners.
Sometimes things in government just don’t make sense. When you
look at the facts – the state pays nearly $43 million annually to
guard and provide life-sustaining medical care for 32 critically
debilitated state prison inmates – something seems out of whack.
That’s an average of $1.3 million in costs per person.
Most of these inmates are completely incapacitated: incapable of
independent movement or speech and with extremely limited
cognitive function. The public safety threat posed by this small
number of prisoners is virtually non-existent.
