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Posted on 03/04/2017 9:05:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
California Supreme Court Says Emails And Texts on Officials' Private Accounts Are Public Records
Government employees in California cannot keep the public from seeing their work-related emails and texts sent on personal devices and through private accounts, the state's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday, closing a loophole that justices said could have allowed the "most sensitive and potentially damning" communications to be shielded.
With the ruling, California joins a growing list of states that treat public business done through private accounts as public records.
"This ruling is a model for giving government transparency laws meaning in the digital age," said Matthew Cagle, an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which filed a brief in the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...
another state hillary can’t move to.
An excellent ruling! Our office holders must be fully transparent when they are conducting the Business of the People. Don’t like the rules, don’t run for the office.
Or don’t use your personal devices to send e-mails and texts related to official business.
LOL .... They are probably trying to shill for Hillary but don’t even realize that they just dumped a load of dirt upon her stanking grave
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