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Calif. Assembly rejects requests for more info on spending


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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee

The Assembly has balked at releasing additional information about the office spending of its 80 members.

The decision comes in the wake of an analysis by The Bee that concluded member expenditures released Aug. 26 underreported the amount of money spent to run legislators’ offices and overreported committee spending.

The gap was created partly by the use of committee funds to pay for legislators’ personal staff. Numerous employees were switched from legislators’ staff payrolls to committee, caucus or leadership payrolls this year, records showed.

The Bee requested documents identifying the employees transferred and specifying when those moves took effect. The Assembly declined this week, citing state law that permits it to withhold legislative medical, personnel, correspondence or draft documents.

More than two dozen Democratic aides were moved from office to committee or leadership ledgers, staff rosters showed. Transfer requests tended to be filed in the six weeks before the Assembly released its member expenditure records Aug. 26.

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  1. PubworksTV says - Posted: October 16, 2011

    Moving out of the State of CA was the best thing I have done.

    This state is the poster child for progressive liberalisms failure.

    The arrogance of the Progressive Liberal is astounding.

    America Wake up and smell the failure while there is still time.

    Liberals lie – Nations die.

    History all over again.

  2. Eco Tahoe says - Posted: October 16, 2011

    The government refuses to disclose how they spend the peoples money?

    Isn’t that a crime?

    In a constitutional convention we could put these bums in prison and take back the government for the people.

  3. Alex Campbell says - Posted: October 16, 2011

    Same O Same O in South Lake Tahoe BO-S

  4. nature bats last says - Posted: October 16, 2011

    there it is again, pub works TV spewing his same ol same ol same ol Makes one wonder if it has a brain or a mind or is just a broken record

  5. Eco Tahoe says - Posted: October 16, 2011

    Nature Bats last,

    and your input is a bit shallow or empty even, don’t ya think?

    Others do…