The decline of local journalism has been one of the most disturbing developments affecting the cause of good governance in recent years.
A corruption probe involving more than a dozen city officials will do that, I guess.
A new state law that has opened up years of police misconduct records to public disclosure is pitting law enforcement unions, local jurisdictions, and transparency advocates against one another in courtrooms across the state.
The decision came just weeks before a new law would have required making them available to the public.
Mark Danaj served just eight weeks as Santa Clara’s assistant city manager. Was it just a ploy to keep him in the more preferable pre-PEPRA CalPERS plan? The agency says it has found no evidence of wrongdoing.