Keep Transparency in Government...Defeat AB2299

If AB2299 passes, then our government officials, elected and non-elected, including law enforcement officers, DMV employees, etc., will be able to hide their property ownership which is now a matter of public record.

Why you ask? To quote a Press Democrat editorial, "Ostensibly, it's to protect them from the threat of personal harm from someone who could otherwise discover where they live. But when asked by the California Newspaper Publishers Association about the prevalence of this kind of hostility, the legislator's staff could not come up with a single example of a public safety officer having been harmed or threatened by way of information obtained in this fashion. We could find no record of any public official being threatened in this way, either."

If this passes, then these government officials will be able to hide any ill gotten gains. Current public record allows an individual or a reporter to investigate possible corruption of "bought" elected officials, law enforcement officers, etc.

We need to stop this from happening. With the current state of affairs in this country and state, we need more transparency not less. Please tell your representatives to stop this bill cold!