County should now release the invoices for all closed cases, so that the public can learn how much taxpayer money is going to private lawyers to defend the county and its employees, including the many cases against the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for brutality against inmates in the county jails. Today, the California Supreme Court affirmed the public’s right to access government billing records with private law firms, overturning a previous appeals court ruling in a California Public Records Act (CPRA) case brought against Los Angeles County. The main point of this post is to make available some of the paperwork from the case, but here’s how the ACLU summarized the issues: This was well-covered by both the ACLU and the Los Angeles Times. Eric Preven is not only winning huge CPRA victories, he is also running for mayor of Los Angeles.Last week local hero and candidate for mayor Eric Preven along with the ACLU of Southern California won a major victory for CPRA rights in the California Supreme Court.
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