Cal. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed a 911 bill imposing fi...
Cal. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed a 911 bill imposing fines up to $200 on persons who knowingly call 911 other than to report an emergency. Penalties range from an official warning on a first offense up to a…
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$200 fine per call for chronic offenders. Meanwhile, the legislature sent the governor an act (SB-1488) that would direct the Cal. PUC to reexamine its confidentiality practices to ensure that they're not getting in the way of meaningful public participation and “open decision making.” PUC policy holds that filings are confidential unless they're specifically required to be public record, and prohibits PUC employees from divulging confidential information. The bill cited committee reports that an increasing amount of information is edited by the PUC before it goes public, raising questions about whether its processes are fair and open.