Update 2:20 p.m.: And one more time ...
From the Sacramento Bee ...
Gov. Jerry Brown will support a bill reversing a proposed weakening of the California Public Records Act, apparently resolving the controversy that has swept over the Capitol in recent days.
Update to the update to the update on this story 12:10 p.m.:
A joint press release from Assembly Speaker John Pérez and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg announces the Senate will, in fact, vote to undo the public records changes, which transformed the requirement that local governments comply with requests for public documents to an optional "best practices" guideline.
Steinberg had previously said the Senate wouldn't act, despite the Assembly's earlier revote on the budget bill stripped of the public records provision.
SACRAMENTO—Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) released a joint statement today regarding the Legislature’s actions on the California Public Records Act:
“We agree there needs to be both an immediate fix to ensure local entities comply with the California Public Records Act and a long-term solution so the California Public Records Act is not considered a reimbursable mandate. Accordingly, the Senate will take up the amended SB 71 passed by the Assembly today that removed changes in the budget regarding the California Public Records Act. As the Senate advances its proposed constitutional amendment, the Assembly will work with them throughout its process to give voters the chance to make clear that good government shouldn’t come with an extra price tag.”