Politics & Government
Report: Assembly Drops $200K Fighting Spending Records Suit
The lawsuits sparked by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino's protest over having his budget slashed as "retaliation" for a vote wound up costing the Assembly nearly $200,000 to fight, The Sacramento Bee reports.
The California State Assembly did not want its budget opened to the public, and it spent $200,000 trying to keep it under wraps.
But a judge disagreed with the Assembly in a , ruling that the spending records of the Assembly must be disclosed publicly. The suit was sparked by the claims of local Assemblyman Anthony Portantino that .
Portantino is a Democrat who represents Altadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Highland Park, South Pasadena, Monrovia, Arcadia, part of San Marino and other San Gabriel Valley communities.
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The Assembly spent $123,945 fighting the suit and was ordered to cover about $75,000 in legal fees accrued by the newspapers when it lost in court, The Sacramento Bee reports.
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