BILL ANALYSIS �
------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 8|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 445-6614 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
------------------------------------------------------------
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 8
Author: Yee (D), et al
Amended: 3/14/11
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 36-0, 3/3/11
AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon,
Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Dutton,
Emmerson, Fuller, Gaines, Harman, Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe,
La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod,
Pavley, Price, Rubio, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg,
Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Evans, Hancock, Padilla, Wright
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 3/14/11
SUBJECT : Sunshine Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates March 13 through
March 19, 2011, as Sunshine Week.
Assembly Amendments add co-authors.
ANALYSIS :
This resolution states:
1. Sunshine Week began in Florida in 2002, when the Florida
CONTINUED
SCR 8
Page
2
Society of Newspapers Newspaper Editors launched
Sunshine Sunday in response to efforts by some of that
state's legislators to create scores of exemptions to
the state's public records law.
2. Several states followed Florida's lead and, in June
2003, the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) hosted
a Freedom of Information Summit in Washington, D.C.
3. With an inaugural grant from the Knight Foundation, ASNE
launched Sunshine Week in March 2005, and it continues
to be celebrated each year in mid-March to coincide with
National Freedom of Information Day and President James
Madison's birthday on March 16.
4. Although originally created by journalists, Sunshine
Week is about the public's right to know what its
government is doing and why.
5. Sunshine Week is now a national initiative to promote a
dialogue about the importance of open government and
freedom of information. Participants include news
media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofit entities,
schools, and others interested in the public's right to
know.
6. Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to
play an active role in all levels of government, and to
give people access to information that makes their lives
better and their communities stronger.
7. The coverage, commentaries, and activities promoting
open government during Sunshine Week have led to
tangible, meaningful changes to people's lives, and the
laws that govern them.
8. Sunshine Week is increasing public awareness and people
are playing more of a role in the actions that affect
their communities. People are learning what kinds of
information they have a right to see, how and where to
obtain that information, and what to do if someone tries
to prevent them from accessing it.
This resolution designates March 13 through March 19, 2011,
SCR 8
Page
3
as Sunshine Week.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
CTW:do 3/16/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
**** END ****