California’s Proposition 59, also known as the sunshine amendment, was passed overwhelmingly in the November 2004 election. The amendment was introduced by California State Senator’s John Burton (D) and Bruce McPherson (R). This gives California citizens legal access to more government information.

This amended the California State Constitution Article 1, Section 3:

(1) The people have the right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business, and, therefore, the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies shall be open to public scrutiny.