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Please support our efforts to open public access to public data by writing a letter to the editor.

[Sample letter to the editor]

Dear Editor,

The Legislative Counsel of California collects important data about bills introduced in California and how our legislators vote, but the public is not allowed access to this data in a database format, which would allow for searching, analysis, and more transparency.

This makes no sense. We, the public, paid to assemble this information, and the California government should make this database public.

MAPLight.org and the California First Amendment Rights Coalition are suing the Legislative Counsel to give the public access to this data in electronic database format. I hope that the state wakes up to its public responsibility for public access.

Sincerely,

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