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5 years after California banned holding college students’ transcripts hostage for unpaid debt, some colleges neglect the law

OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five ...
Los Angeles Times

Why California colleges can no longer withhold transcripts over unpaid fees

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred A California law bans colleges from withholding ...

California lawmaker rolls back new public records barriers after fierce opposition

Southern California Democratic lawmaker Blanca Pacheco’s bill would have added high fees to records requests submitted for a “commercial purpose” and allowed counties more avenues to deny records and ...
Los Angeles Times

California courts sued over failure to ensure transcripts in millions of hearings

A new lawsuit alleges that courts across California routinely deny people due process by failing to maintain transcripts of many types of proceedings. The suit, filed last week by two San Francisco ...

Assembly bill on public records could make California ‘most secretive state in the country’

AB 1821, co-written by two local government advocacy groups, calls for delays in responding to public records requests and hourly fees for certain searches.