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Supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Joel Anderson announced Thursday a joint proposal to create an advisory committee to help improve the public’s access to government and its documents.
The proposal the Board of Supervisors will consider Tuesday includes recommendations that the committee focus on several issues, including the creation of a new public records portal where all requests and responsive documents can be collected, stored and made available to the public; an archive for easier access to historical records; new email retention policies, and ways to make the county’s system for processing public records requests more efficient.
The proposal recommends appointing Anderson and Supervisor Nora Vargas to the committee and calls for the group to produce regular progress reports and make final recommendations to the board of supervisors within 180 days.