HomeMy WebLinkAboutSB 272 (Oppose)Steve Tye
Mayor
Nancy A. Lyons
Mayor Pro Tem
Carol Herrera
Council Member
Jimmy Lin
Council Member
Jack Tanaka
Council Member
June 19, 2015
21810 Copley Drive • Diamond Bar, CA 91765-4178
(909) 839-7000 . Fax (909) 861-3117
www.Diamonr!BarCA.gov
The Honorable Robert M. Hertzberg
California State Senate, 18th District
State Capitol, Room 4038
Sacramento, CA 95814
Via Fax: (916) 651-4918
Dear Senator Hertzberg:
The City of Diamond Bar respectfully opposes SB 272, which would place
additional requirements on how cities conduct business.
Diamond Bar has a long tradition of transparency efforts, with utilization of the
w.diamondbca.gov website, DBty cable channel, social media, and integration
of Granicus into the public meeting process, which enables live streaming of
Council meetings, retention of meeting agendas and minutes, staff reports, and
collection of historical meeting items.
Rather than give cities tools to expand on transparency, SB 272's requirement
that enterprise information be placed on websites is an unfunded mandate with
new requirements that pose a significant security threat. Placing enterprise
information on websites is akin to telling burigars where the extra keys to your
house are, and would enable hackers all over the globe to use the information to
illegally infiltrate systems, gather data, and cause security breaches that
endanger the residents we are here to serve.
As a city that prides itself on how to best serve residents through the balance of
new technology and security, SB 272 does not provide the tools that would enable
an improvement in both transparency and security.
For these reasons, the City of Diamond Bar opposes SB 272.
3evcere'y,e Tye
Mayor
CC: Senator Bob Huff, 29th District, Fax (916) 651-4929
Assembly Member Brian Maienschein, 77th District, Fax (916) 319-2177
Assembly Member Ling -Ling Chang, 55th District, Fax (916) 319-2155
City Council
City Manager
Jennifer Quan, League of California Cities
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