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RE: Phone message RE: unbacked bills

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 11:06:05 AM Pacic Daylight Time
Boyer, Diane
John Myers

Mr. Myers
I apologize for my delayed response. The Oce of LegislaNve Counsel does not have a system that allows us to
readily track the number of unbacked requests that we may receive during a session. Moreover, any informaNon
related to specic requests by Members of the Legislature is subject to the aTorney-client privilege.
Diane Boyer-Vine
-----Original Message-----
From: John Myers [mailto:jmyers@KQED.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 3:48 PM
To: Boyer, Diane
Subject: Phone message RE: unbacked bills
I'm following back up on the phone message I leb with you on Monday regarding my interest for informaNon
regarding unbacked bills. In the interest of Nme and clarity, I thought I'd send along an email with some specics.
We're aTempNng to beTer understand the process that exists for "unbacked bills," namely legislaNon drabed by
your oce per a request from a legislator but not authored by that legislator. It's my understanding that those
requests are in addiNon to the work your oce does in drabing and veeng bills for introducNon by a member.
Our specic request to begin with: some data on unbacked bills drabed since the beginning of the 2013-14
legislaNve session, both cumulaNve totals and totals for each legislator. If you need a more formal request or
addiNonal info, I'm happy to provide it.
Thanks very much,
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