Pat Utz, CEO and co-founder of Abstract, found himself confronted with a major flaw in the transparency of legislative processes—a flaw that he couldn’t ignore. While working in California, Utz discovered that although legal requirements called for public access to letters of opposition or support for proposed laws, these letters were effectively out of reach for the general public. The reality was stark: while lobbyists, legislators, and other insiders could easily access these documents, the average citizen had to go to great lengths—requesting paper copies in person at the state capital—to obtain them.
This glaring issue spurred Utz into action. He believed that in a democratic country like the U.S., the public had the right to full transparency regarding the policies and law
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