----Original Message Follows---- From: "Barber, Lucy" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Barber, Lucy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ARCHIVES] Expanded Access to Records in Calif. State Archives: AB2719 Signe d Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:53:06 -0700 The California State Archives is delighted to announce that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed AB 2719. This bill, whose primary sponsor was the Secretary of State, will open all records held by the State Archives 75 years after date of creation. Currently, records from such state agencies as Corrections, Youth Authority, Mental Health and many others are restricted from public access indefinitely. This legislation will be effective January 1, 2005, opening all records created before 1931. More detailed information will follow on the State Archives web site in the coming weeks: <<http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm>> If you have questions, please contact: Genevieve Troka California State Archives 1020 "O" Street Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 653-7715 FAX (916) 653-7363 e-mail: [email protected] The State Archives would like to thank the California Association of Museums, the California Counsel for the Promotion of History, the National Coalition for History, the Rose Colored Glass Company, and the Society of California Archivists for their strenuous support that helped get this legislation signed A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [email protected] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [email protected] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[email protected]>