"When it comes to spending your tax dollars, California holds a unique and unpleasant distinction: It’s the only state in the nation that does not share its line-by-line expenditures with the public.

That needs to change. Each of the other 49 states respond to our open records requests by revealing what they spent and whom they paid. Then, citizens can decide how effective state agencies are at improving their lives."

Read our investigation at the Orange County Register to learn more.