As noted here,
In September California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined the climate litigation cavalcade seeking to pay for green new deal goodies without openly raising taxes. It was a funny lawsuit: Gov. Gavin Newsom flew to New York City to announce it to a “Climate Week” audience more receptive than constituents suffering under punishing gasoline prices. Bonta then flew to Dubai to push it, where activists served as his media flacks…
GAO thought to look around using California’s Public Records Act to see if the usual path was followed in this matter: law enforcement/plaintiffs working with donor-provided consultants to prep a case desired by said donors (see the Minnesota case study, here).
There is much the OAG withheld in response to numerous PRA requests (just how much, it isn’t saying). GAO has now exercised its right to see the public record of this collaboration. You can read the complaint here.