There were calls Wednesday for an investigation and urgent legislation regarding the crash of a state database that allows the public to find out which special interests are contributing to and lobbying elected officials.
The Cal-Access system has been down for most of the last two weeks, and Secretary of State Debra Bowen, whose office operates the database, could not provide a firm estimate Wednesday of when the system might be back online, even as her staff struggled to find a fix. Her office said it is taking multiple approaches to the problem, one of which may take 14 days to complete.
California Campaign database still down, prompting calls for investigation
