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CA’s $3B Stem Cell Law has Little Oversight

2005 February 20
by Peter Sheerin

Proposition 71, passed by California voters last year, turns out to use unusual financing that will take money from promised research funds and spend it on interest payments, prevents any changes from being made to the law for 3 years, and the oversight board’s meetings can be immune from California’s open meeting laws.

For the whole scoop, read the SF Chronicle’s article from December Prop. 71’s fine print contains surprises.

One Response
  1. Randy permalink
    November 13, 2008

    Peter, the files are non-existent…

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