II. SB 1488

SB 1488 provides, in part, the following:

The Public Utilities Commission shall initiate a proceeding to examine its practices under Sections 454.5 and 583 of the Public Utilities Code and the California Public Records Act . . . to ensure that the commission's practices under these laws provide for meaningful public participation and open decision making.

SB 1488 also acknowledges the competing statutory directives in §§ 454.5, 583 and the Public Records Act, and directs us to reconcile them in a way that ensures meaningful public participation and open decision making.