How California government is done in the dark

California’s literary and cinema culture loves suspense — a Raymond Chandler novel, a Hollywood film noir.
But our political culture in Sacramento loves suspense, too, and, unlike a good mystery story, the politicians’ love of making their work mysterious does not serve the people of California, and their desire to have government work be out in the open, well.
When our elected leaders in the state Legislature want to get rid of proposed legislation — or otherwise simply