Even though transparency is not a new phenomenon, especially related to state politics, it is worth noting that this term is also related to the local government. Different cities across the globe and the United States as well implement the concept of transparency on the governmental level by making different reports and data public. It should be stressed that transparency is beneficial for people to be aware of the things that are going on in their local communities. The possibility to get information contributes to the establishment of the relationships between the government and residents based on trust. Moreover, it improves the dialogue between them significantly. The experts who support transparency highlight that it improves the dialogue between the government and citizens, proving that it is essential for implementation. First and foremost, it should be pointed out that transparency contributes to making better governmental decisions and choices. Also, it saves the government time as the information should not be hidden and is open to the public. The officials receive an opportunity to work on the urgent issues and not center on the ones that happened in the past and should be explained. However, it is of paramount importance to highlight that transparency is not always beneficial, especially when we take into consideration the fact that it demands investments and efforts from the officials. Several cities claim that the IT department finds it complicated to provide online access to all the reports and data to the public (Levy, Hamilton, & Bowles, 2014). The fundamental problem that is associated with governmental transparency is the fact that getting information, the majority of people is not satisfied with it and demand more and more. This point is very controversial. On the one hand, it creates difficulties and challenges; however, on the other hand, an informed community contributes to better decisions (Bair, Dickson, & Miller, 2013). Due to the transparency, everyone gets a possibility to get deeper involved in the issues of politics and vote more reasonably, being aware of the real picture. California aims to find new ways to increase transparency. In the process of finding possible solutions to this issue, the government of California concluded that to reach this goal, two initiatives should be taken into consideration, namely the following ones:  1. Ballot initiative;  2. Bill. The experts state that these two options will improve transparency and reduce the number of backroom deals. However, transparency is a multi-faceted concept. In March 2016, the executive director of the California Coastal Commission was fired and the public “blame the behind-the-scene influence of developers” (Bradford, 2016, par. 2). The State Senator noted that the bill is needed and stated that “the public is entitled to know what decisions are being made and why they’re being made and to have input in those decisions” (Bradford, 2016, par. 3). The bill is considered to be classical and is directed to the improvement of transparency in California. Compromise is a guiding power of the State Senator, Hannah-Beth Jackson. In March 2016, California officials pointed out some technological and bureaucratic difficulties regarding the implement