Government Accountability & Oversight sues CA DOJ for "public information that the DoJ has redacted in full or part, all pertaining to the state’s participation in the climate industry’s litigation campaign."

 

These are just two paragraphs from Government Accountability & Oversight website and statement on this lawsuit.

Government Accountability & Oversight has filed a California Public Records Act suit against the Department of Justice to obtain public information that the DoJ has redacted in full or part, all pertaining to the state’s participation in the climate industry’s litigation campaign, its Plan B of “climate superfund” in the face of the former bogging down—requiring legislation unlikely to get off the ground outside of a few bastions of progressive-activist governance—and of course its related pivot to Plan C plastics litigation.

Government Accountability & Oversight (“Petitioner” or “GAO”) seeks several categories of non-privileged public records from the California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) regarding DOJ’s involvement in—and coordination with outside activists’ campaign of—controversial, high-profile litigation targeting the fossil fuels industry. Accordingly, each of the related requests at issue here seeks public records that reflect the "conduct of the people’s business."… 

Benbrook Law Group PC from Sacramento are attorneys for Government Accountability & Oversight. On 12/22/25, a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and verified petition for writ of mandate for violations of the California Public Records Act and California Constitution, Art. I. Section 3,  was filed in Sacramento Superior Court.

"Plaintiff GAO is a Wyoming nonprofit organization that pursues and supports litigation to ensure that governmental entities at state, local, and federal levels comply with their sunshine and transparency obligations under open records laws."

These are just three pages of the complaint. You can find the entire document online.