Its clear that residents today in Richmond, they don't trust their city's government," Councilmember Kenya Gibson (3rd District) said as she introduced her ordinance to the committee.

Gibson is seeking the establishment of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) library, where the city would publish all the FOIA requests it receives, the documents it releases, and the fees it's charging people to supply those documents.

The Virginia FOIA is a law that requires the government to be transparent about the work it does on behalf of taxpayers by ensuring the records it maintains are available to the public. Anyone can utilize FOIA by making requests for records. However, there are multiple exemptions that protect sensitive information from mandatory disclosure, and the government can also charge

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