A bill to restrict public access to California divorce records was revised this week to allow couples to keep much financial information secret even without a judicial finding that their privacy outweighs the public’s right to scrutinize court proceedings.

The bill has been criticized as a favor to billionaire grocery store magnate and financier Ron Burkle, a major campaign contributor to Democrats and some Republicans, who sought to seal records in his own divorce case.

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