End to I've got a secret?

Amid criticism that Los Angeles County is fostering a culture of secrecy, County Counsel Ray Fortner on Friday recommended making public again some information his office had recently ruled was confidential.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

Fortner, who is expected to give a report to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, recently decided to end a long-standing practice of releasing details about lawsuit settlements contained in Claims Board documents.

But the decision drew the ire of Supervisor Gloria Molina, who said the policy change was made without input from the supervisors or the public.

In a memo to the board, Fortner wrote Friday that he is proposing the Claims Board documents provide basic information about settlement proposals while maintaining the confidentiality of his office's detailed legal analysis.