AG Campbell will not yet become involved in the dispute over question 1

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said she supports the will of voters in approving Question 1, which gives the state auditor the power to audit the Legislature, but her office is waiting for action.

Some lawmakers have said they will change the issue, arguing the amendment violates the Constitution’s separation of powers. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio took to social media earlier this month
appeal to the Attorney General to intervene and prevent lawmakers from changing the law as approved by voters.

“Right now I have the auditor insisting on our office’s involvement. There is no role for our office at this time,” Campbell said Boston Public Radio on Tuesday.

The question passed by voters will not take effect until 30 days after the election. The legislator can then respond to the accountant’s requests. If there is a dispute, either party can try to resolve it through the courts. Only then would Campbell’s office become involved.

“But right now we’re dealing with nothing but hypotheses,” she said.

Campbell said she supports more government transparency, citing her time on the Boston City Council when she worked to expand the public records law.

While Campbell supports the ballot question, she said her office does not find a provision in the ballot
A $4 billion jobs bill should have passed. This was a provision that effectively protects BlueHub Capital, a Roxbury nonprofit that originated shared-appreciation mortgages. According to the newspaper, the company was sued in 2020 over predatory lending allegations
Boston sphere. Lawmakers signed the bill on November 20.

“There are of course some things in the eco-bill that we appreciated. We worked with the governor, we worked with the state legislature. But on this particular provision, we did not believe it should have been adopted,” Campbell said.

“If you give one product or one company an exemption, you open the floodgates so that others can also look for an exemption. And that worries us,” she said.

BlueHub submitted
a notice of additional jurisdiction in the Suffolk Superior Court on November 26, requesting that the case be dismissed. They argued that the jobs law took effect during an emergency preamble, meaning the legislation is retroactive and would nullify pending lawsuits against them.

At the time of the Boston Public Radio During the interview, Campbell said she was not aware of the notice. The attorney general’s office is also still reviewing the wording in the jobs law, which assigns the role of regulation to the attorney general.

‘Give us a little more time. And we will also have to assess which summary proceedings they actually filed. I haven’t seen it yet,” she said.