Arnold Schwarzenegger appears ready to hand over what every governor since George Deukemejian has fought to keep private: his daily schedule of meetings and appointments.

If you haven’t followed this closely, some background is in order: a legal battle that ended in the California Supreme Court in 1991 has effectively kept the media, and the public at large, from seeing the governor’s calendar for years. But after the passage of Proposition 59 last month, the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) filed a formal request with Schwarzenegger, claiming the new law removed any legal barrier to public access.

Schwarzenegger and his advisers seemingly agreed. Now, the CFAC’s executive director, Peter Scheer, says the governor’s office has informed him the documents will be released this Wednesday.

Scheer says he’s been told there are some 1,000 pages being turned over, documents that reportedly will also be made available for Capitol reporters to review in Sacramento (though the governor’s press office hasn’t responded to a request for confirmation of this).

So what will we glean from Schwarzenegger’s calendar? No one really knows. It may go a long way toward answering the question of which interest groups have the governor’s ear on any given day… and it could provide a glimpse into how the state’s most powerful elected official spends his time.