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California Secretary of State Deborah Bowen has a change of heart

After initially saying no to a request for daily downloads of the CalAccess database, Sec. Bowen came around and agreed to implement exactly that by Labor Day. Read More

Categories: Government

Transparency train keeps rolling with President’s open data executive order

President Barack Obama issued a historic executive order and new open data policy making vast troves of previously inaccessible government data available for public scrutiny and use. Read More

Categories: Transparency

National Voter Registration Act turns 20 as California expands its scope

Today marked the 20th anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), signed into effect by President Clinton in 1993. Read More

This week in Realignment: May 17, 2013

In a sign that public safety realignment is gaining prominence, Gov. Jerry Brown touched on the issue in his short statement on his May budget revision Read More

Categories: Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence

California voter registration gets a shot in the arm

Secretary of State Debra Bowen has designated the state's new Health Benefit Exchange, Covered California, as a voter registration agency under the National Voters Registration Act (NVRA) Read More

Categories: Elections

Video: HOPE Latina Action Day presses for civic engagement

Hispanic women will soon comprise more than 20 percent of the state’s population Read More

Categories: Civic Engagement

A how-to guide for local government collaboration and innovation

These are challenging days for local government, but every crisis brings opportunity. Read More

Categories: Government

Gov. Brown emphasizes continued discipline in his May budget revision

In past years, the May Budget Revisions have reflected the need for major spending reductions. The final budget reflects which programs will survive.  Read More

Will Filipinos flex their political muscles?

There are 1.5 million Filipinos living in the Golden State with half living in the greater Los Angeles region. San Diego and Santa Clara counties also have large Filipino American communities. Read More

Categories: Elections, Californians

This week in Realignment: May 10, 2013

Campaign season for the 2014 elections is already heating up and public safety realignment is fast becoming one of the most politicized topics. Read More

Categories: Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence

California voting participation numbers are bad—is help on the way?

We are near the bottom in both voter registration and voter participation. The state has less than two-thirds (65.6 percent) of our voting age citizen population registered, which ranks 45th. Read More

Categories: Elections

Video: Educated Latinos vital for California’s future

California faces an estimated shortage of one million college educated workers by the year 2025. Read More

Categories: Economy

CA Fwd’s Fred Silva receives lifetime achievement award

Fred Silva is the recipient of the Sacramento American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) Ross Clayton Lifetime Achievement Award Read More

Walnut Creek thinks outside the transparency box with new Budget Story

The Budget Story carefully lays out Walnut Creek’s finances in a way that’s visually appealing and easy to grasp – it’s more magazine than textbook. Read More

Categories: Accountability, Transparency

Vallejo residents fired up about citizen engagement, get ready to head to polls

The question posed to Vallejo residents: How would you spend $3.2 million dollars of a city’s budget? Read More

Categories: Californians

What should California do with the $4.6 billion in extra tax revenue?

Californians in November 2014 are scheduled to vote on a constitutional amendment, the California Rainy Day Budget Stablization Fund Act Read More

Categories: Elections, Governance Reform, Fiscal Reform Plan

Sen. Leland Yee speaks on voting & civic education

Were able to ask State Sen. Leland Yee (D - San Francisco) about his views on some vital topics on the FOCE’s agenda. Read More

Categories: Elections, Transparency

This week in Realignment: May 2, 2013

We have no way to determine if realignment is working or will work because no money was put into research Read More

Categories: Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence

Five California Asian American women recognized by White House as “Champions of Change”

When the White House calls you, you know you’re doing something special. Such is the case for 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) nationally who were recognized by the White House as “Champions of Change.” Read More

Categories: Californians

UC system accepting more out-of-state students at the expense of CA residents

Famously wracked by budget cuts, the UC system has reached a new low in the number of actual Californians it’s admitting. At the same time, out-of-state applicants have had their acceptance levels swell by 21 percent over last year for the coming fall semester. Read More

Categories: Californians, Education, State Budget

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