<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
    xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">

    <channel>

    <title>CA Fwd: Reporting</title>
    <link>http://cafwd.org</link>
    <description>We're Californians. We've come together to reclaim our power as citizens and fix our government.</description>
    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2013</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2013-05-24T18:38:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://expressionengine.com/" />


    <item>
      <title>This week in realignment: May 24, 2013</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-24-2013</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-24-2013</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The CDCR released a report tracking the initial phase of realignment based on just 6 months worth of data]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Crime,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-24T18:38:54+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>New report sheds light on Latino voting trends</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/new-report-sheds-light-on-latino-voting-trends</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/new-report-sheds-light-on-latino-voting-trends</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More Latinos are registered to vote in California and they are less likely to be Democrats than in years past. However, most eligible Latinos don't vote.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-23T21:19:24+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Vallejo embraces Participatory Budgeting, lets citizens vote on how to spend money</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/vallejo-embraces-participatory-budgeting-lets-citizens-vote-on-how-to-spend</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/vallejo-embraces-participatory-budgeting-lets-citizens-vote-on-how-to-spend</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More than a year ago, the city and its citizens started the first ever city wide Participatory Budgeting (PB) process, where the community decides how to spend $3.2 million dollars.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Budget Reform,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-23T19:13:59+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>New study reveals consensus on local reform between government officials and civic leaders</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/new-study-reveals-consensus-on-local-reform-between-government-officials-an</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/new-study-reveals-consensus-on-local-reform-between-government-officials-an</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When a study was released this week and showed a strong nexus in the desires for local government reform between local officials and civic leaders, our interest was piqued.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-22T22:43:19+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Combo of record spending and low turnout in LA mayoral race sees 87 dollars spent per vote</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/outside-groups-break-campaign-spending-records-in-la-mayoral-race</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/outside-groups-break-campaign-spending-records-in-la-mayoral-race</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Los Angeles mayoral race may have had the lowest turnout since '30s.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections, Transparency,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-22T17:36:07+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has a change of heart</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-secretary-of-state-debra-bowen-has-a-change-of-heart</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-secretary-of-state-debra-bowen-has-a-change-of-heart</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Government,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-21T19:13:02+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Transparency train keeps rolling with President&#8217;s open data executive order</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/transparency-train-keeps-rolling-with-presidents-open-data-executive-order</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/transparency-train-keeps-rolling-with-presidents-open-data-executive-order</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Transparency,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-20T20:16:03+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>National Voter Registration Act turns 20 as California expands its scope</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/national-voter-registration-act-turns-20-as-california-expands-its-scope</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/national-voter-registration-act-turns-20-as-california-expands-its-scope</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today marked the 20th anniversary of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), signed into effect by President Clinton in 1993.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-20T19:47:02+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>This week in Realignment: May 17, 2013</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-17-2013</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-17-2013</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-17T16:20:14+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>California voter registration gets a shot in the arm</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-voter-registration-gets-a-shot-in-the-arm</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-voter-registration-gets-a-shot-in-the-arm</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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)]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-16T20:28:32+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Video: HOPE Latina Action Day presses for civic engagement</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/video-hope-latina-action-day-presses-for-civic-engagement</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/video-hope-latina-action-day-presses-for-civic-engagement</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Hispanic women will soon comprise more than 20 percent of the state’s population]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Civic Engagement,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-15T20:40:34+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>A how&#45;to guide for local government collaboration and innovation</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/a-how-to-guide-for-local-government-collaboration-and-innovation</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/a-how-to-guide-for-local-government-collaboration-and-innovation</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[These are challenging days for local government, but every crisis brings opportunity.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Government,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-15T16:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Gov. Brown emphasizes continued discipline in his May budget revision</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/gov-brown-emphasizes-continued-discipline-in-his-may-budget-revision</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/gov-brown-emphasizes-continued-discipline-in-his-may-budget-revision</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In past years, the May Budget Revisions have reflected the need for major spending reductions. The final budget reflects which programs will survive. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-14T20:59:02+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Will Filipinos flex their political muscles?</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/will-filipinos-flex-their-political-muscles</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/will-filipinos-flex-their-political-muscles</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections, Californians,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-13T20:53:19+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>This week in Realignment: May 10, 2013</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-10-2013</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-10-2013</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Campaign season for the 2014 elections is already heating up and public safety realignment is fast becoming one of the most politicized topics.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-11T14:33:33+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>California voting participation numbers are bad&#8212;is help on the way?</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-voting-participation-numbers-are-bad-is-help-on-the-way</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-voting-participation-numbers-are-bad-is-help-on-the-way</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-10T17:26:52+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Video: Educated Latinos vital for California&#8217;s future</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/video-educated-latinos-vital-for-californias-future</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/video-educated-latinos-vital-for-californias-future</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[California faces an estimated shortage of one million college educated workers by the year 2025.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economy,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-10T16:02:56+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>CA Fwd&#8217;s Fred Silva receives lifetime achievement award</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/ca-fwds-fred-silva-receives-lifetime-achievement-award</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/ca-fwds-fred-silva-receives-lifetime-achievement-award</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fred Silva is the recipient of the Sacramento American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) Ross Clayton Lifetime Achievement Award]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-09T20:41:12+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Walnut Creek thinks outside the transparency box with new Budget Story</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/walnut-creek-thinks-outside-the-transparency-box-with-new-budget-story</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/walnut-creek-thinks-outside-the-transparency-box-with-new-budget-story</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Accountability, Transparency,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-08T18:07:21+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Vallejo residents fired up about citizen engagement, get ready to head to polls</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/vallejo-residents-fired-up-about-citizen-engagement-get-ready-to-head-to-po</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/vallejo-residents-fired-up-about-citizen-engagement-get-ready-to-head-to-po</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The question posed to Vallejo residents: How would you spend $3.2 million dollars of a city’s budget?]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Californians,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-07T18:34:20+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>What should California do with the $4.6 billion in extra tax revenue?</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/what-should-california-do-with-the-4.6-billion-in-extra-tax-revenue</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/what-should-california-do-with-the-4.6-billion-in-extra-tax-revenue</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Californians in November 2014 are scheduled to vote on a constitutional amendment, the California Rainy Day Budget Stablization Fund Act]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections, Governance Reform, Fiscal Reform Plan,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-06T17:49:16+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Sen. Leland Yee speaks on voting &amp;amp; civic education</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/sen.-leland-yee-speaks-on-voting-civic-education1</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/sen.-leland-yee-speaks-on-voting-civic-education1</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Were able to ask State Sen. Leland Yee (D - San Francisco) about his views on some vital topics on the FOCE’s agenda.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections, Transparency,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-03T21:03:47+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>This week in Realignment: May 2, 2013</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-2-2013</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-may-2-2013</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We have no way to determine if realignment is working or will work because no money was put into research]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-03T16:41:29+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Five California Asian American women recognized by White House as “Champions of Change”</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/five-california-asian-american-women-recognized-by-white-house-as-champions</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/five-california-asian-american-women-recognized-by-white-house-as-champions</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Californians,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-02T20:00:18+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>UC system accepting more out&#45;of&#45;state students at the expense of CA residents</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/university-of-california-system-accepting-more-out-of-state-students-at-exp</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/university-of-california-system-accepting-more-out-of-state-students-at-exp</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Californians, Education, State Budget,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-01T17:53:54+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Marin County honored for highest voter turnout in 2012</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/marin-county-honored-for-highest-voter-turnout-in-2012</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/marin-county-honored-for-highest-voter-turnout-in-2012</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Marin was No. 1 in the state with a voter turnout of 87.37 percent last November. The last time Marin led the state in election participation was 1952.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Elections,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-30T21:45:38+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Panetta joins California Economic Summit</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/panetta-joins-california-economic-summit</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/panetta-joins-california-economic-summit</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has signed on to serve as Honorary Co-Chair of the California Economic Summit, scheduled for November 7-8 in Los Angeles.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economy,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-30T16:00:38+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Is the state Medical Board doing enough?</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/is-the-state-medical-board-doing-enough</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/is-the-state-medical-board-doing-enough</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wouldn't you like to know if your doctor is qualified, licensed and generally up to snuff?]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Transparency,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-29T14:02:06+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>This week in Realignment: April 26, 2013</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-april-26-2013</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/this-week-in-realignment-april-26-2013</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week we discuss the alarming lack of data being collected on AB 109 and how such data could be put to good use if the state would simply require it and provide funding.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Crime, Partnership for Community Excellence,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-26T16:09:48+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>California Economy gets big boost after Governor’s trip to China</title>
      <link>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-economy-gets-big-boost-after-governors-trip-to-china</link>
      <guid>http://cafwd.org/reporting/entry/california-economy-gets-big-boost-after-governors-trip-to-china</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[First and most importantly, for the first time in 10 years, California opened--or re-opened--the California-China Trade and Investment office in Shanghai]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economy,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-25T19:26:36+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator></dc:creator>
    </item>


    </channel>
</rss>