CA FWD NEWS

VIDEO: Leon Panetta says young people are our strength and future
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Panetta told current California Forward co-chair Lenny Mendonca in a recent video interview that his own call to service was inspired by his immigrant parents, serving in the military and John Kennedy’s call to young people in the early 1960s

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Results are in: Surveyed Californians eager for a Path Toward Trust
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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California Forward will often ask folks what they think on certain issues, but never have we gotten such an overwhelming response, however, than when we sent a simple survey asking people to give us feedback on our Path Toward Trust

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VIDEO: Taking California’s Online Voter Registration to the next level
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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The June 3rd primary election is just six weeks away, yet millions of Californians will be unable to cast a ballot because they’re not yet registered to vote.

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California ballot initiatives — keep them but fix them
 150 150 John Guenther
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California Forward, the League of Women of Voters of California and dozens of others civic groups have been meeting over the past year sharing opinions and ideas for changes in the initiative process.

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California jobs numbers stay flat but Inland Empire improving
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Construction bouncing back but workforce issues remain

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Water debate leading somewhere unexpected: Optimism
 150 150 Justin Ewers
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Drought causes conversation on water not happening before

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Rainy Day Fund: Other states’ volatility is California’s lesson to learn
 150 150 Courtney M. Fowler
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We’re in an upswing now. But we saw what happened last decade when everything was decidedly not hunky dory. Safety net services are the first to go, but the hole that this state had dug itself was so deep that cuts were made seemingly everywhere to get back in the black.

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