CA FWD NEWS

Humboldt County embraces new system for election transparency
 150 150 Catherine Shieh
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Humboldt Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich responded to controversy and an outcry from residents by creating a system for anyone to request a scanned version of the vote through the Humboldt County Elections Transparency Project.

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Comparing Regional Economies: There’s an app for that
 150 150 Mark Orcutt
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In addition, the California Forward Action Fund has been hard at work with Assembly Speaker Pérez’s staff to incorporate a regional focus into the statewide economic development plan ensconced in AB 53.

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Video: State of the Bay Area’s infrastructure
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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What Bay Area & Silicon Valley leaders say about roads and rail

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The ACA is coming: Riverside and San Bernardino start talking about “Obamacare”
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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Many do not realize that the new law has a massive criminal justice component to it and that California will be throwing away countless amounts of money and opportunity if counties aren’t prepared.

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Follow the money — if you can
 150 150 John Guenther
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Accessing campaign finance data requires navigating the state’s archaic and cumbersome online disclosure portal, Cal-ACCESS

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This Week in Realignment: July 26, 2013
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Do you know where a big part of correction spending comes from? Health care. When the state or county imprisons someone they also take on the responsibility of their health care costs. The coming implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may help ease some of the state and county burden in this area.

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