CA FWD NEWS

CEQA Reform in California: Is it time?
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Environmentalists say CEQA is a necessary defense against development and urban sprawl that would harm the ecosystem. On the other hand, developers and business leaders often see the law as excessive red tape and regulations that cause delays and increase construction costs. Is it time to reform the 42 year old law?

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Vallejo residents directly decide how to spend sales tax revenue
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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How would you spend $3.2 million to improve your city? The city of Vallejo is asking residents to decide that very question.

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Is it time for California to get on the CEQA reform bus?
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Momentum to discuss & reform CEQA goes on tour in California cities

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Election Day in California: Many reasons for pride
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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With so many stories coming from so many other states about purported voter fraud and attempts at marginalizing minority voters, the narrative was quite the opposite in the Golden State.

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Despite media narrative, California electorate not as diverse as population
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Although you might not know it given that the mobilization of the Latino voting bloc is one of the main reasons cited by the media for President Obama’s re-election, California’s electorate does not yet reflect the state population’s racial diversity.

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Social media highlights & lowlights in California election campaign
 150 150 John Guenther
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With more people consuming media online and watching live TV less, we roundup what kind of social media campaigns the big money bought in the California proposition races.

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The coming tidal wave: What does California’s huge voter registration surge mean on Nov 6?
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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Well over three quarters of the eligible voters in California registered to vote, or about 18.2 million people in total, according to an official statement released by Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office. Although the approximately 986,000 new voters who registered in the 45 days prior to the October 22 deadline doesn’t surpass 2008’s record 1.2 million tally in the same timeframe, this year’s surge is still significant and the overall number does represent a new record total.

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California group poised to work on voter IDs this week, but not in California
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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One hot button issue has been the requirement that voters have official identification in order to vote. 30 states now have those requirements, although the largest state, California, does not.

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