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California state payroll transparency site reveals interesting city data
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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According to a completely redesigned website showing wage and benefit data for public employees across California, at an average annual salary of over $100,000, Indian Wells city employees have the highest average wages compared to any city in the state.

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Closing skills gap in San Joaquin Valley gets Fed boost
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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While California unemployment dropped in most of state, SJV colleges hope to do better

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Northern California city uses technology for a more open and transparent government
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Code for America recently selected the Bay Area city to participate in its 2013 Code for America program. The organization will connect the city with top talent from the tech industry to develop civic technology.

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Reform the word of day at Milken’s California Summit
 150 150 John Guenther
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Energy innovation, real estate, pension reform: see what else was on tap at #CASummit

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Forward Thinker: How Larry Gerston would fix California
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Larry Gerston, author and California politics expert, sits down with California Forward Executive Director Jim Mayer to discuss what why our Golden State isn’t shining anymore and how more people can get involved and engaged.

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A look at campaign coffers in the San Joaquin Valley
 150 150 Niki Woodard
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We dug around on the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) website and observed a few interesting trends that made us think in broader strokes about the notion of transparency. Law dictates that campaigns hold up their end of the bargain by making this data available, but outside of some local reporters, who is actually using it? It is our right, afterall, as citizens, to do so.

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Two California cities finalists in national contest for ideas on improving city life
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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It’s now down to 20 finalists, with two California cities vying for the top spot: San Francisco and Santa Monica.

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Bay Area on pace to outperform rest of US and California economy
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Tech and professional services drive big jobs increase while SF bets on cleantech boost

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