CA FWD NEWS

California Legislature shouldn’t rush to judgment
150 150 Ed Coghlan

It’s the last week of the two year Legislative session and final action on non-urgency bills must take place by midnight on August 31

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Updated: California legislature mulling election day voter registration
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

On Thursday the Senate Appropriations Committee approved AB 1436, legislation that would allow citizens to register to vote up to and on election day. The approval sends the bill to the Senate floor for a majority vote later this month.

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CEQA reform placed on backburner until next session
150 150 Susan Lovenburg

Senate leader says jamming through current bill “poor policy”

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California Economy: Community colleges look to close workforce skills gap
150 150 John Guenther

Dubbing the initiative “Critical Conversations,” California’s Community College system is calling on the public to talk up how to better align college training programs with the needs of the state’s varied economic regions

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California Legislature: Open data initiative to see final vote next week
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

A bill authored by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) would create an open data standard for electronic documents making government more transparent and accountable

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Sacramento County receives voting technology award
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

With an all-time low voter turnout for the California Primaries, many organizations and political candidates are scrambling to try to get more folks to vote.

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Farm website growing innovation in California economy
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Company helps connect consumers to family farms and their produce

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California Millennials: Gauging the class of 2016
150 150 Matthew Grant Anson

While list compilers may profess to having some level of expertise on the lives of 2016ers, I carry what is essentially a PhD on the topic

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