CA FWD NEWS

Voters in San Jose and San Diego overwhelmingly passed ballot initiatives designed to balance local budgets by cutting retirement benefits for city workers.

The analysis, the prognostications and the head-scratching have begun. We tried to gather up as much on as many topics as possible for you to peruse this morning.

This is actually possible, at least if you’re a Capitol Aide. Facebooking and Tweeting could soon be a new job description for aides as part of “official legislative business.”

Five communities in the Bay Area had a chance to flip the tables and ask journalists some tough questions in meet-ups arranged by KQED, The Bay Citizen and California Watch.

Many Californians are frustrated, disenfranchised and increasingly apathetic about the political system.

Elections were far less complex back when our most politically influenced moments were deciding which lunch table to sit at.

One of the key actions we can take as U.S. citizens is to vote. But, sometimes complex ballot measures, unsavory choices, and lack of time can derail us from this important act of democracy.

Jennifer Waggoner, President of the League of Women Voters, has a message for the all of the females out there who are eligible to vote, but choose not to.

At least 10 sitting California state lawmakers running for re-election or new seats avoided disclosing their political office on the ballot by, instead, self-identifying as small business owners, farmers, or physicians.