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Alexandra Bjerg

California Millennial voter registration up, but is it enough?
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Voter registration is up among young Californians, but the increase is not enough to close the age gap among registered voters. The number of 18 to 24 year old Californians registering to vote increased between 2002 and 2010, but these young voters remain underrepresented as a proportion of California’s electorate, according to a new study released last week by the University of California, Davis.

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SBA hits on capital idea for California Hispanic entrepreneurs
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Getting capital to fastest growing segment of small businesses critical to California economy

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City of Palo Alto takes another major step toward transparency
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Have you ever blown out a tire due to an unfixed pothole and angrily wondered how much your city’s public works department actually spends on street maintenance? Or received a parking ticket that made you speculate as to how much revenue your city collects annually from parking enforcement? If you live in Palo Alto, answers to these questions and more are now just a few mouse clicks away.

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Senate bill would translate California ballot initiatives into nine languages
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SB 1233, authored by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), would mandate the State Attorney General’s office to translate ballot initiative and reference title and summaries in all minority languages covered by the VRA, as well as require signature gatherers to carry translated copies while circulating petitions.

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Election day registration signed into California law by Gov. Brown
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Assembly Bill 1436, by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles), which passed out of both houses along party-line votes earlier this year, will allow eligible California voters to register and vote up to and on Election Day. Currently, voter registration forms must be postmarked 15 days prior to any election.

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California Millennials: Don’t be fooled into thinking your vote doesn’t count
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Young people have a real opportunity to decide which candidates or propositions win this November as elections are increasingly being won by slim majorities. But if they aren’t registered, they can’t vote.

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Governor signs bill improving California redistricting process
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This November many Californians find themselves in new assembly, senate, and congressional districts. As a result of the passage of Prop 11 in 2008 and Prop 20 in 2010, the power to draw legislative and congressional boundaries was taken out of the hands of the legislature and given to an independent 14-member panel known as the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC).

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CA Millennials: Rock The Vote targeting frequent fliers, gamers, and electronic dance music fans
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Fasten your seatbelts and place your seatbacks and tray tables in their full upright, and locked position…and prepare to register to vote

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Updated: California legislature mulling election day voter registration
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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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