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Alexandra Bjerg

The state of municipal campaign finance in California
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The League of Women Voters of Los Angeles hosted a discussion on the state of campaign finance in California Wednesday, aptly scheduled on what would have been U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis’s 157th birthday.

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Another California off-year election has dismal turnout
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Of the nearly 1.75 million LA County voters eligible in yesterday’s elections, a paltry 9.9 percent, including yours truly, bothered casting a ballot according to preliminary tallies

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Ignorance isn’t bliss when it comes to civic awareness
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Only one percent of respondents answered all five of the relatively easy questions correctly.

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New law opens door into the financial dealings of public officials
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A new law will help make it easier for Californians to keep tabs on their public officials. Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed legislation sponsored by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) designed to provide greater public access to financial disclosure statements by public officials.

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Cal-Access upgrade shelved with Governor Brown’s veto of campaign finance bill
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Despite rejecting Senator Leland Yee’s (D-San Francisco) bill to bring California’s campaign finance disclosure system into the 21st, Brown acknowledged the need to overhaul Cal-Access.

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California voters bedridden with election fatigue
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While I reluctantly waited in line for a Flu shot yesterday, I started thinking about another highly contagious affliction affecting thousands of Californians: Election Fatigue.

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Voter registration train begins rolling forward with California’s Health Benefit Exchange
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Although others are expected to follow California’s lead, the Golden State is just one of five that will provide voter registration services to applicants for healthcare coverage.

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SB 3 vital to modernizing California’s campaign finance database
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With one stroke of a pen, Governor Jerry Brown can help bring California’s campaign finance and lobbying database into the 21st century

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