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VIDEO: Rethinking offender care in Santa Barbara County
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Now almost three years into AB 109, counties like Santa Barbara are allocating resources toward programming that stops recidivism in its tracks

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VIDEO: California Economic Summit’s Capitol Day recap
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For three years now, the California Ecnomic Summit has been an ongoing partnership between Calfornia Forward and the California Stewardship Network to gather like minds and stakeholders with the singular goal of advancing the state’s economy in a thoughtful, methodical and logical way

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Bolstered rainy day fund would benefit California business community
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A restructured rainy day fund that captures spikes in capital gains revenue would lend a much needed air of stability to California’s investment climate

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City of Riverside making headway with new open data portal
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EngageRiverside is the latest effort by a sizeable California city to embrace transparency and engage with its electorate

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Legislature passes budget on time but trailer bills keep things opaque
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While the state’s fiscal situation is improving and all parties involved deserve accolades for getting a sound budget passed on time, there is still some lingering procedural darkness.

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Los Angeles building case to be most open city in America
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Over 1500 people RSVPed to see them unwrap one of the most ambitious undertakings of the young Garcetti administration

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