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Growing chorus calling for special elections reform in California
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There’s a growing chorus of elections officials, voter advocates and lawmakers questioning the way California fills mid-term vacancies in the state legislature. They often carry a price tag of over $1 million in tax dollars and uniformly see less than 30 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.

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Year in Review: Public Safety Realignment and the PCE
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Sharon Aungst, director of the Partnership for Community Excellence, reflects on 2013 and the state of public safety realignment in California

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Realignment in Review: Back to the basics
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Most of the realignment coverage here assumes a fair amount of knowledge on our readers’ part. Here we take a step back to cover some of the basics.

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California Forward hires former Common Cause policy advocate as new public affairs director
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Just today, California Forward’s hiring of California Common Cause veteran Philip Ung as its new Public Affairs Director was announced. He will start on January 1.

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Words to Deeds brings light to mental health services in justice system
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Words to Deeds’s mission is to “end the criminalization of individuals with mental illness by supporting proven strategies that promote early intervention, access to effective treatments, a planned reentry and the preservation of public safety.”

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New transparency portal for special districts launches today
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California Forward and the California Special Districts Association launch first-of-its-kind transparency portal for California special districts

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Realignment in Review: Sentencing reform is necessary
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The way we sentence those who have committed crimes may be the single most important aspect of the criminal justice system we can change

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Sen. Emmerson’s abrupt resignation brings familiar California issues to light
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Republican State Senator Bill Emmerson of the 23rd district, who just a few hours prior was a panelist at the second annual California Economic Summit, submitted a brief letter of resignation to Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg last Friday afternoon.

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Economic Summit Day 2: A tale of two Californians
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The second day, and main event, focused on the emergence of a prosperous coastal California and a poverty-stricken inland California

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