California Forward
CA FWD’s Young Leaders Advisory Council (YLAC) publishes their annual Call to Action!
read moreEvents open to the public will feature problem solvers from across the political spectrum engaging with Californians to talk about how we spend our money, how we improve our schools and how we create meaningful jobs.
read moreWe asked a gathering of sub-40-year-old representatives from a range of public policy groups to give us a rundown of those problems and where the opportunities are for fixing them.
read moreCalifornia held a statewide election on Tuesday, but more than two-thirds of voters missed the memo. Initial vote tallies reveal a paltry 30 percent of registered voters bothered to cast a ballot.
read moreLast June the statewide contest for controller was decided by less voters than it takes to fill a large lecture hall (481).
read moreNew research reveals demographic disparities in California’s unsuccessful vote-by-mail ballots, finding youth are more likely to have their vote-by-mail ballots rejected than older voters.
read moreWhile we can’t legislate more exciting candidates, we can do more to show voters that every vote matters
read moreWhile online voter registration has boosted the number of 18-24 year olds added to the voter registration rolls, young people remain underrepresented as a proportion of the state’s overall electorate
read moreIf there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that what works to increase engagement for one group or community might not be what works for another. This is particularly true for Millennials, who face different civic engagement challenges than other generations.
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