Californians

Alameda County Registrar of Voters reaches out with new bilingual newsletter
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Alameda County, like many other counties in California, is home to a number of non-English speaking residents. California’s diversity is one of the many things that make this state so great.

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California manufacturing — it’s better than you think
150 150 John Guenther

California has more manufacturing jobs than anyone else, and new legislation is intended to keep it that way.

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San Francisco’s health analyzed neighborhood by neighborhood with new mobile app
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee announced the launch of a mobile application that uses open government data to rank the health of each of the city’s diverse neighborhoods, block-by-block.

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Oakland makes another step in the direction of digital citizen engagement
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

The city of Oakland made it easier for citizens to get simple answers to the most frequently asked questions with a new online tool called Oakland Answers.

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Palo Alto embraces its Silicon Valley soul with a new smartphone app
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Reporting these matters along with all other public works issues, in the city of Palo Alto, just got a bit easier thanks to a new mobile app—PaloAlto311.

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Gaining access to Cal-Access
150 150 Mark Orcutt

The Public Policy Institute of California hosted an event this week in San Francisco focused on the future of California’s elections

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