Cal-Access

Reform success shows California governable and no longer broken
 150 150 Lenny Mendonca and Thomas McKernan
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The effects of elections and budget reform can’t be ignored but there’s also more work to be done to improve government and the economy here.

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Where does California’s reboot of outdated disclosure systems stand?
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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There’s a big opportunity for tech to increase transparency, boost efficiency and help restore public trust.

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Progress report on California’s efforts to restore trust in government
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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While the legislature has taken some positive steps after three senators were indicted, CA Fwd pointedly challenged the lawmakers to do more. Where the effort stands today:

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CA Fwd and others call on Sacramento to modernize California’s disclosure systems
 150 150 Phillip Ung
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This week a broad coalition consisting of good government groups, newspaper publishers, and lobbyists came together for one goal: fix Cal-Access and put Form 700s online

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California Secretary of State candidates on modernizing Cal-Access
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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We asked the seven candidates for California Secretary of State to tell us how and when they would modernize Cal-Access, the state’s outdated campaign finance and lobbying database

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SB 3 vital to modernizing California’s campaign finance database
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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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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Follow the money — if you can
 150 150 John Guenther
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Accessing campaign finance data requires navigating the state’s archaic and cumbersome online disclosure portal, Cal-ACCESS

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Gaining access to Cal-Access
 150 150 Mark Orcutt
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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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