California Forward
Continuing with our review of the past year, we sat one-on-one with Caroline Vance Bruister of CAFwd’s Partnership for Public Accountability.
read moreThe project brings together experts in computer science, usability, and auditing and adds in the expertise of local election officials from counties throughout the U.S. to examine potential solutions to the current roadblocks toward online voting.
read moreThe City of Los Angeles has tasked a citizen’s panel to solve the great mystery of disappearing voters. We spoke to President Herb Wesson about the commission designed to get them back.
read moreCouncil members, in the city of La Mesa, near San Diego, may soon have to readjust to some new rules if a citizens group is successful in putting a term limits initiative on the ballot.
read moreAssemblyman Anthony Rendon was voted into office in November 2012. He represents district 45 which includes cities like Maywood, Cudahy and Hawaiian Gardens. Another city in his district? The city of Bell, which of course, is synonymous with government corruption.
read moreUnder the federal law, more commonly known as the “Motor Voter” act, government agencies providing public assistance are required to offer individuals opportunities to register to vote. That means all Californians applying for health coverage through the state exchange should simultaneously be offered the opportunity to register to vote.
read moreBecause of legislative musical chairs, whopping 14 special elections will have been held in California by year’s end
read moreThe League of Women Voters of Los Angeles hosted a discussion on the state of campaign finance in California Wednesday, aptly scheduled on what would have been U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis’s 157th birthday.
read moreThere are 14 million Latinos in the state and the Center’s vision says that the development of a strong Latino middle class is vital to California’s economic stability.
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