Governance Reform

Political Reform Act webinar set for this week
610 200 Ed Coghlan

FPPC and CA Fwd will share info on project to make the law simpler to understand and enforce

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Modernization of California’s landmark Political Reform Act announced
610 200 Ed Coghlan

Project to update California’s venerable political ethics law for the 21st century has kicked off and will include public webinar and input phases

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Blowing the Whistle: It’s Harder Than You Think
610 200 Caitlin Maple

California state employee whistleblowers are legally protected, except those working for the Legislature. Yet a widely supported bill to change that has had trouble passing.

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Chris Gates: Catalyzing state-based political reform across the country
150 150 Chris Gates

Linking reform-minded leaders to solve problems on the local and state level will be key to filling vacuum left by federal partisan gridlock.

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Lenny Mendonca: Hiram Johnson Would Like This California Era of Reform
150 150 Lenny Mendonca

Despite shortcomings, the state’s citizen ballot initiative process has brought important reforms to California via direct democracy.

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CA Fwd’s Sunshine Week Progress Report
150 150 Ed Coghlan

During the week encouraging open government, CA Fwd reviews this year’s work to catalyze increased transparency and trust in government.

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CA Fwd partners with watchdog agency to modernize California’s landmark political ethics law
150 150 John Guenther

Project to streamline and simplify California’s Political Reform Act will make it easier to understand, comply with, and enforce the 41-year-old ethics law.

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