Government Performance & Accountability

California Legislature: Open data initiative to see final vote next week
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

A bill authored by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) would create an open data standard for electronic documents making government more transparent and accountable

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Sacramento County receives voting technology award
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

With an all-time low voter turnout for the California Primaries, many organizations and political candidates are scrambling to try to get more folks to vote.

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Video: Getting Californians engaged and voting
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Current and past elected leaders, business, labor and community leaders gathered to offer their thoughts and ideas on this critical topic

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California Water: The muddy issue of the Delta Twin Tunnels
150 150 Niki Woodard

If three quarters of the state’s population know nothing about the Delta, then far more must be unaware of the fact that it’s on the brink of collapse

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Incumbents in Seal Beach lack opposition, elections to be canceled
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

The November elections are still two and a half months away, but we can already call the winners of a handful of local races in two Southern California cities.

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Video: Bridging the gap between Californians and their government
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

We are ready to help promote the best practices, shine light on those who don’t live up to what the people want, and try to be a catalyst for positive change in the state.

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Video: Sacramento as seen through the eyes of Californians
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

In light of what’s been going in Sacramento, many people believe things have become worse, but they still have faith things can get better.

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Video: How do we fix the California state government?
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

At a recent symposium held in Orange County, our own Cheryl Getuiza digs in to answer the monumental question of how we go about repairing a very broken California state government.

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California cities not setting enough aside for health care
150 150 Matthew Grant Anson

A new study from California Common Sense found that of the 20 cities with the largest budgets, 11 of them – over 50 percent – had not put aside money for future health care costs that they are virtually guaranteed to take on down the line

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