California Forward
Speak Out, which launched earlier this year, is a virtual town hall where the County can educate citizens about certain projects, decisions and other county business.
read moreA new law will help make it easier for Californians to keep tabs on their public officials. Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed legislation sponsored by the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) designed to provide greater public access to financial disclosure statements by public officials.
read morePublishing the data is only one part of the process, that’s why many non-profits and for-profit companies are stepping in to make sure folks are not flooded and bogged down with the data.
read moreDespite rejecting Senator Leland Yee’s (D-San Francisco) bill to bring California’s campaign finance disclosure system into the 21st, Brown acknowledged the need to overhaul Cal-Access.
read morePublishing the data is only one part of the process, that’s why many non-profits and for-profit companies are stepping in to make sure folks are not flooded and bogged down with the data.
read moreWith one stroke of a pen, Governor Jerry Brown can help bring California’s campaign finance and lobbying database into the 21st century
read moreThanks to the open data movement, which really has grown momentum over the last few years, folks can now see what is going in from within.
read moreMunicipalities throughout the state have moved to provide data to the people. San Francisco is one of the first cities to hire a Chief Innovation Officer. The City also has an open data policy. The city of Palo Alto has an extensive open data platform.
read moreAchieving such a transformation is not an easy task when you are faced with government information that is relatively manageable in size, but often overwhelmingly complex.
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