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New report shares progress on California Economic Summit’s 2016 goals
610 200 Justin Ewers

Looking ahead to 2016 Summit, leaders are taking stock of goals to produce one million more skilled workers, homes, and acre-feet of water over the next decade.

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Santa Ana aims to fill sizable affordable housing gap
580 200 Nadine Ono

New housing hasn’t matched low-income need in Orange County city where more than 20 percent of residents live in poverty

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Central Valley alliance looks to boost region’s manufacturing ecosystem
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Companies and local partners team up to build up San Joaquin Valley’s manufacturing workforce.

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California Treasurer Chiang calls out pay to play in school bond elections
610 200 Ed Coghlan

Good government organizations applaud effort to stop questionable bankrolling of campaign activities in local bond election campaigns

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Campaign cash: A journey through the Cal-Access labyrinth
610 200 Cosmo Garvin

Update on the quest to upgrade California’s obsolete campaign finance disclosure technology

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VIDEO: Watch webinar intro to project simplifying California’s Political Reform Act
610 200 John Guenther

Introductory video lays out the goals and timeline to modernize the states political ethics law and how the public can participate

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Political Reform Act Revision webinar draws great interest
610 200 Ed Coghlan

Project will invite public comment on refreshed version of California’s “overly complex, cumbersome and at times inconsistent” political ethics law.

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Affordable Housing: Coming to Grips with a Crisis
580 200 Abelardo de la Peña

Adding to affordable housing woes is the simple fact that there is not enough housing to meet the needs of growing communities.

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