California Forward
Election officials are taking stock of how smoothly California’s primary elections ran, while dealing with long-standing funding problems.
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The state’s unemployment rate hits 5.2 percent, the state is named sixth largest economy in the world and its workforce training gets a big boost.
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State infrastructure investment not keeping up with need, but Californians need assurances that additional funds will be dedicated, protected, and efficiently spent.
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State budget passage means community college CTE programs will get a much needed upgrade on how the colleges train to meet demands.
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While wins at the top of the ticket are evident, the news in other state and local races is more complicated.
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Observers of California politics reflect on the electoral reform, which resulted in 23 state races with candidates from the same party facing off in November.
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Recent studies document the moderating effects of California’s Top Two primary and independent redistricting reform
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Ballot initiative wins overwhelming approval from voters; proposals to boost transparency in the Legislature move forward
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How a nonprofit land trust worked to build permanent workforce housing after affordable units began disappearing
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