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Summit leaders join Assembly Dems in pushing for new $1.3 billion affordable housing plan
580 200 Justin Ewers

Funding for affordable housing should be part of a more comprehensive solution to the state’s expanding housing crisis.

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Website lets Californians explore the costs of running an election
610 200 Ed Coghlan

Association of county election officials launches website that dives into statewide database of how much an election costs, from staffing polling places to printing ballots.

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Santa Barbara explores ways to house its workforce close to jobs and transit
580 200 Nadine Ono

Sporting pricey real estate and hemmed in by geography, city rehabs housing and employs other strategies to create affordable housing for workers from local businesses.

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California’s housing crisis demands an “all of the above” strategy
580 200 Stephen Levy

No single policy action, from bonds to tax credits to streamlined regulations, can produce the amount of housing California needs.

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California counties worried about cost of June primary — and beyond
610 200 John Guenther

With California playing an important role in this year’s presidential cycle, the state’s long-term election funding challenge has come into sharp focus.

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California seeking Chief Data Officer
100 100 Ed Coghlan

Candidate will face challenge of boosting access and quality of government data, while dealing with how to share with a public skeptical of government.

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Mentoring program offers Kern County offenders a pathway away from jail
150 150 Nadine Ono

Promising partnership with county and nonprofit having impact on high rate of return to jail by the formerly incarcerated.

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­Senator Feinstein Joins California Economic Summit
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Organized by CA Fwd and the California Stewardship Network, Summit will gather for the fifth annual statewide meeting in Sacramento in December.

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California business leaders push for workforce training support in state budget
150 150 Justin Ewers

Legislators considering about $250 million in new state budget funding for career technical education programs at community colleges.

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