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The seven most important changes community colleges can make to close California’s skills gap
 150 150 Van Ton-Quinlivan
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The skills gap is the biggest hurdle to economic prosperity for unemployed individuals, but there are some specific changes two-year colleges could make to help minimize the gap and improve completion and employment rates.

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Elections leaders tout voter turnout and access reforms at Los Angeles gathering
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Secretaries of State from high turnout states shared how they’ve worked to increase participation and California officials talked about boosting access and addressing barriers to voting.

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Report: Reforming felony threshold for theft would not increase crime rates
 150 150 Nadine Ono
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New data shows that states could likely reduce costs of incarceration without a negative impact on crime.

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11 steps for cutting housing costs highlighted by San Diego Housing Commission
 150 150 Justin Ewers
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Report lays out options that could increase the supply of housing, reducing the price of new homes for more San Diegans.

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Is it time California looks at how we pay for our elections?
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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Rising costs and aging voting systems will affect the future of California elections, the topic of a gathering of election officials this week.

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Rock The Vote takes aim at California’s low youth voter turnout
 150 150 Bill Britt
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Youth vote panel at this week’s FoCE Conference in L.A. will talk up efforts to boost participation by Millennials, who were 28 percent of the state’s electorate last presidential election.

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Agriculture Key to California Economic Summit’s ‘One Million Challenge’ for Workers, Water and Homes
 150 150 AJ Hughes
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Key component of the Summit’s outlined vision, which is designed to spur economic growth in the Golden State.

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CA Fwd partners with watchdog agency to modernize California’s landmark political ethics law
 150 150 John Guenther
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Project to streamline and simplify California’s Political Reform Act will make it easier to understand, comply with, and enforce the 41-year-old ethics law.

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