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CA Fwd and CSBA come together for LCFF “living laboratory”
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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It’s significant when 17 school districts and county offices of education agree to participate in a pilot program designed to figure out best practices for the rest of the state on LCFF and LCAP implementation.

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Your final vote by mail cheatsheet!
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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A record-breaking 69 percent of voters in the June 2014 primary cast their ballots by mail. And more than one million vote-by-mail ballots have already been cast for the November general election.

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New data shows strong support Proposition 1, gains for Proposition 2
 150 150 John Guenther
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It’s less than two weeks from the election and neither the drought, the support for the state water bond seem, or interest in beefing up the state’s budget reserve seem to be waning much.

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Pete Weber and Jim Mayer: State political reform is working
 150 150 John Guenther
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The evidence is growing that voters are getting the political reform they wanted when they seized from lawmakers the authority to draw district boundaries, opened primary elections to all voters, and modified term limits to reduce constant campaigning.

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Public database of county by county elections costs in the works for California
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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A slew of election reforms are proposed each year. When reviewing a measure, one of the first things legislators want to know is: What’s the cost?

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