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Realignment in Review: The struggle to bring services to AB 109’s probationers
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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The most likely to go to jail are those that have been there before; a closer eye needs to be kept on the recently released to make sure they’re taking advantage of the services offered with AB 109 funding, and there has to be a legal mechanism to ensure that. If that doesn’t happen, California is right back where it started.

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Covered California failing to comply with National Voter Registration Act
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Under the federal law, more commonly known as the “Motor Voter” act, government agencies providing public assistance are required to offer individuals opportunities to register to vote. That means all Californians applying for health coverage through the state exchange should simultaneously be offered the opportunity to register to vote.

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New transparency portal for special districts launches today
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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California Forward and the California Special Districts Association launch first-of-its-kind transparency portal for California special districts

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Deja Vu: Yet another Special Election Tuesday comes and goes in California
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Because of legislative musical chairs, whopping 14 special elections will have been held in California by year’s end

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VIDEO: Upgrading California’s workforce key goal of Summit
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Part two of our interview with Darrell Steinberg

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Fixing DC: California’s innovations can help
 150 150 Lenny Mendonca and Thomas V. McKernan
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With strong citizen engagement, civic leadership and belief in the possibility of change, these reforms can shift partisan politics throughout the nation as well. Good governance matters, citizens deserve and should demand it.

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A conversation with Connie Rice on mass incarceration
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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Rice recently sat down with California Forward to discuss the award as well as her perspective on violence prevention and mass incarceration.

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