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This week in Realignment: August 2, 2013
150 150 Christopher Nelson

The challenge is this: What happens psychologically to inmates when all of a sudden they are told they are told that they are entitled to the same level of care that you and I are?

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Santa Clarita gets big economic boost from film industry
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

The city felt a $25.7 million impact from filming of TV shows and movies

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Humboldt County embraces new system for election transparency
150 150 Catherine Shieh

Humboldt Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich responded to controversy and an outcry from residents by creating a system for anyone to request a scanned version of the vote through the Humboldt County Elections Transparency Project.

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Comparing Regional Economies: There’s an app for that
150 150 Mark Orcutt

In addition, the California Forward Action Fund has been hard at work with Assembly Speaker Pérez’s staff to incorporate a regional focus into the statewide economic development plan ensconced in AB 53.

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Video: State of the Bay Area’s infrastructure
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

What Bay Area & Silicon Valley leaders say about roads and rail

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The ACA is coming: Riverside and San Bernardino start talking about “Obamacare”
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Many do not realize that the new law has a massive criminal justice component to it and that California will be throwing away countless amounts of money and opportunity if counties aren’t prepared.

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Follow the money — if you can
150 150 John Guenther

Accessing campaign finance data requires navigating the state’s archaic and cumbersome online disclosure portal, Cal-ACCESS

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