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California Legislature digressing on transparency and open data
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

The legislature recently took one step forward and two steps back on the road towards greater transparency in California.

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Neighbor.ly fights infrastructure woes with crowdfunding
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

Neighbor.ly creates an online campaign allowing individuals to donate directly to the project

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Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on the importance of Open Data
150 150 Ash Roughani

We caught up with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this week at the “Forum on How Government Can Evolve to Harness the Digital Age Revolution” and asked him a few questions about the importance of Open Data to California’s future prosperity

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This week in Realignment: June 14, 2013
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Now that the fervor of May has died down, we have seek a marked increase in the number of stories talking about the more human side of realignment.

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Big transparency win by California Legislature
150 150 Matthew Grant Anson

The budget bill was made public on Tuesday, while its more than 20 “trailer bills” — the detailed bills that make the budget a reality — were posted online the over the following 2 days

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Gaining access to Cal-Access
150 150 Mark Orcutt

The Public Policy Institute of California hosted an event this week in San Francisco focused on the future of California’s elections

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California redistricting a success says new study
150 150 Matthew Grant Anson

“Given the newness and the difficulty of this process, the redistricting process was surprisingly successful.”

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