Blog & News

California region takes historic steps towards local control of airport
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Listen up Los Angeles. The Inland Empire is sending out a message they hope is loud and clear: Set Ontario Free!

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The data on crime, recidivism, and jail capacity
150 150 Sharon Aungst

As part of the ongoing work of the Partnership for Community Excellence, we take a look at the data between crime rates, recidivism and jail capacity and what that relationship means for the world we all live in.

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Coalition gaining momentum to solve California’s water woes
150 150 Justin Ewers

There’s more to fixing California water systems than building the Canal

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California voter registration sees record efforts on college campuses
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Student organizations spearheading voter registration efforts on California State and University of California campuses this cycle registered almost 70,000 students, significantly besting respective efforts in 2008.

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University an entrepreneur-making machine for California economy
150 150 John Guenther

Stanford grad companies would be 10th largest economy in world if combined

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California elected leaders—not always open and transparent about their voting record
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

The Associated Press, this week, reported exclusively that it had analyzed every vote cast during the 2012 session and discovered California Assembly members changed and added their votes to legislation more than 5,000 times.

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San Francisco getting on Open Data bandwagon
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

A government at your fingertips. That’s what leaders in the city and county of San Francisco hope with new legislation to strengthen the city by the bay’s landmark Open Data initiatives.

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