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Report: California criminal justice could rethink treatment of pre-trial detainees
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Today the Partnership for Community Excellence released a report that details several steps counties could take aimed at reducing their pretrial detainee population and increasing the overall efficiency in how that population is processed and ultimately save significant budget money.

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Election day registration signed into California law by Gov. Brown
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Assembly Bill 1436, by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles), which passed out of both houses along party-line votes earlier this year, will allow eligible California voters to register and vote up to and on Election Day. Currently, voter registration forms must be postmarked 15 days prior to any election.

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Video: Getting California economy ready for future
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Expert breaks down what California needs to do to prep economy for growth

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California Millennials: Don’t be fooled into thinking your vote doesn’t count
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Young people have a real opportunity to decide which candidates or propositions win this November as elections are increasingly being won by slim majorities. But if they aren’t registered, they can’t vote.

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Why California Latinos must register to vote
 150 150 Arturo Vargas
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Latinos are the fastest-growing and second largest population group in the United States. According to projections from the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, more than 12.2 million Latino voters are expected to cast ballots on Election Day, an increase of 26 percent from 2008.

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New Campaign: Mobilizing Asian American voters in California
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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Asian Americans make up a big chunk of California’s population. So they could make a huge impact come November. But the key word here is “could” as people who are eligible to vote…aren’t registering to vote.

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Video: California unemployment slowly receding
 150 150 Cheryl Getuiza
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California has added nearly 300,000 jobs in the last year.

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Task Force releases report on California budget
 150 150 Christopher Nelson
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In June of 2011, Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor of New York, and Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, took matters into their own hands. They shared a growing concern over the financial trajectory of the nation and how this trickled down into state budgets in the form of continued structural imbalances and an inability to provide basic services or invest in the future of state residents.

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