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PG&E is spending big in Sacramento as it struggles with costs of North Bay fires
“Nothing discloses how much money is going for a bill,” Heidorn said. Unless there is a reportable individual expense, like Dodd’s breakfast, the public is entitled to “absolutely nothing” about meetings between lobbyists and lawmakers, he said.
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Five proposed charter amendments introduced at Long Beach City Council meeting
Sylvia Moore, the Southern California organizer for Common Cause, said at Tuesday’s meeting that if Long Beach were to create a redistricting commission, it would be a “milestone” achievement for California because half of the state’s 10 largest cities would have such a system for drawing districts.“ Long Beach would be a statewide leader in good governance,” Moore said.
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Conditional Voter Registration Expands Voting Opportunities in California
California voters can now register to vote and cast a ballot on the same day, after the voter registration deadline.
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California’s Latinos and Asian Americans target city councils with district elections
A 2016 report by California Common Cause, a democracy advocacy organization, found that 59 of California's 482 cities hold district elections. Twenty-eight of those cities made the switch between 2011 and 2016.
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Before John Cox was Trump’s choice for governor, he was on a quixotic mission to remake California’s Legislature
Kathay Feng, executive director of California Common Cause, an advocacy group that participated in the 2013 meetings, said she could see the appeal in creating a system that brings constituents closer to their elected officials. But she said her group had questions about how the proposal would be implemented.
