Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Legislative hearing today on initiative reform

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This morning I'm participating in a joint hearing of the State Senate and Assembly elections committees, which will explore whether Cali...

CA Constitutional Convention Summit coverage

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I spent most of my day yesterday at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Sacramento where hundreds of people from all over the state convene...

CVF Redistricting reform letter, upcoming hearings

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Last week I sent this letter on behalf of the California Voter Foundation to the Bureau of State Audits, which is responsible for implement...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Bay Area Council & others to host a Constitutional Convention summit

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Next Tuesday, February 24 in Sacramento, an unusual event will be taking place. The Bay Area Council, along with a number of other nonparti...

Statewide special election may be called this year

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Yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle featured this story by John Wildermuth reporting on the coming special election needed to get voter...
Monday, February 9, 2009

NYT analysis on Prop. 8 donor disclosures

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Sunday's New York Times Business section featured this column , "Prop 8 Donor Web Site Shows Disclosure Law Is 2-Edged Sword",...
Thursday, February 5, 2009

California initiative campaigns cost $227 million

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The Associated Press' Steve Lawrence wrote this recent article about the amount of money spent on California propositions in the last e...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Prop. 8 campaign can't hide donors' names

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Today a federal district court judge ruled against the Proposition 8 campaign's request that it not be compelled by state law to release...