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Angelenos Overwhelmingly Approve Redistricting Reform for LA
Over 70% of Los Angeles voters agree — it’s time for fair maps and a more representative City Hall
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Modesto awarded $3.7 million contract without following normal bidding rules
But spokesman Sean McMorris with the good-government group Common Cause California said in an interview that if Modesto believes Rank Investigation & Protection is the best company, then the city should have proved it by having it compete through a request for proposals.
“If this is the best person for the job,” he said, “they still will get the contract if it goes out to an RFP.” McMorris said there is no justifiable reason for a city not to issue a large contract through a request for proposals or other formal...
“If this is the best person for the job,” he said, “they still will get the contract if it goes out to an RFP.” McMorris said there is no justifiable reason for a city not to issue a large contract through a request for proposals or other formal...
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CA Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Three Key Bills to Prohibit Local Gerrymandering, Expand Election Day Registration and Set Campaign Contributions
Victory! Governor Gavin Newsom signed three key bills banning local gerrymandering, expanding state voting access and setting campaign contributions in city and county elections yesterday.
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California Common Cause Urges Governor to End Local Gerrymandering
SB 139 and AB 849 would set fair redistricting criteria, increase public engagement and require large counties to appoint people – not politicians – to draw maps
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Common Cause Lauds Reform to LA Matching Funds: Super Match will be More Accessible to Grassroots Candidates
Today the Los Angeles City Council approved a major reform that will make matching funds more accessible to all candidates running for city office. The amendment, introduced by Councilmember Mike Bonin and seconded by Councilmembers Paul Koretz and David Ryu, lowers the amount that City Council and Citywide candidates need to raise to qualify for the $6 to $1 public matching funds.
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The Fair Maps Act Passes the California Assembly
Bill aims to end gerrymandering at the city level
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The People’s Maps Act Passes the California Senate
SB 139 aims to end gerrymandering at the county level
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Statement on Los Angeles City Council Campaign Finance Vote
The proposed rules are designed to end the real and perceived pay-to-play politics at City Hall.
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Nonprofits Urge City Council to Limit Behested Payments
Restrictions on behested payments will help end pay-to-play politics at City Hall.
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Diverse Coalition of Immigrant and Good Government Groups Announces Support for Local and County Gerrymandering Reform
SACRAMENTO – In advance of state Senate and Assembly committee votes today, a broad coalition of immigrant and good government groups announced their support for two bills authored by California Common Cause that aim to end gerrymandering at the local and county level.
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Common Cause Leading the Charge to End Local and County Gerrymandering
AB 849, called the Fair Maps Act, requires city councils and other local governments to use standardized, fair redistricting criteria that prioritize communities when drawing district lines. SB 139, the People’s Maps Act, goes one step further and requires counties with 250,000 or more residents to establish independent redistricting commissions to draw district lines using the fair criteria.
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Los Angeles Should Adopt People-Funded Election Rules
California Common Cause urges Los Angeles City Council to make it easier to qualify for matching funds
and to adopt people-only campaign contribution rule
and to adopt people-only campaign contribution rule
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Common Cause Files Brief in California’s Challenge to Citizenship Question on 2020 Census