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Ballot Initiative Reform: Coming Together for a Better California

For over a century, Californians have been exercising direct democracy by petitioning for ballot initiatives. This practice began as a way for citizens to work around legislatures that were heavily influenced by bribes and corporate interests. Now, 100 years later, the process has confused citizens and led to a system dominated by big money, TV…

Innovative New Tactics and Hands-On Organizing Change the Golden State’s Political Map

A recent news story in Alternet describes how a historic coalition of progressives with deep roots in local organizing in working-class communities set out to change the political status quo beginning in 2009. Last November, this coalition, which includes California Calls, proved to be the “linchpin in a statewide vote raising $6 billion a year…