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An Interview with Shankar Singam

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Electricity Markets in the Western U.S.

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Independent California Endorses L.A. Measure B (city public bank)

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Bearly Represented: How the U.S. Constitution makes Californians second-class voters

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California Tax Reform without a Supermajority

The Legislature may, by majority vote, place tax reforms before the voters if they amend or repeal relevant voter-passed legislation. Prop 26 did not take away the legislature’s ability to Read More

Posted On : January 22, 2018 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Enrollment in Public Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (August 2017)

This 1-page fact sheet gives an overview of the various Medi-Cal plans, with an emphasis on the public managed care plans that could lay the groundwork for Single Payer in California. For Read More

Posted On : January 12, 2018 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Laying the Groundwork for Single Payer in California

California is closer to a universal Single Payer system than it might seem. 45.8% of Californians are already on Single Payer (Medi-Cal, Medicare, or both). By building on and expanding California’s Read More

Posted On : January 12, 2018 Published By : C.C. Marin
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  • Initiative Reform

California’s Initiative Circulation Period

California law specifies an unusually short amount of time to collect signatures to qualify an initiative for the ballot. This heavily advantages paid signature collection over volunteer efforts. To meet Read More

Posted On : December 18, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Prop 10 and Tax Increases by Majority Vote

The Legislature may, by majority vote, place tax increases before the voters which go towards promoting, supporting, and improving early childhood development from the prenatal stage to five years of Read More

Posted On : October 20, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Why We Shouldn’t Wait on Washington for Better Health Care

 Let’s face it, health care in California is a mess. For the average person, buying insurance and accessing care is expensive and confusing. Small business owners must choose between paying Read More

Posted On : October 3, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin
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The California taxpayer’s case for independence

On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office cleared the California Freedom Coalition’s initiative, “California Autonomy from Federal Government,” for circulation. If passed, it would direct the Governor, in coordination with Read More

Posted On : July 28, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Backers of California Secession Say State’s Senate Representation Is Dire

Smaller states overrepresented in Congress tend to lean conservative and Republican and, as big blue states like California grow, the power of smaller counterparts actually increases in contrast because budget legislation is Read More

Posted On : July 25, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Representation in the U.S. Senate (Map)

The area of each state on this map shows how much representation in the U.S. Senate the average resident gets. For example, the average Wyomingite gets 66 times as much Read More

Posted On : June 28, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin
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Speaker Rendon’s Bizarre Plan to Kick Single-Payer into the Initiative System

Last Friday, California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) announced that he was hitting the pause button on SB 562, a bill to establish a single-payer health care system in California, holding Read More

Posted On : June 26, 2017 Published By : C.C. Marin

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