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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; constitutional reform</title>
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		<title>Legislature will pursue governance reforms</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/11/legislature-will-pursue-governance-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Forward]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California legislative leaders and a bipartisan reform group today announced plans to pursue broad portions of the contents of California Forward&#8217;s two governance reform initiatives. (Watch video of the press conference below.) A list of nearly two dozen reforms include reducing from two-thirds to a majority the voting threshold for a state budget, limiting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Convention effort ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california constituional convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clint reilly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Wunderman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The campaign to put a Constitutional Convention ballot measure on the November ballot has come to end. Backers say they have run out of money. &#8220;The challenge has been that the high level of citizen interest did not match the financial commitment,&#8221; said Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of the Bay Area Council, the chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another constitutional convention town hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alameda County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dublin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nate Miley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repair california]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Haggerty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alameda County Supervisors Nate Miley and Scott Haggerty are partnering with the Bay Area Council, Repair California and the Alameda County Citizens for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities to convene the county’s third Constitutional Convention Town Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. this Monday, Dec. 7 in the Dublin council chambers, 100 Civic Plaza in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guv gets &#8216;transpartisan&#8217; award</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/11/11/guv-gets-transpartisan-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen's initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizens in charge foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A national organization opposed to new restrictions on the citizen&#8217;s initiative process today gave Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger kudos for vetoing four bills that would have, among other things, banned the use of paid signature-gatherers. The Virginia-based Citizens in Charge Foundation awarded the governor with the November 2009 John Lilburne Award, so-named after a 17th Century [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional reform group hires Clint Reilly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clint reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repair california]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran political consultant Clint Reilly has been hired to help run the campaign for two constitutional reform ballot initiatives. Reilly will move from volunteer adviser to paid consultant at Repair California, a group founded by the Bay Area Council that wrote two ballot measures it hopes to place before voters in the November 2010 election. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area Council commits $2 million to reform initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California ballot initiatives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New America Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repair california]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve hill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Repair California, a coalition preparing two Constitutional Convention initiatives for the November 2010 ballot, will receive $2 million from its chief sponsor, the Bay Area Council. Steven Hill, a coalition member and director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation, made the announcement a few minutes ago at a constitutional reform convention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California gets plenty of reform advice</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/14/california-gets-plenty-of-reform-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[amy bridges]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barry keene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california channel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[glen gendzel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[william hauck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Experts on governance reform from throughout the state and the country delivered plenty of advice at today&#8217;s daylong conference in Sacramento on the California constitutional reform movement. The sold-out event at the Sacramento Convention Center featured speakers from a host of universities and other organizations on everything from the history of state constitution revisions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voters support reform but which ones?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/14/voters-support-reform-but-which-ones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Lane Center for American West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california field poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for California Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Governmental Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DiCamillo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Field Poll figures released this morning at a constitutional change conference in Sacramento show voters like the idea of reforming the way they govern themselves. But they are reluctant to make the kinds of reforms that have been discussed such as reducing the two-thirds voting threshold to pass a state budget or raise taxes, [...]]]></description>
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