How Can California Overcome Its Voter Disillusionment? Join us October 3 to Discuss
How have watershed moments in California history affected voter turnout? Join us in Sacramento to explore what voting’s past means for California’s future.
Scenes from Sacramento: How Can California Overcome Its Voter Disillusionment?
A photo recap of our California on the Ballot program at the Sacramento Public Library.
Explore Our Updated California on the Ballot and Tools of the Trade Pages
Explore relaunched pages for our Tools of the Trade and California on the Ballot initiatives.
The Fourth Estate: Media and Democracy
What is non-profit news? Does journalism have a civic mission? In a landscape of social media and citizen journalism, who decides who gets to be a journalist, and what defines journalism?
California Dreamin’: How Do Social Movements Reimagine California?
Explore the Red Power movement, the occupation of Alcatraz Island, and its lasting influence on Native American legislation, California, and subsequent social movements.
After the Vote: Recall Elections in California
Experts unpack California’s use of recall elections, with an eye to the uncertain future of this electoral tool.
Voting Rights for Indigenous Populations
Despite rights granted by the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, many native people remain excluded from democratic processes. We explore the barriers facing native voters and seekers of public office.
Civic Participation and California Immigrants
We discuss the state of civic power for immigrants and DACA status holders in California – electoral and beyond – from California’s founding to current day. What role might California’s immigrant communities might play in the future of citizenship?
Voting Rights for Incarcerated Californians
In November 2020, California voted to refranchise 50,000 parolees under Prop 17, sparking a broader conversation about voting rights for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated citizens. How has this question been discussed throughout state history?
Voters on the Move
Learn about the work of California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission in this discussion of our state’s evolving electoral map.
