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May 11, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Johnny Depp plays an ‘Undead’ Legislator?

Assemblyman Barnabas Collins of Butte County hasn’t been this interesting in at least a century. Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of him. Although he had a unique name (he seems to have been the only ‘nonfiction’ person with that name), Collins died almost immediately after being sworn into office and became our shortest-serving […]

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May 10, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Protected: The New Political Era in California

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May 9, 2012 By Alex Vassar

How to Increase Civic Participation

Because civic participation is important, legislators have tried a number of ideas to get citizens more involved in the legislative process. Some of the more creative ideas have been; Capital Fellows Program – Started in 1957 as the Ford Foundation Fellowship, the California State Assembly Fellowship Program is one of the nation’s oldest and most […]

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