Making Democracy Work
A Guide to County Government
You will find the current schedule of meetings as published in New Times up-dated every Thursday.
Find quick links about:
Check this reference map to view the re-districting boundaries in your neighborhood.
We compiled this booklet to help you become a more informed citizen and to encourage your participation in the government of our County. Find a brief look at our County's location, history, and people, but most of all, its government. We hope you will want to learn more."
Contents include:
LWVC is taking an active role assessing the activities of the California Legislature as fracking legislation proceeds through the political process.
Founded in 1977, CIR is the nation's oldest nonprofit investigative reporting organization + producing multimedia reporting that enables people to demand accountability from government, corporations and others in power.
The Center for Effective Government focuses on:
FactCheck.org a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.