“A new poll paints future hopes for Californians“
“With political polarization on the rise across the nation, an overwhelming majority of Californians — 80% — want to see stronger high school civics courses that include lessons on compromise and negotiation within democracies, a poll released Friday shows.” Read the full article here.

Amid growing polarization, most Californians want to see stronger civics courses for youth
“With political polarization on the rise across the nation, an overwhelming majority of Californians — 80% — want to see stronger high school civics courses that include lessons on compromise and negotiation within democracies, a poll released Friday shows.” Read the full article here.

Poll Conducted by the Statewide Policy Initiative California 100 Examined What Policies Should be Pursued in the State
“The poll found Californians largely remained split on many issues including whether the state is going in the right direction. 46% say it isn’t. But there were proposals that got a lot of consensus. At the top Californians want to see stronger civic courses in high school that weave in lessons on compromise and negotiation and democracy.”

Across party lines, californians favor more k-12 funding and civics education, uc berkeley, stanford poll finds
“Despite growing polarization between political parties in the U.S., Californians are in broad agreement that the state should put more funding towards K-12 education and that California should strengthen its high school civics education, according to a poll conducted by UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and Stanford University’s Center on Democracy among others.” Read the full article here.

California’s future may be brighter than we think
“With fears of a looming recession, stark economic inequality, and high rates of political polarization it is difficult to imagine that Californians can agree on much. However, when we give Californians the opportunity to think beyond today’s headlines, and the time for debate and deliberation, they are able to agree on some pretty big and bold solutions.” Read the full OpEd here.
Free mental health care, invest in rural areas. Here’s the future california wants, says poll
“A new poll released Friday by Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab lays out a vision for the direction Californians are hoping to see the state take in the years and decades ahead.” Read the full article here.

California Considers Deliberative Poll evaluates future of CA policy
“The California 100 initiative recently released results of its California Considers Deliberative Poll, revealing unexpected political accord, hope and curiosity for the future of California.
Designed by members of the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab, the California Considers Deliberative Poll used polling methods that differed from conventional polls.” Read the full article here.

To solve challenges, californians broadly favor a mix of bold, practical solutions
“Californians have a vision for 2050 that seems to break today’s partisan gridlock, with broad agreement on ways to improve health care, education and government efficiency, according to an innovative new poll co-produced at UC Berkeley.” Read the full news blog here.

California Considers: discussing big, bold ideas for the state’s future
“California 100, in partnership with Stanford University’s Deliberative Democracy Lab (DDL), housed at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, embarked on an effort to ask Californians directly to react to big, bold policy proposals that could dramatically transform the state’s trajectory in the years and decades ahead.” Watch the launch event here.
Two-Thirds of Californians Want to Know Who’s Funding Environmental Lawsuits
“California 100 is a transformative statewide initiative focused on inspiring a vision and strategy for California’s next century that is innovative, sustainable, and equitable. The initiative is incubated at the University of California and Stanford, and is guided by an expert and intergenerational Commission.” Read the full news blog here.