[CA] Introduction

[CalWonk]

Hello everyone,

I want to check how many folks in the COG group are California-based
or are willing to work on California State OpenGov issues. We all know
and hear about the great work being done in San Francisco, but less
than 100 miles away in Sacramento, the state lags desperately behind
in updating websites, making data available, or improving state
services via the Web. They have made attempts before, such as
transparency.ca.gov or data.ca.gov, which is fine and all. But then
you get sites like leginfo.ca.gov (beware, it's horrible), which is
supposed to be the portal for citizens to get access to legislative
information. I have confirmed today that they are working on an update
to leginfo.ca.gov however there is no publicly announced timeline for
beta.

So what I'm getting at is I'd like to start mobilizing folks who are
willing to work on turning the 8th largest economy in the world with
the single largest state budget in the nation into an OpenGov and
transparency leader.

Shoot me an e-mail at edi...@calwonk.com or reply to this post if
you're interested.

A little background on myself: Have spent the last 3 years as a
lobbyists in Sacramento and was a former Capitol staffer. Born and
raised Californian with an unhealthy, but wonkish, obsession with
state governance.

Got lots of projects in mind and would like to meet people who have an
interest in helping out.

Thanks,

-Phillip Ung