References

References

Some links to give new folks an idea about what we're building.

Campaign finance disclosure examples

• Oakland: http://opendisclosure.io/
• San Francisco: http://transparentvoting.com/
• San Jose: http://codeforsanjose.com/opendsj/
• San Francisco Ballot Measures: http://openballot.a14n.net/
• Oregon: http://ballot.hackoregon.org/#/
• 2013 NYC Mayoral Election: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/16/nyregion/how-much-the-nyc-mayoral-candidates-have-raised-and-spent.html

Knight News Challenge proposals

Open California's proposal.

Related proposals:

• https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/elections/entries/money-talks
• https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/elections/feedback/san-francisco-clout-atlas-combining-lobbying-campaign-finance-and-legislation-data-to-map-political-influence-in-the-city

Cool Sites of Note

• Open Disclosure user testing report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gvyrh5tv7UVyxQwAGKnoqpp-qc1TxW28G_9OslKfqOw/edit
• FPPC Form 460 (the form that started it all!): http://www.fppc.ca.gov/forms/rev201208/460.pdf
• LittleSis (a database of who-knows-who in business and government): http://littlesis.org/
• CrowdPac (compare candidates' stance on the issues): https://www.crowdpac.com/candidates
• Hey Press (finding relevant journalists): https://www.hey.press/
• GitHib Wiki for Open Disclosure Oakland: https://github.com/openoakland/opendisclosure/wiki/Welcome

California Election-Specific Resources

• Ballotpedia - 2016 Elections (school boards, municipal & candidate access): https://ballotpedia.org/California_elections,_2016 and for legacy elections https://ballotpedia.org/California_elections,_2015
• California Civic Data Coalition - Every file in the CAL-ACCESS database: http://calaccess.californiacivicdata.org/files/