The people of California seem quite willing and able to reach agreement – at least on the subject of disappointment in their elected officials. Regular readers of my column know that I support election reform, beginning with redistricting, but also including open primaries and extending or ending term limits.

True representative democracy results from informed voters selecting quality representatives and those representatives in turn being directly responsible – first and foremost - to their constituents.

There are a number of organizations in the state working toward these goals and I want to highlight one of them today, the Commonwealth Club and their Voices of Reform Project. VoR is headed up by the very energetic and impressive Zabrae Valentine.

While a visit to their website is the best way to learn more about the work they are doing and how you might get involved, this note from their site gives you an excellent idea of what they are about.

Voices of Reform seeks to foster probing discussions of key governance reform issues, make these discussions available to a broad range of people throughout the state, and encourage opinion leaders in this state to actively pursue promising reforms.