Yeah, now we have not just Bowling Green, Kentucky but also California. In April 2025, I was in Los Angeles, California with Governor Newsom and his team and we reviewed the first results from the Engaged California platform at engaged.ca.gov. It was about wildfire recovery ideas from Palisade and Eaton areas and in conjunction, again, with civil society leader like the Department of Angels and so on. And again, in record numbers, I think almost 30% of people who saw email saying that, “Oh, let’s give your ideas, your feelings about wildfire recovery,” actually clicked through and gave ideas. So, thousands and thousands of Californians had conversations among themselves setting the agenda about, say, the community spaces for mental health help, so on and so forth and we, again, saw exactly the same dynamic.

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