VIDEO: Panetta urges reforms in California to continue
Former Defense Secretary gives rousing speech on the state of national politics and the need for California to be a model of reform. Read More
Categories: 50 State, CA Fwd Legacy, Democracy
Commentary
CA Fwd rallies political reformers from across the US around nationwide agenda for change
Amid highly polarized national politics, reform groups seek path forward at state and local level Read More
Categories: 50 State, Democracy, Elections, Redistricting, Top Two Primary, Elections
Why the Middle Class Matters
The California Dream isn't sustainable unless we do more to lift the state's workforce into middle class jobs Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
California Community Colleges launch biomanufacturing bachelor degree program
To match workforce needs, two colleges worked together to offer a four-year biotech and biomanufacturing degree Read More
Categories: Economy, Regional Economies
CA Fwd: Moving CA From Red Ink to a Reserve
How CA took a leap forward in creating a more stable state budget picture Read More
Categories: CA Fwd Legacy, Fiscal Reform, Budget Reform, Rainy Day Fund, State Budget, State Budget
CA Fwd: Rebuilding Trust Between The People and Government
How organization has encouraged and promoted more responsive government for a decade Read More
Categories: CA Fwd Legacy, Democracy, Cal-Access, Citizens Redistricting Commission, Elections
Bill Mueller: For Trump, we should prove, not provoke
Show why the California experiment, which values economic, environmental, and social progress, is working Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
Modernization of California’s political ethics law moves into final phases
Project to simplify state's Political Reform Act to bring streamlined draft to Legislature Read More
Categories: Democracy, Elections, Political Reform Act, Tech-enhanced Government, Accountability, Transparency, Accountability, Transparency
A New Declaration needed to bridge gap between government and the people
Duf Sundheim: Goal of a government For The People remains but the way decisions are made needs a new approach Read More
Categories: 50 State
Data on money in politics provide essential infrastructure for a 50 State Solution
Hard facts about political campaign spending are critical to judging how well reforms are working Read More
Categories: 50 State, Democracy, Tech-enhanced Government, Accountability, Transparency, Accountability, Transparency
VIDEO: Community Colleges aim to better prepare California millennials for today’s economy
New chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley says students will need skills to make more career and job changes than previous generations Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
California Community Colleges rewarded for supporting budding entrepreneurs
Efforts to promote entrepreneurs and small business in California earned national recognition Read More
California and CA Fwd should double-down on Smart Government
In divisive era, government reform needs to start with framework based on goals, metrics, and accountability for outcomes Read More
Categories: CA Fwd Legacy, Community Services, Restructuring, Governance Reform, Leadership Council
CA Fwd’s Comments on Governor Brown’s 2017-18 Budget Proposal
Statement on behalf of James Mayer, President & CEO of California Forward Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit, Fiscal Reform, Budget Reform, Rainy Day Fund, State Budget, Jim Mayer
Training center built by colleges and manufacturers to close Inland Empire skills gap
Collaboration helps train more skilled workers to meet local demand as older workers retire and technology changes Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
CA Fwd and Riverside County: Using Data to Solve Problems
A model for system change sprang from a need to make criminal justice more cost-effective and lower jail populations Read More
Categories: CA Fwd Legacy, Community Services, Community Corrections, Justice System Change Initiative, Realignment, Crime
No one is coming to the rescue to solve California’s housing crisis. So let’s do it ourselves.
Even with all the housing bills signed into law last year, the governor and Legislature missed the opportunity to sufficiently respond to the crisis Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
VIDEO: The California Economic Summit—Five years on and poised for more growth
Watch our video wrap-up of the 2016 Summit which drew more than 500 Californians to refine a roadmap to shared prosperity Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
Specialty nurse shortage prompts program promoting “high fidelity” training
Data shows a need for more than 6,000 newly qualified nurses in Southern California alone. Read More
Categories: California Economic Summit
CA Fwd showed how to make progress in divisive year of politics
2016 successes in transparency and accountability show potential for gains in 2017 Read More
Categories: Democracy, Elections, Elections Funding Project, Tech-enhanced Government, Accountability, Transparency, Governance Reform, Accountability, Elections, Transparency