CA FWD NEWS

Nation’s first Vietnamese-American mayor takes office in Westminster
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Tri Ta is not only the newest mayor of the Orange County city of Westminster but he is the first Vietnamese American elected in the nation.

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Gov. Brown wants the Supreme Court out of California prisons
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Gov. Jerry Brown made a bold yet calculated play this week to challenge the Federal Court’s continued jurisdiction over the California prison system as part of a ruling that mandated a reduction in the state prison population.

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Lenny Mendonca elected new co-chair of California Forward Leadership Council
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Mendonca, a senior partner at McKinsey and Company in San Francisco, joins Thomas McKernan, Chairman of AAA Southern California, in leading the bipartisan government reform organization.

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Plan Monrovia: How one California city is making a lean budget work
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

As cities are being challenged to do more with less, city officials and residents share the same goal: ensuring that limited resources are being spent wisely. In Monrovia, they are working in tandem to do just that.

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