California Forward
It is now up to members of the California Assembly to decide whether two of California Forward’s important fiscal reforms will move forward.
read moreDeveloping hard, quantitative standards of spending efficiency should be a priority for a state in California’s financial position. But efforts toward developing such standards have been placed on indefinite hold in the state’s trial court system.
read moreYou’ve heard the statistics. California spends more on prisons than higher education. About 11% of the state budget – roughly $8 billion – goes to the penal system yet seven in ten offenders return to prison – the highest level in the nation.
read moreThe Assembly Budget Committee this morning sent to the full Assembly two bills that would help stabilize California’s fiscal system: SB 14 and SB 15. They passed with votes of 20-0 and 20-1, respectively.
read moreThe long anticipated results of California’s historic deliberative poll have been released, showing that Californians do believe government can work well, if the system is improved and the state’s leaders and its citizens begin communicating again.
read moreCalifornia Forward has named Lt. Tim Murakami a Forward Thinker for his work get to the source of issues facing the community.
read moreWhat’s the best way to connect minority businesswomen with others in their community—then give them the tools to succeed? Put them all in one room, for one day.
read moreComing off a tough budget battle in Sacramento, Gov. Jerry Brown gave a Fresno audience a straightforward assessment of the fractured political climate in the state’s capital – but also a dose of optimism that change can happen.
read moreIt is hard to talk about dysfunction in California government without talking about money. And it is hard everywhere these days to talk about taxes.
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