California Forward
A new poll finds that most California voters would rather see some prisoners receive shorter sentences than raise taxes or cut education to pay prison-related costs.
read moreJohn Maltbie appeared before a California Assembly budget subcommittee last week to discuss the merits of performance-based budgeting, including measuring whether programs are working and signaling when adjustments need to be made.
read moreAnother piece of California’s budgetary house of cards is wavering as redevelopment agencies file suit to prevent states from forcing them to give up a portion of their funds to other local government priorities, including schools.
read moreThe Pew Center on the States is focusing on California’s dismal voter turnout rate and hopes two Senate bills will help bring more Californians to the ballot box – actual or virtual.
read moreCalifornia Forward has named Mary Simon a Forward Thinker for her work to give teachers access to resources and lesson plans that ensure hands-on classroom learning survives.
read moreThe Sierra Health Foundation commissioned the “Healthy Youth, Healthy Regions” study with additional funding from the California Endowment which was designed and conducted by the UC Davis Center for Regional Change.
read moreWith a strong bipartisan support (74-2) in the Assembly of AB18 last month, it appeared that the Legislature would actually begin to fulfill its constitutional obligation to support our public schools and students. Unfortunately, Assembly Education Committee chair Julia Brownley, pulled the bill from its scheduling hearing in the Senate, essentially shelving it until 2012.
read moreTwo agencies in LA County are battling for the authority to oversee the incoming group of low-risk inmates from the state.
read moreIn an effort to increase transparency and accountability, a group of students from Stanford University has launched a website to reveal how California state government spends taxpayer money.
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