California Forward
Hardship and risk-taking, hopes and crushing disappointments have been part of Californian lives since the pioneer days, through booms and busts, euphorias and depressions.
read morePeople across California shared their frustrations, ideas, and hopes for the state at various dialogues and conversations this week, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Silicon Valley.
read moreCA Fwd has released its Smart Government Framework, outlining a course of action to restructure the relationship between state and local governments to produce better results for both taxpayers and people who rely on government services.
read moreState and community college students met in different parts of California over the weekend to discuss how to get engaged and how to address issues that face the state’s public school and higher education system.
read moreCalifornia Special District recently interviewed CA Fwd Executive Director Jim Mayer about how CA Fwd believes governance in California should be restructured, what smart government requires, and how Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal could help work toward all of this.
read moreCalifornia Forward continues its travels around the state to discuss ideas for fixing California and engage people to share their ideas.
read moreIt was a great pleasure to host a Brews and Views discussion on: “California’s Budget Mess: What’s Next and How Do We Move California Forward.” at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company on the coastside last week.
read moreGovernor Brown had it about right during his inaugural speech when he said that California always focuses on the same recurring issues: education, crime, budgets and water.
read moreIt is commonly said that societies are judged by how they take care of their most vulnerable. California’s recent political-economic history has been tumultuous with short-sighted fixes to complex problems preventing any opportunities for long term growth or stability—leaving our poor, sick, and elderly to fall to the wayside.
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