California Forward
The Sacramento Bee’s Kevin Yamamura takes a closer look at the gerrymandering of CA legislative districts which led to one district line being drawn right through a college campus.
read more‘I read the cover story in The Economist this week about what the reporter (Andreas Kluth) believes is a dysfunctional government in California. He essentially argues that there’s too much democracy, that the initiative process has created unwieldy ballot box budgeting and that has paralyzed the state. I thought it was very simplistic.
read moreSome of the same state legislators who benefited from the higher education system now won’t act to keep it whole.
read moreWherever we go in California, we hear the same themes again and again: The state’s current governance system is broken, it lacks a focus on results, it is too complex, and there are too many decisions being made in Sacramento that could be made better by our own community governments.
read moreHardship 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.
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