California Forward
CA Fwd continues touring the state in its search for creative answers to get California back on track.
read moreAs budget talks break down in Sacramento, frustration with state government is reaching new heights. Speak Up CA! dialogues seek to channel that frustration and find solutions.
read moreCalifornia Forward continued its travels around the state this week, talking to people about fixing our government, with stops in Long Beach, Stockton, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, Anaheim, Sacramento, and Merced.
read moreAn eager, engaged, diverse crowd came together on Thursday for the Northern California Redistricting CA Conference.
read moreToday in the Sacramento Bee, political reporter Kevin Yamamura wrote an excellent summation of what California is facing in terms of moving forward on the state budget…
read moreAt a recent Speak Up CA! Dialogue in San Diego, CA Fwd Leadership Council member Fred Keeley captured CA Fwd’s role as a facilitator of publicly driven state government reform…
read moreCalifornia Forward would like to thank the Senate Governance and Finance Committee for showing much needed leadership and passing Senate Bills 14 and 15: Performance-based and multi-year budgeting initiatives to help get the state’s finances back on track.
read moreIt is great to learn that there is at least one non-partisan, non-profit organization, not influenced by the media, either to the right or to the left, that is out to reform state government, move it closer to the people, and end the dysfunction in which it is currently finds itself.
read moreWait, don’t go! Drawing lines really can be fun J My boyfriend tells me that as soon as I mention the word “redistricting,” the snoring noises begin. What I can tell you is that the people at the top of both major parties in California have this once-a-decade process at the top of their priority lists and you should too.
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