California Forward
Last week, John Myers moderated a frank discussion at Cal State Sacramento about what drastic measures are needed to get our state back on track. Here’s what was said.
read moreCAFwd’s Fred Silva reacts to the news today that far more than $54 million in state park funds may have been overlooked when crafting the state’s budget
read moreFred Silva, our own Senior Fiscal Policy Advisor, is making the rounds in the media lamenting the lack of transparency that is once again creeping back into California’s budgeting process.
read moreThe California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which provides nonpartisan fiscal and policy analysis for the Legislature, finds that the California Forward Action Fund’s Government Performance and Accountability Act (GPAA) would – over time – save the state millions of dollars.
read moreOnce again the Legislative Analyst has pulled back the curtain on California’s budgeting practices, announcing last week that the state is likely to have a $3 billion deficit at the end of this fiscal year. This means we can expect significant mid-year cuts to education and social services programs under the budget “trigger” mechanism.
read moreIt is now up to members of the California Assembly to decide whether two of California Forward’s important fiscal reforms will move forward.
read moreIn an era when more and more Californians are demanding accountability and transparency in government, our budgeting process has slid back into the cloaked era of the past.
read moreWhen California Controller John Chiang decided on Tuesday that legislators would not be paid, he based that decision on the fact that the budget they passed last week was not in balance as outlined by voter-approved Proposition 25, even though the budget was passed on-time.
read moreThe 2011-12 budget plan introduced by Governor Brown on Monday includes major pieces of the fiscal puzzle that at long last will hopefully bring fiscal balance back to California…
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