California Forward
The budget deal will significantly simplify and rebalance how the state allocates money among school districts and charter schools serving 6 million students
read moreThis week has seen the fervor over both the CDCR report, Gov. Brown’s May budget revision and Abel Maldonado’s failed bid to turn public safety realignment into an election wedge issue finally taper off.
read moreThe tide is turning. It has been for a while now on public safety realignment.
read moreSince May 1st, the VVCF started raising money for Campaign for Classes. The goal is to raise $250,000.
read moreThe CDCR released a report tracking the initial phase of realignment based on just 6 months worth of data
read moreIn a sign that public safety realignment is gaining prominence, Gov. Jerry Brown touched on the issue in his short statement on his May budget revision
read moreCampaign season for the 2014 elections is already heating up and public safety realignment is fast becoming one of the most politicized topics.
read moreWe have no way to determine if realignment is working or will work because no money was put into research
read moreFamously wracked by budget cuts, the UC system has reached a new low in the number of actual Californians it’s admitting. At the same time, out-of-state applicants have had their acceptance levels swell by 21 percent over last year for the coming fall semester.
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