California Forward
Latino leaders in San Diego came together last week to find ways to navigate California’s budget problems.
read moreMostly Latino civic leaders and grassroots organizers from across Southern California came together over the weekend for the 2011 Latino Congreso Conference to debate, network at Pitzer College over the weekend.
read moreClose is a longtime leader in Sherman Oaks and the San Fernando Valley, known for his tenacious work to protect the quality of life in his community. Since 1976, he’s been president of the influential Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association (SOHA), which impressively averages 175 people per meeting.
read moreSan Ramon Fire Chief Richard Price was eating lunch with members of his team one day, when they heard sirens and saw a team of medics pulling up to the grocery store next door. Someone had gone into cardiac arrest. Not realizing there were trained responders nearby, store managers had called 911, but by the time medics arrived, it was too late to administer CPR. A life could have been saved if only there had been a way to ask for help.
read moreCalifornia Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has a plan to fix California’s broken governance system, and it begins with government investment in the future and innovation from Californians all over the state.
read moreA dozen remarkable women who have made a major commitment to their communities – including California Attorney General Kamala Harris – were honored at a gala earlier this month, hosted by the National Women’s Political Caucus, Los Angeles Westside Chapter (NWPC, LA Westside).
read moreHidden in all the bad news about California’s troubles is this delightful paradox: Californians, while living in a state that experts say is ungovernable, have within their reach new tools that give them greater power to govern themselves than ever before.
read moreWould you ignore a smoking car until it needed to be towed to a shop? Or wait until leaking pipes flooded your house before contacting a contractor? If you did, you’d expect to pay a heavy premium to repair what’s likely become major damage—usually much more than the cost of simple maintenance. But for most Americans, this is exactly what we do when it comes to our health. Up to now, this approach has been mindboggling for policy makers and healthcare providers.
read moreThe words “government of the people, by the people, for the people” were first uttered in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln consecrated the battlefield at Gettysburg. They’ve resonated to varying degrees throughout U.S. history, at times loudly and at other times with barely a whimper.
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