California Forward
Governor Brown had it about right during his inaugural speech when he said that California always focuses on the same recurring issues: education, crime, budgets and water.
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 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 moreCalifornians say they want a special election to decide for themselves on Governor Brown’s plans to help bring the state’s budget into balance, and they are inclined to support tax extensions…
read moreAfter four consecutive years of budget deficits, Californians are wise to the accounting gimmicks and short-term fillers that keep California lurching from budget year to budget year without the kind of stable system in place that protects the programs they need and want.
read moreOrange County has the lowest unemployment rate of any metropolitan area in California, and the third lowest unemployment rate in the nation.When California Forward approached OCBC to host a civic forum about what it would take to help the state in reforming the way it governs, we said, “You came to the right place.”
read moreDan Walters’ March 5 column is right in stating that Republicans have significant leverage to influence the outcome of state budget negotiations. But the thoughtful Republicans…
read moreThe California State Association of Counties released a letter this afternoon expressing support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to move state services to the counties…
read moreThe California Forward Action Fund joined 18 other civic leadership organizations around the state in urging Governor Brown to enact long-term fiscal reform as part of any budget solution addressing the immediate fiscal crisis.
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