Budget Reform

California community colleges get double dose of good news
150 150 Nadine Ono

California’s community colleges are considered a key player California meeting the challenge of aligning its workforce to the jobs available. Recently they received a double dose of good news from Governor Brown and President Obama

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Budget: Proposition 2 already having positive impact
150 150 Christopher Nelson

A mere two months after voters approved the Rainy Day Fund Stabilization Act, Governor Brown’s budget proposal reveals Proposition 2 is already having a positive impact on California’s long-term fiscal health.

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LAO Outlook analysis: Thinking smartly about our fiscal future
150 150 Fred Silva

California’s recent approval of Proposition 2 is already paying dividends, but long term revenue stability must still be addressed.

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Prop. 2 aims to secure California’s fiscal future
150 150 Gene Voiland

As a businessman, I’ve learned that timing matters. As a Californian, vitally interested and concerned about the future of the state, I see an opportunity that we should seize.

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New data shows strong support Proposition 1, gains for Proposition 2
150 150 John Guenther

It’s less than two weeks from the election and neither the drought, the support for the state water bond seem, or interest in beefing up the state’s budget reserve seem to be waning much.

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Pete Weber and Jim Mayer: State political reform is working
150 150 John Guenther

The evidence is growing that voters are getting the political reform they wanted when they seized from lawmakers the authority to draw district boundaries, opened primary elections to all voters, and modified term limits to reduce constant campaigning.

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Proposition 2 receives overwhelming endorsements from across the political spectrum
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Proposition 2 captures revenue spikes, doubles the size of California’s rainy day fund and accelerates paying down the state’s “wall of debt”

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