California Forward
As California begins another year with a huge budget deficit, let me make some predictions. Before the confetti from the New Year’s party hits the floor, the Legislature will slide into its time-honored gridlock…
read moreConcern increases daily among soon-to-be high school graduates, their parents, the more than 670,000 current University of California and California State University students, and millions of Californians, as they watch…
read moreEven with the latest tuition increase, a year at Cal is still cheaper than a year at San Quentin.
read moreFor California’s budget, it has been a week of the worst of times and then even worse. With California once again confronting a massive budget shortfall estimated at more than $25 billion …
read moreWord from the state Legislative Analyst on Wednesday is that the budget is scarier than we thought. But Governor-elect Jerry Brown is determined to tame the budget beast.
read moreIn his final budget performance Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger resurrected ideas that fell on the cutting-room floor earlier this year.
read moreWhen I retired as Governor Schwarzenegger’s Director of Finance at the end of last year, I decided that I wanted to remain involved in state policy, especially surrounding our troubled budget.
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