Fiscal Reform

How do California’s accounting practices stack-up nationally?
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

The States Project was created to provide non-partisan and reliable information on states’ financial health in an easily accessed and digestible manner.

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City of Alameda moves to two year budget cycle
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

On Tuesday, the city council of Alameda voted to convert to biennial budgeting; a process designed to promote fiscal discipline, long-term policy planning, and increased accountability.

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Pension reform effort in Southern California ends abruptly
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

Los Angeles will not have pension reform on the ballot in the coming city election but the next mayor will most likely need to make the contentious and complex issue a top priority.

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Task Force releases report on California budget
150 150 Christopher Nelson

In June of 2011, Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor of New York, and Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, took matters into their own hands. They shared a growing concern over the financial trajectory of the nation and how this trickled down into state budgets in the form of continued structural imbalances and an inability to provide basic services or invest in the future of state residents.

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LAO Report: GPAA could save state millions
150 150 Fred Silva

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which provides nonpartisan fiscal and policy analysis for the Legislature, finds that the California Forward Action Fund’s Government Performance and Accountability Act (GPAA) would – over time – save the state millions of dollars.

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Teamwork and stable funding critical to strengthening CA public schools
150 150 Susan Lovenburg

California’s schools have seen a 20% reduction in expected funding from the state since 2007. And, with another $1.4 billion in trigger cuts looming, school board members came out in force at the CA School Boards Association (CSBA) annual conference to advocate for a commitment to public education.

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