Fiscal Reform

CA’s reform movement underway, even if some don’t know it
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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‘I read the cover story in The Economist this week about what the reporter (Andreas Kluth) believes is a dysfunctional government in California. He essentially argues that there’s too much democracy, that the initiative process has created unwieldy ballot box budgeting and that has paralyzed the state. I thought it was very simplistic.

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Improving governance through restructuring
 150 150 California Special District
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California Special District recently interviewed CA Fwd Executive Director Jim Mayer about how CA Fwd believes governance in California should be restructured, what smart government requires, and how Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal could help work toward all of this.

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Water water everywhere? Not exactly
 150 150 David Hill
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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.

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Jerry Brown faces tricky budget options
 150 150 John Guenther
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Today 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…

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Two key state budget initiatives pass out of committee
 150 150 John Guenther
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California 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.

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Field Poll: Voters willing to approve June election, tax and fee extensions
 150 150 California Forward
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Californians 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…

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Californians want real solutions
 150 150 Fred Keeley and Bruce McPherson
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After 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.

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Letter to the Editor: GOP’s budget vision
 150 150 Pete Weber
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Dan 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…

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