California Forward
The 2011-12 budget plan introduced by Governor Brown on Monday includes major pieces of the fiscal puzzle that at long last will hopefully bring fiscal balance back to California…
read moreIn recent days several news outlets have focused on the work of California Forward and our efforts to fix state government. While much of this may be in response…
read moreCalifornia has long been the bellwether for the United States as a whole. Indeed, as the world’s eighth-largest economy that is home to Hollywood and Google…
read moreThe direness of California’s budget crisis has one silver lining: efforts to reform state government are finally gaining traction with voters and lawmakers…
read moreAs 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 more“Game changers.” In Silicon Valley, we use this term for cutting-edge products and processes that leapfrog the competition…
read moreNext week, Jerry Brown will take the helm of the maligned entity known as the Golden State. Much of the state’s glimmer has been lost since the last time…
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.
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