California Forward
Buried in a major new poll on Californians’ attitudes toward government is a finding that explains many things: Only six percent of adults can identify where the bulk of the state’s money comes from, and how it is spent…
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 moreYou do not have to have read George Orwell to know that one of the most abused words in the English language is “reform.” It is almost as bad as our penchant for reviving old labels with the word “neo.”
read moreCalifornia small businesses have been and will always be critical to California’s success.
read moreNo election is insignificant, but the specific measures on the California ballot this November bear heavily on our concerns for social justice.
read moreCalifornia Forward has worked diligently to advance political and fiscal reforms that will bolster democracy and improve the performance of government in our great but struggling state.
read moreOver the past two years, lawmakers have made changes to certain tax laws, which have led to a decrease in the amount some businesses pay in income tax. Proposition 24 would repeal these changes and reinstate business tax laws as they existed in 2008.
read moreCalifornia’s unemployment rate is 12.4 percent – third-highest in the country – but that statistic fails to tell the whole story of our economic woes.
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