California Forward
Californians have just moved through two important dates: the end of the fiscal year, and the 4th of July weekend. For fiscal and policy nerds like me, it makes sense to pause for a moment and reflect on “what condition our condition is in.â€
read moreThroughout the month of June, CA Fwd Leadership Council member Fred Keeley will appear on Comcast Newsmakers, discussing California Forward’s work to move government closer to the people and make it more accountable, transparent, and effective.
read moreAs the legislature works to reach agreement on a budget and organizations across the state push for reforms designed to make government work more effectively, California Forward is taking the discussion to the people in a major way.
read moreAfter 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.
read moreMuch of California’s government is broken. We elect good folks to work to improve education, the environment, the economy, and other important issues. But, little if anything seems to get…
read moreCalifornia, as we know, is awfully complex, with a Gross Domestic Product eclipsing that of all but seven world nations and a culture lurching ahead of perhaps all formal political entities…
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 moreCalifornia Forward’s Fred Keeley, treasurer of Santa Cruz County and leader in efforts to reform California’s broken budget and governance system, appeared on The CEO Show with Carl Guardino on Nov. 9, 2010.
read moreYesterday, California officially entered its third week into the 2010-11 Fiscal Year without a budget. While this is hardly surprising to close watchers of California politics and nowhere even close to the 85 days late which the previous year’s budget was enacted, the inevitable annual delay certainly does little to improve public perception of state leaders.
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