California Forward
The city of Temecula has a budget surplus. Your eyes don’t deceive you. City leaders in Temecula recently announced that the city finished the 2011-2012 fiscal year more than $2.7 million in the black.
read moreHave you ever blown out a tire due to an unfixed pothole and angrily wondered how much your city’s public works department actually spends on street maintenance? Or received a parking ticket that made you speculate as to how much revenue your city collects annually from parking enforcement? If you live in Palo Alto, answers to these questions and more are now just a few mouse clicks away.
read moreWhy is it that our societal narrative seems to focus more on challenge and contention rather than opportunity and cooperation? The San Joaquin Valley is challenging that narrative.
read moreA full six weeks before November 6 hits, this Tuesday was designated National Voter Registration Day. National organizations that have been perennial advocates such as Rock The Vote down to many, many state and local organizations joined hands in mobilizing Californians to register.
read moreIn 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.
read moreWater is arguably the most indispensable pillar of the state’s economy. It’s also one of the most contentious, largely because it’s so darn erratic.
read moreCalifornia is making the foray into the world of online voter registration. It’s not voting…but it’s a definite step in the right direction and will absolutely remove barriers for many to participate in the democratic process
read moreThis November many Californians find themselves in new assembly, senate, and congressional districts. As a result of the passage of Prop 11 in 2008 and Prop 20 in 2010, the power to draw legislative and congressional boundaries was taken out of the hands of the legislature and given to an independent 14-member panel known as the Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC).
read moreWe wrap up the week for you with a few bullet points for Saturday reading.
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