California Forward
Despite deserved good press for getting the bill signed on time, the transparency parade was unable to avoid rain via the governor’s blue pencil.
read moreThe legislature recently took one step forward and two steps back on the road towards greater transparency in California.
read moreThe Public Policy Institute of California hosted an event this week in San Francisco focused on the future of California’s elections
read more“Given the newness and the difficulty of this process, the redistricting process was surprisingly successful.”
read moreState Treasurer Bill Lockyer recently announced that at the end of his term he will step down after what will be a 46 year career.
read moreConducted by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University, parts of the survey discuss disconnects on budget issues and how much bang for their buck taxpayers believe they are getting
read moreThat’s right, just one of 18 elected officials in Los Angeles will be a woman, despite women accounting for slightly more than 50 percent (!) of the population.
read moreAfter initially saying no to a request for daily downloads of the CalAccess database, Sec. Bowen came around and agreed to implement exactly that by Labor Day.
read moreThese are challenging days for local government, but every crisis brings opportunity.
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