California Forward
A little over a month before the California Economic Summit on November 7-8 in Los Angeles, the final updates to the Signature Initiatives identified at the 2012 Summit have been added to the Summit’s Progress Tracker.
read morePublishing the data is only one part of the process, that’s why many non-profits and for-profit companies are stepping in to make sure folks are not flooded and bogged down with the data.
read moreWe have a serious backlog in funding needed infrastructure projects in California—many of which, the state’s water infrastructure, in particular, are paid for with user fees.
read moreWhile we judge the progress of the Legislature based on how effective they were at creating more middle class jobs and promoting cost-effective public services, we wanted to know what regular Californians like you thought
read moreFrom CA Fwd’s perspective – nonpartisan, good governance – 2013 was a winning season, not a championship year, but steady progress.
read moreAchieving such a transformation is not an easy task when you are faced with government information that is relatively manageable in size, but often overwhelmingly complex.
read moreThe City can now brag that the San Francisco Police Department is the first in the state to use technology to improve public safety with JusticeMobile, a mobile application.
read moreSB740 and AB1299 tackle that digital divide head-on. The two bills each come at the issue from different angles; SB740, sponsored by Senator Padilla, deals with rural broadband infrastructure, while Assemblyman Steven Bradford’s AB1299 is about expanding digital literacy.
read moreAt least one person, in city hall, vows to make some changes that will allow local government to work more efficiently while bringing the data closer to its residents.
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