Lenny Mendonca

LISTEN: Newsom economic chief Lenny Mendonca talks taxes and beer with Capitol Weekly
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Former CA Fwd co-chair featured on podcast, discussing reinventing economic development and the future of California’s high speed rail

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Graduates, we need you to invent the future — again
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Knowledge is doubling every year but the problems that need to be solved are increasing almost as fast.

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Governor Brown goes to Washington
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California’s governor sent message to President Trump about where they could work together and where they may clash

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Can this presidential election actually energize political reform?
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With a highly polarized political environment nationally, the time is right for reform to break gridlock at the state level.

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Commentary: Tired of the political death-match?
610 200 Antony Bugg-Levine and Lenny Mendonca

Nothing unites like making government services more effective for the people who rely them and more efficient for taxpayers

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CA Fwd — Approaching a Decade of Making a Difference
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Ten years into an era of reform, California’s outlook has been shaped by public desire for change in how government served the people.

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Commentary: Fighting Poverty in America
610 201 Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca

Too often poverty initiatives are not tailored to local community needs and not driven by evidence of effective outcomes.

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Lenny Mendonca: Hiram Johnson Would Like This California Era of Reform
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Despite shortcomings, the state’s citizen ballot initiative process has brought important reforms to California via direct democracy.

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