California Forward
Hardship and risk-taking, hopes and crushing disappointments have been part of Californian lives since the pioneer days, through booms and busts, euphorias and depressions.
read morePeople across California shared their frustrations, ideas, and hopes for the state at various dialogues and conversations this week, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Silicon Valley.
read moreCA Fwd has released its Smart Government Framework, outlining a course of action to restructure the relationship between state and local governments to produce better results for both taxpayers and people who rely on government services.
read moreCalifornia Special District recently interviewed CA Fwd Executive Director Jim Mayer about how CA Fwd believes governance in California should be restructured, what smart government requires, and how Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal could help work toward all of this.
read moreGovernor Brown had it about right during his inaugural speech when he said that California always focuses on the same recurring issues: education, crime, budgets and water.
read moreIt never fails. I’ve walked away from every single public meeting with a new, good idea for solving California’s governance problems. Now, the Framework is not a collection of our ideas; it’s a collection of California’s ideas.
read moreThe KQED California Report’s Governing California series takes a closer look at an area where the state has already begun realigning services to see if moving government closer to the people…
read moreDan Walters’ March 5 column is right in stating that Republicans have significant leverage to influence the outcome of state budget negotiations. But the thoughtful Republicans…
read moreThe California State Association of Counties released a letter this afternoon expressing support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to move state services to the counties…
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