Selected Blog Posts

Fixing California: An approach to agree on
 150 150 John Guenther
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Hats off to the Think Long Committee (TLC) for braving the waters of reform with a thoughtful, bipartisan approach to addressing the gridlock and fiscal issues that face the state. The TLC report builds on what California Forward has learned: Californians want change, and they want it now.

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CA Fwd Radio Show: Inland Empire faces its economic challenges
 150 150 Gina Baleria
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California’s economy has struggled to find solid footing, and even as we see positive sparks, we find that the state budget approved in June is now nearly $1.3 billion under-funded.

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Participation, performance and accountability: A reasonable approach to governing California
 150 150 Michael Turnipseed
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As the state continues to struggle with chronic budget shortfalls and a sluggish economy, Californians are overwhelmed by a plethora of political solutions. These “solutions” do little to either restore faith in government or that can — or will — address the issues at hand; namely, greater accountability at all levels of government and improved outcomes of critical public programs that most directly impact performance, prosperity and productivity.

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Local government CA’s best hope to ensure accountability & results
 150 150 Bruce McPherson
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Californians have been clear – they want their governments to be more accountable and perform more effectively.

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Critical initiative focuses government on results
 150 150 Zabrae Valentine
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California once again finds itself in the vortex of a leadership vacuum. Public trust and confidence in government are at record lows – as is our performance in critical areas that matter most to Californians: education, job creation, and public safety. To fix our state, we must revamp how budgets and policy decisions are made and implemented and how leaders are kept accountable.

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Fiscal reforms sacrificed in same old story
 150 150 Alan Autry, special to The Sacramento Bee
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In today’s Sacramento Bee, former Fresno Mayor Alan Autry takes a closer look at some of the substantive and reformative bills that did not make it off the governor’s desk, including SB 14, which would have helped stabilize the fiscal process, hold lawmakers accountable to the people they serve, and restore some trust in government.

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