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Budget Breakdown: This is what recovery looks like
150 150 Jim Mayer

The Governor’s plan of doubling down on shifts in authority to local governments and prioritizing fiscal stability and long-term investments is a good one

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The California economy and the triple bottom line
150 150 Justin Ewers

A new Summit report released this week, Advancing the Triple Bottom Line for All California, offers a first glimpse of how leaders from the state’s urban coasts to its rural interior will use a basic economic principle to bolster regional economies

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Holidays come early for Long Beach in form of budget surplus
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

This year’s surplus is nothing new to the councilwoman. In fact, she’s managed a surplus in three of her last four budgets.

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What’s Possible: 20 years of Reinventing Government & What’s Next panel discussion
150 150 Paul Olalde

Two decades after the release of the book “Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector,” the possible ripple effects of the book’s reconstructive theories were discussed

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California Forward hires former Common Cause policy advocate as new public affairs director
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Just today, California Forward’s hiring of California Common Cause veteran Philip Ung as its new Public Affairs Director was announced. He will start on January 1.

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Summit Day 1: What they said on social media
150 150 John Guenther

Here’s a rundown of #CAeconomy on Day 1

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Working Landscapes: Linking the urban and rural California for economic sustainability
150 150 Justin Ewers

As California continues to grow, it will only become more important to develop sustainable approaches to managing the state’s working landscapes, from farmland and ranches to forests and wetlands

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The imperative of cross-agency collaboration
150 150 Jim Mayer

In remarks given to the California State Senate Education Committee briefing on community schools, CA Fwd President and CEO Jim Mayer stresses the importance of collaboration on all levels to continue our economic recovery and ensure future prosperity

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