California Forward
Communities across California are working to figure out how come out of this recession by building healthy, resilient communities.
read moreMention of the dysfunctions and malfunctions of California state government prompted chuckles from the audience at The Commonwealth Club on Thursday, at a panel discussion on government openness and accountability.
read moreCalifornia is about to embark on far-reaching changes in the way it manages adult prisons and jails, and the PPIC takes a closer look at how this will impact county and city governments.
read moreIt’s become a hot button issue the last few months—Will California lawmakers buckle down and reveal their daily calendars?
read moreCalifornia Forward has named Tandra Johnson a Forward Thinker for bringing the community together to bring patriotism and support to military families. For Tandra Johnson, saying good bye to her son is never easy—a marine in the special forces, he was recently redeployed. “The emotions of the unknown and not having anyone who understands—I felt alone.”
read moreCivic education has eroded in California schools, and the results are clear and discouraging. It’s fair to say that California’s current budgetary and governance woes can be directly traced to our naïve reliance on an uninformed, or sometimes ill-informed, electorate.
read moreAt the second annual Fresh Start for Working Families, thousands of people filled Ted Watkins Memorial Park in Los Angeles for a day of care for their kids—free backpacks, haircuts, health screenings and more.
read moreFormer California Assemblyman Bill Bagley has watched with the rest of Californians as interactions between state lawmakers have become more hyper-partisan and gridlocked, and he suggests simple social interaction as a way to ease the way toward bipartisan solutions.
read moreThe CA Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has just released a report on the state’s 2011-2012 Realignment Plan that aligns very closely with California Forward’s Smart Government Framework. It’s not surprising that there is overlap between LAO recommendations and the CA FWD proposals, because much of what we are proposing is common sense. It is, however, affirming that the esteemed LAO appears to be pushing for the same improvements.
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