California Forward
The Sierra Health Foundation commissioned the “Healthy Youth, Healthy Regions” study with additional funding from the California Endowment which was designed and conducted by the UC Davis Center for Regional Change.
read moreWith a strong bipartisan support (74-2) in the Assembly of AB18 last month, it appeared that the Legislature would actually begin to fulfill its constitutional obligation to support our public schools and students. Unfortunately, Assembly Education Committee chair Julia Brownley, pulled the bill from its scheduling hearing in the Senate, essentially shelving it until 2012.
read moreTwo agencies in LA County are battling for the authority to oversee the incoming group of low-risk inmates from the state.
read moreIn an effort to increase transparency and accountability, a group of students from Stanford University has launched a website to reveal how California state government spends taxpayer money.
read more“It didn’t take long for California’s optimistic budget to fall behind in tax revenues,” said the Sacramento Bee’s Kevin Yamamura. Less than two weeks after the rosy-outlook budget was passed, the projections it was built on have started to come unraveled.
read moreCalifornia Forward has learned that the second round of draft redistricting maps, originally scheduled to be released this Thursday, will be put on hold, reportedly so the commission can spend more time working with the feedback they have received on the initial maps.
read moreCalifornia Forward has named Tom Soto a Forward Thinker for his work to make clean technology accessible and governments more responsive to the clean tech revolution.
read moreAs the state prepares to turn its attention from the budget to other matters, there is some talk of who won the short-term and long-term battles, and whether California citizens are winners at all.
read moreCalifornians have just moved through two important dates: the end of the fiscal year, and the 4th of July weekend. For fiscal and policy nerds like me, it makes sense to pause for a moment and reflect on “what condition our condition is in.â€
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