California Forward
Another piece of California’s budgetary house of cards is wavering as redevelopment agencies file suit to prevent states from forcing them to give up a portion of their funds to other local government priorities, including schools.
read moreThe Pew Center on the States is focusing on California’s dismal voter turnout rate and hopes two Senate bills will help bring more Californians to the ballot box – actual or virtual.
read moreCalifornia Forward has named Mary Simon a Forward Thinker for her work to give teachers access to resources and lesson plans that ensure hands-on classroom learning survives.
read moreThe 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.
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