To help stimulate discussion around potential reforms to the state budget process, California Forward is circulating for discussion a set of Principles for Reform. We are meeting with you -- state and local officials, community organizations and other interested groups -- to discuss your ideas about how the state can make better spending decisions. This fall we will start developing a reform plan and the more input we have before then, the better! Please Join Us if you would like more information about what we are doing or Contact Us if you would like to attend or help organize an event.
Our Issues
California has long been a land of opportunity. But our state is stressed by tremendous pressures associated with a growing population, evolving social issues and an increasingly global marketplace. The state's public programs - especially those critical to California's long-term success, such as education, health and human services, transportation and environmental protection - have not kept up with these challenges. To achieve progress, Californians must improve the state's systems of governance.
Our Issues