Category Archives: Governance Reform, Budget Reform, Selected Blog Posts,

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LAO Report: GPAA could save state millions

The Cal­i­for­nia Leg­isla­tive Analyst’s Office (LAO), which pro­vides non­par­ti­san fis­cal and pol­icy analy­sis for the Leg­is­la­ture, finds that the Cal­i­for­nia For­ward Action Fund’s Gov­ern­ment Per­for­mance and Account­abil­ity Act (GPAA) would — over time –…

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Teamwork and stable funding critical to strengthening CA public schools

California’s schools have seen a 20% reduc­tion in expected fund­ing from the state since 2007. And, with another $1.4 bil­lion in trig­ger cuts loom­ing, school board mem­bers came out in force at the CA School Boards Asso­ci­a­tion (CSBA) annual conference…

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Celebrating the tenth anniversary of forecasted operating deficits

Once again the Leg­isla­tive Ana­lyst has pulled back the cur­tain on California’s bud­get­ing prac­tices, announc­ing last week that the state is likely to have a $3 bil­lion deficit at the end of this fis­cal year. This means we can expect sig­nif­i­cant mid-ye…