Resources

Below are some resources that we find helpful; let us know if we can help you find something in particular.  To recommend additions to this list, please send us an email at: info@caforward.org.

General Resources

Analysis of the 2008-09 Budget Bill: Perspectives and Issues

Legislative Analyst's Office. 2008.

Historic Opportunities: Transforming California State Government

Little Hoover Commission. 2004.

Making Government Make Sense: A More Rational Structure for State and Local Government

Legislative Analyst's Office. 1993.

Smart Revenue and Budget Systems

Cal Facts: California's Budget and Economy in Perspective

Legislative Analyst's Office

California's Fiscal Outlook

Legislative Analyst's Office

State Spending Plan

Legislative Analyst's Office

Governor's Proposed Budget

California Department of Finance. 2008.

Funding Pensions & Retiree Health Care for Public Employees

Public Employee Post-Employment Benefits Commission.  2008.

California's Tax Burden

Public Policy Institute of California.  2008.

Proposition 13: 30 Years Later

Public Policy Insitute of California.  2008.

Understanding the Basics of County and City Revenues

Institute for Local Government. 2008.

California Travels: Financing Our Transportation

Legislative Analyst's Office.  2007.

State-Local Fiscal Conflicts in California: From Proposition 13 to Proposition 1A

Public Policy Institute of California.  2007.

Budget Practices and State Expenditures: Lessons for California

Public Policy Institute of California.  2007.

Fiscal Realities: Budget Tradeoffs in California Government

Public Policy Institute of California.  2007.

A Primer: Funding Higher Education

Legislative Analyst's Office.  2005.

Medi-Cal Expenditures: Historical Growth and Long Term Forecasts

Public Policy Institute of California.  2005. 

Structural Reform of the California State Budget

Bay Area Economic Forum. 2003. 

Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy Final Report

Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy.  2003. 

Rethinking AB 8: Exploring Alternative Ways to Allocate Property Taxes

Legislative Analyst's Office.  2000.

Speaker's Commission on State and Local Government Finance Final Report

Speaker's Commission on State and Local Government Finance. 2000.

The State-Local Fiscal Relationship in California: A Changing Balance of Power

Public Policy Institute of California. 1999.

Achieving Fiscal Reform in California

San Diego Association of Governments. 1999.

Final Report and Recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature

California Constitution Revision Commission.  1996.

High Quality Public Services

LAO Recommended Legislation

Legislative Analyst's Office

Predicting Success, Preventing Failure: An Investigation of the California High School Exit Exam

Public Policy Institute of California. 2008.

It Could Happen: Unleashing the Potential of California's Community Colleges to Help Students Succeed and California Thrive

Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy. 2008.

Addressing Addiction: Improving and Integrating California's Substance Abuse Treatment System

Little Hoover Commission. 2008.

Safeguarding the Golden State: Preparing for Catastrophic Events

Little Hoover Commission. 2006. 

Students First: Renewing Hope for California's Future

Governor's Committee on Educational Excellence. 2007.

Government for the People for a Change

California Performance Review. 2004.

Publicly Responsive Elected Officials

PPIC Statewide Survey

Public Policy Institute of California

Democracy by Initiative: Shaping California's Fourth Branch of Government, 2nd Edition

Center for Governmental Studies. 2008.

Gerrymandering the Vote: How a "Dirty Dozen" States Suppress as Many as 9 Million Voters

Democratic Leadership Council. 2008.

California's Post-Partisan Future

Public Policy Institute of California. 2008.

Independent Expenditures: The Giant Gorilla in Campaign Finance

Fair Political Practices Commission. 2008.

Grading State Disclosure 2008

Campaign Disclosure Project. 2008.

Legislative Reform

Public Policy Institute of California. 2007.

California's Exclusive Electorate

Public Policy Institute of California. 2006.

Adapting to Term Limits: Recent Experiences and New Directions

Public Policy Institute of California. 2004.

An Informed and Engaged Public

California's June 3rd Primary Election

Public Policy Institute of California. 2008.

California's Independent Voters

Public Policy Institute of California. 2008.

Californians' News and Information Sources

Public Policy Institute of California. 2007.

California's Future: In Your Hands

Public Policy Institute of California. 2006.