• California Forward New

• California Forward's mission is to work with Californians to help create a "smart" government – one that’s small enough to listen, big enough to tackle real problems, smart enough to spend our money wisely in good times and bad, and honest enough to be held accountable for results.We’re different from other efforts to reform our state, because we believe in the importance of working together and understand that only robust public discussion and the creation of broad coalitions can move solutions forward.California’s state and local governments must work better together for everyone. If Californians can come together to restructure the relationships between state and local governments, the experience of other states indicates that in five to seven years, we will begin to see the benefits of better governance and renewed private investment.

• Diigo Tags: California, restructure, local government, state government, public discussion, community empowerment, community participation, governance

• 50 State Solution New

• The 50 State Solution was conceived in early 2016 by California Forward (CA Fwd) as a transpartisan effort to build supportive infrastructure--and a platform for sharing information and ideas--among those working on political reform at the state level. While CA Fwd has served as the initiator and early catalyst of the effort, the vision for 50 State Solution is that it becomes an ongoing effort with shared leadership from the political reform community. The goal of the effort is explicitly not to make sure every organization is doing the same work or working on the same issue. Instead, the goal is create a learning community where reformers can share stories of success and failure, find allies, create coalitions and build community.

• Diigo Tags: state, solution, community empowerment, collaboration, governance, cities

• California State Association of Counties

• The primary purpose of CSAC is to represent county government before the California Legislature, administrative agencies and the federal government. CSAC places a strong emphasis on educating the public about the value and need for county programs and services.

• Diigo Tags: california, state, association, counties, legislature

• About What Works Cities - What Works Cities

• WHAT WORKS CITIES IS DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE CITIES’ USE OF DATA AND EVIDENCE TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES.

• Diigo Tags: works, cities, data, data analytics, services, decision making, philanthropy

• California Planning Roundtable

• The California Planning Roundtable (CPR) is an organization of experienced planning professionals who are members of the American Planning Association (APA). Membership is balanced between the public and private sectors, and between Northern and Southern California. The mission of the Roundtable is to provide a forum for prominent planners to exercise creativity and leadership in promoting understanding of California's critical public policy issues, and recommending action.

• Diigo Tags: planning, APA, Healthy Communities, Healthy Cities 

• The Metropolitan Revolution

• Cities and metros are working to restructure the economy away from tantalizing illusion (endless consumption and irresponsible speculation) and back toward hard fundamentals: talent-fueled production and innovation. For a nation undergoing profound demographic transformation, the metropolitan model of education and social integration provides a path toward managing growth and diversity in a way benefits everyone. Cities and metros understand what the nation fitfully remembers and often contests: The United States is demographically blessed and this is our greatest competitive advantage and strength
• Diigo Tags: Metropolitan, Metro Revolution, Brooking Institute

• League of California Cities   

• The League of California Cities is an association of California city officials who work together to enhance their knowledge and skills, exchange information, and combine resources so that they may influence policy decisions that affect cities.

• Diigo tags: public policy governance California cities

• SCAG | Southern California Association of Governments   

• SCAG is the nation's largest metropolitan planning organization, representing six counties, 191 cities and more than 18 million residents. SCAG undertakes a variety of planning and policy initiatives to encourage a more sustainable Southern California now and in the future.

• Diigo tags: SCAG California association governments governance

• Toolbox | Southern California Compass Blueprint

• Compass Blueprint offers a complete toolbox of planning services, trainings, videos, and a other resources to help planners, local governments, and citizen groups do their jobs more effectively.

• Diigo tags: toolbox California compass blueprint SCAG planning

• State and County QuickFacts  

• U.S. Census Bureau State & County quick facts

• Diigo Tags: census statistics government demographics geography reference data

Related Wiki pages

• Participatory Budgeting 

• Institute for Local Government 

• California Agencies

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