Common Core and California’s Economic Success

California is on its way to becoming the world’s seventh-largest economy. Driving this growth is our world leading high technology businesses alongside our longtime strong entertainment, agriculture and energy sectors. Sustaining California’s economic growth will require a skilled workforce to meet the demands of our evolving, expanding economy. Unfortunately, there is a significant skilled workforce […]

California Forward Survey Finds Voter Hope Amid Gloom

This week California Forward
released the results from the first in a series of "California Viewpoints" surveys
on Californian’s attitudes toward state government, reform, and how they might address
the problems we face. The most striking finding is that Californians believe
our state’s problems can be solved and that California is governable. This is a
far cry from the doom and gloom we consistently hear from public surveys.

Although Californians
believe we can solve our state’s problems, mistrust and a lack of
accountability over many years stand in the way of major reform. So while we
are optimistic, we don’t trust our leaders. The politicians in Sacramento must
listen to their constituents and engage them, to regain their trust. In fact,
according to this survey, one of the major problems with state government is
that our leaders simply don’t listen.