Government Closer to the People
California Forward is working to give communities more responsibility and authority for government services.
The Latest: Please stand with us. Go to www.cafwd-action.org to help show the politicians in Sacramento that Californians are demanding real change.
State and federal funding for community-level services - public safety, education, and health and human services - has moved control away from local community leaders who are ultimately responsible for delivering services.
Local governments respond quicker and with better results, but only when they’re able to control and coordinate workforce development programs, infrastructure projects, quality of life improvements, and - increasingly - education, public safety and health and human services.
The California Forward 2010 Reform Principles call for fundamentally rethinking the relationship between state and local government, with a strong preference for government that’s closer – and more responsive – to the people.
Our principles will give the public a better chance to understand and influence how their tax dollars are used at the local level.
For more information about the California Forward 2010 Reform Principles, click here.
Please stand with us. Go to www.cafwd-action.org to help show the politicians in Sacramento that Californians are demanding real change.
