Jim Mayer
Jim Mayer is executive director of California Forward, a bipartisan public interest effort to strengthen democracy and improve government performance in California, launched in 2008.
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Op-Ed: Proposition 31 Will Help California Revive Government
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Californians have lost confidence in state government. This year the Legislature allocated $130 billion via the state budget, but the public will never know where the money went and whether it did any good. While lawmakers spent months “working” on the budget, they did not systematically consider how they could spend those dollars to better educate children, improve public safety, and encourage job growth.
Proposition 31, the Government Performan...
15 Oct, 2012
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2 min read
