A new group, California Forward has been formed to seek sensible reforms to California’s governance structure. There website is here: caforward.org. The nonprofit organization is made up of a 13-member bipartisan board. According to a Sacramento Bee article the group has sizable resources ($15.9 million three-year budget) and the ability raise more. They will play an influential role in future discussions of reforms. According to the article, “The coalition is already backing one such measure, aimed for the November ballot, that would strip state lawmakers of the power to draw their own legislative districts. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Common Cause are among the other backers.”
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