Untangling the State-Local Fiscal Relationship

California has an opportunity to redefine the roles of state and local government so that services are delivered more effectively, efficiently, and fairly. What are the obstacles and possibilities for reform?

	Lee Baca Sheriff, Los Angeles County View & respond

	Connie Conway Minority Leader, California State Assembly View & respond

	Darrell Steinberg President Pro Tem, California State Senate View & respond

	Mike McGowan President, California State Association of Counties View & respond

	Robert Hertzberg Partner, Mayer Brown LLP View & respond

	Joel Fox Principal, Joel Fox Consulting View & respond

	Dan Schnur Director, Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, USC View & respond

	Abdi Soltani Executive Director, ACLU of Northern California View & respond

	Mac Taylor Legislative Analyst, State of California View & respond

	Joe Mathews Associate Editor, Zócalo Public Square View & respond

	Noel Perry Chairman, Next Ten View & respond

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Untangling the State-Local Fiscal Relationship

Californians' Views of the State-Local Fiscal System

Financing California's Public Schools

The State-City Fiscal Relationship in California

The State-County Fiscal Relationship in California

The State-Local Fiscal Relationship

Rethinking the State-Local Relationship series:

An Overview

Corrections

Child Welfare Services

K-12 Education

Local Economic Development

Untangling the State-Local Fiscal Relationship
Event Video
January 25, 2012

Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: Corrections
EVENT VIDEO
October 17, 2011

The Changing State and Local Relationship
EVENT VIDEO
June 3, 2011

Corrections
Fiscal/Governance Reform

Untangling the State-Local Fiscal Relationship initiative is supported with funding from The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.

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COMMENTARIES

	Put Power in Local Hands—Carefully Mark Baldassare Californians of all political stripes are convinced that state government is broken and it is time for ... Read more and respond

	Restoring Elected Officials’ Ability to Raise Revenues Would Increase Transparency, Accountability Jean Ross It may seem too simplistic to fault ... Read more and respond

	Anatomy of a Tortured Relationship, Three Decades in the Making Dan Walters When Orange County’s Board of Supervisors rebelled in mid-November, defying a new ... Read more and respond

	California Cities and the Changing State-Local Fiscal Relationship Curt Pringle One issue that stands out in recent California budget crises has been the negative effect that ... Read more and respond

	To Ease the Crisis at the Local Level, New Thinking is Necessary Courtni Sunjoo Pugh Local governments throughout the state face ongoing fiscal crises caused by the state’s ... Read more and respond

	Creative Approaches at All Levels of Government Can Cut Costs Gray Davis Before 1978 California had good public schools and people were satisfied with the local services provided ... Read more and respond

	Look to the State’s Economic Regions for Solutions Rebecca Morgan My experience as a member of the California Legislature and my subsequent role as founding CEO of ... Read more and respond

	Local Governments Need Freedom from the State to Innovate Joel Fox One of the biggest problems in the state-local relationship is that the state does not allow local ... Read more and respond

	To Right-Size California Government, Empower the Regions Joe Mathews You hear all the time that California is the world’s eighth largest economy. You rarely hear that, if the state ... Read more and respond

	Looking at Realignment through the Lens of Equity Angela Blackwell and Victor Rubin Realignment of the relationship between state and local government just might result in better ways to ... Read more and respond

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