CA Event: Balancing California’s Checkbook

Once again, California is facing a budget crisis -- but this is nothing new. The state has faced fiscal difficulties for over 30 years, problems magnified by initiative limitations, competing political objectives, and population growth. Fortunately, today we have bipartisan awareness about the structural nature of the state’s fiscal dysfunction and the need for long-term solutions. Our panel of seasoned political experts will discuss budgetary lessons learned and provide insight into the best course for California’s future.

This event is co-sponsored by the California Research Bureau, the James Irvine Foundation, the New America Foundation, PPIC and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Participants

• Gray Davis
  Former Governor of California

• Pete Wilson
  Former Governor of California

• Elizabeth Hill
  Legislative Analyst of California

• Mark Baldassare
  President and CEO, PPIC