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May 20, 2019/by Marc Joffe

Analyzing Government Financial Health by Using Financial Statements

There are several types of financial disclosure that will offer valuable financial information about government agencies. They include: Budgets (sometimes including Capital Plans) Comprehensive…

May 6, 2019/by Edward Ring

Citizen’s Initiatives May Transform Oxnard Politics

What's happening in Oxnard provides another example of what citizen activists can accomplish. Led by Aaron Starr, a local executive with a financial background including a CPA, a small group of volunteers…

April 16, 2019/by Edward Ring

Resisting the Union Assault on Charter Schools

In an April 2019 report in the respected website CalMatters entitled "Charter-mageddon: Lawmakers advance a raft of union-backed charter school curbs," the ongoing battle between charter school advocates…

March 12, 2019/by Ken Churchill

A New Approach to Pension Reform – How to Prepare

Between 1999 and 2007, most city and county governments enacted retroactive pension benefit increases that more than doubled their pension costs with no end in sight. Cities and counties have been fighting…

November 29, 2018/by Ken Churchill

Reforms IF Court Rules Pensions can be Changed for Future Service

In December of 2018, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments in what is generally referred to as the Cal Fire pension case. The ruling could potentially overturn what is commonly referred to as…

September 7, 2018/by Edward Ring

In Search of Public Employers Willing to Fight for Their Right to Free Speech

The recent Janus decision by the US Supreme Court gives public employees the right to quit union membership - or to never join a union in the first place. This sweeping ruling not only banned unions from…

CLEO: Supporting Local Officials

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Analyzing Government Financial Health by Using Financial Statements

Citizen’s Initiatives May Transform Oxnard Politics

Resisting the Union Assault on Charter Schools

A New Approach to Pension Reform – How to Prepare

Reforms IF Court Rules Pensions can be Changed for Future Service

In Search of Public Employers Willing to Fight for Their Right to Free Speech

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