California Policy Inbox
Selected highlights of what's new in California public policy and politics

The Dartmouth Atlas Project prepared this report for the California HealthCare Foundation, graphically demonstrating that “it’s not just who you are that matters in health care, it’s also where you live.”

Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor pulls no punches when it comes to California’s fiscal outlook. In a hole… getting deeper… two ways out and we need both: decrease base spending and increase revenue. The legislature faces a monumental task and must begin laying the groundwork now for a fiscally responsible 2009-10 budget.