The energy crisis. Gridlock on the highways. Faltering schools. Budget deficits. A critical shortage of affordable housing.

During the past five years alone California has faced serious crises that have shaken our confidence in the future attainability of the California dream. And these problems threaten to get bigger in the next 20 years when the state is expected to add a population equivalent in number to the state of Ohio.

Californians have stopped talking about and thinking about the future and, most importantly, as a statewide community, we have stopped preparing for it. We now lack a commonly accepted basis for making important decisions about the future of our state.

The mission of Common Sense California is to serve as a civic bridge between the citizens of California and our elected officials. We hope to improve and reform the broken system of governance in California so that, together, we can face and resolve the significant, long term challenges facing our state. We span a broad spectrum of professional disciplines and perspectives. We are Republicans, Democrats and Independents.

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