Kurtis Alexander | Santa Cruz Sentinel | Mar. 2, 2010
Another effort to mend the state's political dysfunction, this one advanced by two former Santa Cruz lawmakers, is on the brink of unraveling.
Santa Cruz County Treasurer Fred Keeley, a onetime assemblyman, said Tuesday that unless California Forward raises hundreds of thousands more dollars by the end of the week, the reform group will be forced to put off a November ballot measure that seeks to make passing a state budget easier.