California by the Numbers - 2003 PRI Study By:Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Andrew Gloger, Derek Fears 1.1.2003
PRI’s California by the Numbers: Assessing the Governor’s 2003 State of the State Address and Budget is an effort to hold California’s executive branch accountable for its statements and its policies by looking at California’s ranking in 13 national indices. By presenting a non-partisan, rigorous, statistically-based “state of the state,” this evaluation provides policymakers with a roadmap for change based on the successes and failures of other states. With a budget deficit of $34.6 billion, more than the combined budgets of 26 states, it is essential that Californians have a clear view of what went wrong and how to get the state back on track.
