Next 10 in the News

SACRAMENTO -- For eight years, a San Francisco-based nonprofit called Next 10 has created an online simulation where users can try to balance California's budget.

This year's version may be the easiest one yet.

Are you fascinated by California’s budget? Or maybe you’re frustrated with how your tax dollars are spent and want control over state funding?

For the first time in years, California’s budget process this year will not be focused on solutions for closing massive budget shortfalls, but on decisions that will affect the state’s future.

Been complaining about legislative gridlock in Sacramento? Still whining about California's terrible business climate? Grumpy about high state taxes?

California’s economic output has grown at an average pace over the past 20 years, but the state has experienced slower overall job growth and higher poverty rates than most others, according to a new study by UC Irvine economists.

Comparing California to other states has become a common exercise among politicians, academicians and in the media. So how does California really shape up?

The gap in income between rich and poor people and blacks and whites has grown in California over the last 20 years, according to a report from nonprofit Next 10 in San Francisco.