Metropolitan Forum Project
Website: http://www.metroforum.org/
 The basic premise that created the Metropolitan Forum Project (MFP)
is simple - people of metropolitan Los Angeles deserve to have a
government that is responsive to civic engagement and accountable.
Is the current fiscal relationship between state, regional, and local
government encouraging of citizen participation or does it discourage
such engagement? Have changes in the State Constitution, through
legislative action and ballot initiatives impacted the way local
government can provide public services? What is at stake - Why does
it matter? How does government structure impact services from police
and fire protection, to education and healthcare, to landuse, transportation
and parks?
The Metropolitan Forum Project seeks to answer these questions by
broadening participation in this debate, a policy discussion which
will profoundly affect the lives of all Californians, but which -
like many public policy debates - is in danger of never having a
hearing in the court of public opinion. The MFP represents an independent,
non-partisan effort to brighten the stage on which government reform
discussions take place by both enriching such dialogue with research
and by grassroots 'living room' discussions throughout the region.
The bottom line - restructuring government is a huge challenge which
impacts our daily lives and is an essential for metropolitan Los
Angeles' future.
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