STOCKTON (CBS13) — Executives from across the country are taking their experiences from the private sector to local governments – all in an effort to help improve cities. It’s part of a program run by a Bay Area non-profit organization. Mayor Michael Tubbs is helping bring the program to Stockton, hoping to make the city … Continued
Fresno, California, is a three-hour drive from Silicon Valley. You’re more likely to find acres of farmland there than you would a glut of smartphone app companies vying for attention. But the state’s fifth-largest city is in the Central Valley and therefore at the heart of something a bit more critical to life than hailing … Continued
California state government is embracing more innovative approaches to how it operates, and a perfect example is FUSE Fellow Niles Friedman’s work to establish a Health Innovation Office. GovTech published an article on the various ways the California government is embracing innovative approaches. The article names Niles’s work on establishing a Health Innovation Office as one … Continued
Mayor Garcetti Launches Clean Streets Initiative BLOG POST By: Christine Guardia April 28, 2015 Adopting the recommendations in the “Improving Livability in Los Angeles” report written by Fellow Mark Thomas, Mayor Eric Garcetti recently launched the Clean Streets Initiative (CSI) via Executive Order No. 8. The executive order outlines steps to deploy 5,000 more trash … Continued
Applications Open for Top Business Professionals & Entrepreneurs to Join State and Local Governments, Tackle Intractable Problems Press Release, San Francisco, CA–(Marketwired – Aug 28, 2012) – FUSE Corps, a non-profit that enlists the nation’s most talented professionals into public service through a mid-career fellowship program, today announced the opening of nominations and direct applications … Continued