JOINT INFORMATIONAL HEARING:
CONSTITUTIONAL AND BUDGET REFORM
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, REAPPORTIONMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
SENATOR LONI HANCOCK, CHAIR
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIR
AUGUST 18, 2009, 10 A.M.
ROOM 3191, STATE CAPITOL
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
AGENDA
I. Opening Statements and Introductions
II. Scheduled Testimony
Panel 1: California: Leading? Following? Failing?
- Michael Cohen
Director of State Administration, Legislative Analyst's Office
- Brenda Erickson
Program Principal, Legislative Management Program National Conference of State Legislatures
- Fred Silva
Former Executive Secretary, California Constitutional Revision Commission and Senior Fiscal Policy Advisor, California Forward
Panel 2: Remaking Governance
- Jim Wunderman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Bay Area Council
- Fred Keeley
Treasurer, Santa Cruz County and Member of the Leadership Council, California Forward
- Sunne Wright McPeak
President & CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund and Member of the Leadership Council, California Forward
Panel 3: More Views from the Field
- Derek Cressman
Regional Director of State Operations for Western States, California Common Cause
- Jean Ross
Executive Director, California Budget Project
- Trudy Schaefer
Senior Director for Program, League of Women Voters of California
- Malaki Seku-Amen
Legislative Advocate, California State NAACP