August 18, 2009: Joint Informational Hearing: Constitutional and Budget Reform

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
III. Public Testimony (Sign-in Order)

IV. Closing Remarks


Overview, CCRC, CRB Budget Reform