California Choices: Pathways to Reform

EVENT DESCRIPTION

California Choices (CaliforniaChoices.org) provides Californians with a convenient way to navigate, comprehend, and make choices about the many reform proposals that are being placed before the voters in 2010. California Choices is a project of Next 10 and Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West with the Institute of Governmental Studies at U.C. Berkeley and the Center for California Studies at Sacramento State. This “Partners Launch” will feature reform experts and advocates, along with a diverse array of journalists and citizens, to discuss how greater public involvement can move California past its current crisis. Results from the first-ever multilingual Field Poll will also be released and participants will work together to figure how to get more Californians involved in reform. California Choices is motivated by the belief that reform matters for everyone in the state, no matter what the causes they are most passionate about, and a more informed, engaged electorate enhances the prospect for sustainable governance reform.
 
AGENDA

8:30:     Registration, breakfast & networking

9:00:     Welcome -- David Kennedy, F. Noel Perry

9:10:     Participants use instant-response clickers to take Field Poll on constitutional reform -- views are displayed against those of Californians

9:15:     Field Poll presentation by Mark DiCamillo

9:30:     Expert panel discussion about 2010 reforms and why Californians should get involved: Jack Citrin (Institute of Governmental Studies), Annette Fuentes (New America Media), Senator Abel Maldonado, Chris McKenzie (League of California Cities), Sunne Wright McPeak (California Forward), Lenny Mendonca (Bay Area Council), Roy Ulrich (California Common Cause)

10:30:   Q&A with panelists

10:50:   Release of www.CaliforniaChoices.org

11:00:   Discussion regarding ways to get more Californians involved in reform movement

11:30:   Adjourn

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Henry at sarah@next10.org or 415-957-0202.  For media inquiries, please contact Jordan Pierce at jordan@fcpcommunications.com or 510-465-8294.

Please join us!