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