All The King's Horses: How To Fix a Broken California

USC Initiative and Referendum Institute, USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 : 9:00am to 12:00pm

University Park Campus
Davidson Conference Center
Board Room


The Bedrosian Center and Unruh Institute hold a post-election colloquium with experts from politics, media, government and academia.

Alternative Futures

Assessing the prospects of State Constitutional Convention, this panel is moderated by David Abel, publisher and past chairman on the California Assembly Speaker’s Commission on State Local Government Finance Reform.

Featured panelists:

  • Jon Coupal, president, Jarvis Taxpayers Association
  • Robert Hertzberg, co-chair, California Forward; speaker emeritus, California Assembly
  • Rob Lapsley, vice president of Public Affairs, CalChamber
  • Adam Mendelsohn, partner, Mercury Public Affairs; former communications director for Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Fabian Nunez, former California State Assembly Speaker
  • Steve Peace, former chairman, State Senate Energy Committee
  • Jim Wunderman, president and chief executive officer, Bay Area Council

Can It Actually Happen?

Journalists and analysts discuss the political realities of a Constitutional Convention and other possible reform efforts, in a panel moderated by Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC.

Featured panelists:

  • Dave Bryan, reporter, CBS 2 KCAL 9 News Team
  • Cathy Decker, political reporter, Los Angeles Times
  • John Marelius, political reporter, The San Diego Union-Tribune
  • Anthony York, editor, Capitol Alert
Each panel will be followed by a question-and-answer period.

This event will be Webcast live. Seating is limited. RSVP is required. For more information, please visit www.usc.edu/unruh or call (213) 740-8964.