All The King's Horses ... How To Fix A Broken California

Unruh Institute Events Series
USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development

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

University Park Campus
Davidson Conference Center
Board Room; 2nd floor

FREE with RSVP


The USC Unruh Institute of Politics and The Bedrosian Center host a post-election colloquium on Tuesday, June 23rd, featuring two panel discussions of experts from politics, media, government and academia. The two panels will focus on prospects of a Constitutional Convention in the State of California.

9:30 am - 10:30 am: "Alternative Futures: Assessing the prospects of a State Constitutional Convention" moderated by David Abel, Publisher and Past Chairman of the California Assembly Speaker's Commission on State Local Government Finance reform.

Featured Panelists:

Jon Coupal, President, Jarvis Taxpayers Association

John Grubb, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Bay Area Council

Robert Hertzberg, Co-Chair, California Forward & Speaker Emeritus, CA Assembly

Rob Lapsley, Vice President, Public Affairs, CalChamber

Adam Mendelsohn, Partner, Mercury Public Affairs & Former Communications Director for Governor Schwarzenegger

Steve Peace, Former CA Department of Finance Director & State Senator

10:45 - 11:45 am

"Can It Actually Happen?" Journalists and Analysts discuss the political realities of a Constitutional Convention and other possible reform efforts. 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

Amy Chance, Political Editor, Sacramento Bee

Cathy Decker, Political Reporter, Los Angeles Times

John Marelius, Political Reporter, San Diego Union Tribune

Anthony York, Editor, Capitol Alert 

 

Unruh Institute
213-740-8964

http://www.usc.edu/unruh