Agenda
| Date: | | November 12, 2008 |
| Time: | | 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
| Location: | | Sheraton Grand Hotel |
| | | Sacramento, CA |
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
California’s precarious budget situation and the nation’s economic turmoil present enormous challenges to our leaders. Can they provide opportunities for policy breakthroughs that offer us new hope for addressing the critical challenges we now face? Legislative leaders and prominent editorial board editors discussed current conditions and future possibilities for cutting through political gridlock and responding to these challenges.
Mark Baldassare, President and CEO, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
Amy Dominguez-Arms, Program Director, The James Irvine Foundation
Moderator: Mark Baldassare, President and CEO, PPIC
Senator Darrell Steinberg, California State Senate President pro Tem-elect
Senator Dave Cogdill, California State Senate Republican Leader
Mike Genest, Department of Finance Director
Moderator: John Myers, Sacramento Bureau Chief, KQED
John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
David Holwerk, Editorial Page Editor, Sacramento Bee
Jim Newton, Editorial Page Editor, Los Angeles Times
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