Meeting Minutes

Welcome and Introductions
10:00 a.m.

Nick Bollman, Chair of the Speaker's Commission on Regionalism.

Adoption of Visions and Values Statement, and Mission Statement
10:15 a.m. Commissioners, particularly members of the Vision and Values Committee, will provide their views on the proposed statements.

Panel Discussion: Problems Associated with the State/Local Fiscal Relationship
10:30 a.m.

Steve Szalay, Executive Director of the California State Association of Counties.

Chris McKenzie, Executive Director of the League of California Cities.

Catherine Smith, Executive Director of the California Special Districts Association.

Rick Pratt, Assistant Executive Director of Governmental Relations for the California School Boards Association.

Lunch Program: Regional Perspectives and the Public'S Attitudes on the State/Local Fiscal Relationship
11:45 a.m. Break followed by a working lunch.

Regional Perspectives.
12:15 p.m. Commissioners will provide their perspectives on how problems associated with the state/local fiscal relationship manifest themselves in different ways in the various regions of the state.

The Public's Attitudes.
1:00 p.m.

Mina Yaroslavsky, Research Associate at the Public Policy Institute of California.

Panel Discussion: Potential Solutions to the Problems Associated with the State/Local Fiscal Relationship
1:15 p.m.

Fred Silva, Advisor on Governmental Relations for the Public Policy Institute of California.

Honorable Tom Torlakson, State Senator

Honorable Patricia Wiggins, State Assembly Member

Tim Coyle, Senior Vice President for Governmental Affairs, Building Industry Association

Public Comments
2:45 p.m. Public comments and statements. (Limit of 2 minutes per presentation; written statements are encouraged.)

Break
3:00 p.m.

State/Local Fiscal Committee
3:15 p.m. Committee will begin working on formulating recommendations on improvements to the state/local fiscal relationship.

Adjourn
5:00 p.m.