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

NEW GOVERNANCE: ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY SINGLE LOCAL AGENCY

Theoretical and Research Perspectives
10:00 a.m.

Robert Waste, Professor and Chair, Department of Public Policy and Administration, California State University Sacramento.

Michael Teitz, Director of Research at the Public Policy Institute of California.

Karen Bluestone, Consultant to the Economic Strategy Group, ICF Incorporated.

Judith Gruber, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley.

Break
11:15 a.m.

Equity and the New Regional Governance: Strategies for Capacity and Access Among Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color
11:30 a.m.

Angela Blackwell, President, PolicyLink.

Christina Uribe, Political Director, South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council.

Bill Kennedy, Managing Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California. (Tentatively.)

Lunch
12:30 p.m.

Collaborative Regional Initiatives
1:30 p.m.

Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development: Draft Compact for a Sustainable Bay Area

Sunne McPeak, President & CEO, Bay Area Council.

Joint Venture Silicon Valley: Silicon Valley 2010

Marguerite Wilbur, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Civic Action Network.

Tri-Valley Business Council: Tri-Valley Vision Project

Tom O'Malley, President, Tri-Valley Business Council.

Break
2:30 p.m.

Regional Governmental Entities
2:45 p.m.

Becky Morgan, Former State Senator.

Steve Heminger, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

Eugene Leong, Executive Director, Association of Bay Area Governments.

Ellen Garvey, Executive Director, Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Public Comments

4:00 p.m. Public comments and statements. (Limit of 2 minutes per presentation; written statements are encouraged.)

Adjourn
4:15 p.m.