Meeting Minutes

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

Nick Bollman, Chair of the Speaker's Commission on Regionalism (SCOR).
Christopher Carlisle, Executive Director for SCOR.

8:45 a.m. Charge to the Commission

Honorable Robert M. Hertzberg, Speaker of the California Assembly.

Morning Program: Background on Regions and Regionalism

9:15 a.m. A Theoretical Perspective on Regions

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

9:45 a.m. California's Regions: Populations and Settlement Patterns, Present and Future

Hans Johnson, Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.

Break
10:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m. Regionalism in California: Is Voluntarism Enough?

Elisa Barbour, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute of California.

11:00 a.m. An Insider's View: the Political Future of California's Regions, and the Opportunities for, and Impediments to, Policy and Political Change

Peter Detwiler, Staff Director, Senate Local Government Committee.

11:30 a.m. Achieving Regional Equity

Angela Glover Blackwell, President of PolicyLink.

Lunch Program: New Governance Models

Lunch
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m. Collaborative Regional Stewardships

Doug Henton, President of Collaborative Economics.

Afternoon Program: Determination Of The Questions The Commission Should Address

1:00 p.m. Commission members will be divided into groups to refine the commission's mission and priorities.

2:00 p.m. Reports from the groups to the entire commission and responses from Commission members.

3:00 p.m. The Commission Process

Nick Bollman, SCOR Chair, will summarize the mission of the Commission and describe the plan for website activity, regional dialogues and media stewardships.

3:15 p.m. Public Comments
Public comments and statements. (Limit of 2 minutes per presentation; written statements are encouraged.)

3:30 p.m. Adjourn