LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
     AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Sentencing Reform
    Thursday, August 24, 2006
    State Capitol, Room 444
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.

    Learning from Other States
     

    1. Thomas W. Ross, Executive Director, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; former Chair, North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission; and, former Director, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts
    2. Robert M. A. Johnson, Anoka County Attorney, Minnesota

      3. Sentencing Grid
      Sentencing Guidelines
    3. Richard P. Kern, Director, Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission

      4. Virginia Sentencing Commission
    4. Kara Dansky, Executive Director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center
              State Sentencing Commissions

    Judicial Perspective
     

    1. Steven Z. Perren, Judge, California Court of Appeal, Second District
    2. J. Richard Couzens, Judge, Placer County Superior Court

      3.  
    Recommendations for Sentencing Reform in California
       
    1. Joseph A. Gunn, Executive Director, Independent Review Panel on Corrections


    Public comment will be taken at the end of the hearing.  All written testimony submitted electronically is linked to the witnesses' names above.
     
     

    Business Meeting Agenda

    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-V at approximately noon.  The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair.)
     
    1. Business Meeting Minutes from April 27, 2006, May 25, 2006 and June 22, 2006
    2. Project Selection / Schedule
    3. Subcommittee Reports
    4. Implementation Activity
    5. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits