LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
    AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Boards, Commissions and Public Accountability
    Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 8:30 a.m.
    State Capitol, Room 4202
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing: 8:30 a.m.

    California Performance Review Commission
     

  1. Bill Hauck, Co-Chair, California Performance Review Commission; President, California Business Roundtable
  2. Joanne Corday Kozberg, Co-Chair, California Performance Review Commission; Regent, University of California; former Secretary, State and Consumer Services Agency
  3. Anne Sheehan, Executive Director, California Performance Review Commission; Chief Deputy Director for Policy, Department of Finance

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    Panel: When are Boards, Commissions and Councils Needed, and What Are the Key Variables for Effectively Carrying Out Their Public Duties?
     

  4. Steven B. Frates, President, Center for Government Analysis; Senior Fellow, Rose Institute for State and Local Government, Claremont McKenna College
  5. Robert C. Fellmeth, Executive Director, Center for Public Interest Law, University of San Diego

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    Witness: Managing Change and Public Involvement
     

  6. Leon C. Panetta, Director, Leon & Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, California State University, Monterey

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    Panel: Lessons from Experience - Board Executives and Members
     

  7. Joseph E. Bodovitz, former Executive Director, California Coastal Commission; former Executive Director, California Public Utilities Commission
  8. Judith Frank, Member, California Health Facilities Financing Authority; former Member and Chair, California State Parks and Recreation Commission

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    Panel: Public Participants in Boards, Commissions and Advisory Bodies
     

  9. Elizabeth M. Imholz, Director, West Coast Office, Consumers Union
  10. Jacqueline Jacobberger, President, League of Women Voters
  11. Paul H. Turner, Senior Program Manager, Greenlining Institute
    Testimony submitted by John C. Gamboa, Executive Director, Greenlining Institute

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    Panel: Making Boards More Effective
     

  12. Bruce Cain, Director, Institute of Government Studies, University of California, Berkeley
  13. Tim Hodson, Executive Director, Center for California Studies, California State University, Sacramento
  14. Robert M. Stern, President, Center for Governmental Studies; former General Counsel, Fair Political Practices Commission
     

    Business Meeting Agenda

    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-VI 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. Women and Parole Report
    2. Reorganization Principles Report
    3. Business Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2004
    4. Resolution for Outgoing Commissioner, Senator John Vasconcellos
    5. Schedule/Project Selection
    6. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits

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