LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
    AGENDA
    Public Hearing on the Roadmap for Reform
    Thursday, January 22, 2004 at 9 a.m.
    State Capitol, Room 113
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.

    9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.             Californians’ Support for Structural Reforms and Public Priorities

      1. Mark Baldassare, Director of Research, Public Policy Institute of California
    9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.     Panel – Why should California reform its revenue system and
                                            how should state leadership pursue reform?
      1. John Bohn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GlobalNet Venture Partners, LLC and former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Moody’s Investors Services


    10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.     Panel – What structural reforms are required in the State’s revenue
                                               system and what would it take to develop the best technical
                                               alternatives?

      1. Donna Arduin, Director, Department of Finance
      2. Elizabeth G. Hill, Legislative Analyst


    11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.     Revenue system reforms being considered by the California State
                                               Assembly Bipartisan Group and how the Little Hoover Commission’s
                                               Roadmap Project could complement these efforts.

      1. Assemblymember Joseph Canciamilla, member, bipartisan Assembly group
      2. Assemblymember Keith Richman, M.D., member, bipartisan Assembly group


    1 p.m. - 2 p.m.                     Panel – Why has structural reform been so difficult to accomplish?

      1. Steven C. Szalay, Executive Director, California State Association of Counties
      2. Scott Peters, San Diego City Councilmember and member of the California Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy (2000 – 2004)
      3. Bill Hauck, President, California Business Roundtable, former member of the Speaker’s Commission on State & Local Government Finance (1998 - 2000) and Chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission (1994-1996)
    Additional Testimony
    Business Meeting Agenda
    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-VII 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 November 20, 2003
    2. Budget Update
    3. Schedule/Project Selection
    4. Subcommittee Reports
    5. Implementation Activity
    6. Reports from Bureau of State Audits
    7. Annual Audit of Bureau of State Audits