LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
     AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Emergency Preparedness
    Thursday, March 23, 2006
    State Capitol, Room 437
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.

    Presentation – Exercising Executive-Level Decision-Making
     

    1. Anne A. Witkowsky, Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.


    Panel – White House Report on Hurricane Katrina – California Applications
     

    1. Henry Renteria, Director, Governor's Office of Emergency Services
    2. Dallas Jones, Senior Public Safety Advisor, James Lee Witt Associates, LLC

      3. Written comments submitted by James Lee Witt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James Lee Witt Associates, LLC
    3. Major General William H. Wade II, Adjutant General, California National Guard
    4. Christopher A. Godley, Emergency Services Manager, Marin County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services, and Member, California Operational Area Coalition
    5. Jim Wunderman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bay Area Council


    Public comment will be taken at the end of the hearing.  All written testimony submitted electronically is posted on the Commission’s Web site at www.lhc.ca.gov.

    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. Election of Officers
    2. Business Meeting Minutes from January 26, 2006 and February 23, 2006
    3. Project Selection / Schedule
    4. Subcommittee Reports
    5. Implementation Activity
    6. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits
    7. The Commission will meet in closed session, pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(a)(1), to consider the selection of an executive director.