LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION

    AGENDA
    Public Hearing
    Emergency Preparedness Review
    Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 9 a.m.
    State Capitol, Room 112
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.

    Panel 1 – Public Health Preparedness and Incorporation into Chain of Command

    1.   Colonel Robert Kadlec, M.D., Staff Director, Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health, U. S. Senate, and  former National Security Council and White House Advisor  Dr. Kadlec's PowerPoint presentation.  Additional document submitted: Biodefense for the 21st Century.

    2.   Alan P. Zelicoff, M.D., Senior Scientific Consultant, ARES Corporation and former senior scientist, Center for Arms Control and National Security, Sandia National Laboratories  Texas Experience - Syris Disease Surveillance.   Anthrax response slide.  Smallpox response slide.

    3.  Eric M. Koscove, M.D., Chief, Emergency Department, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, and bioterrorism lead, Kaiser National Healthcare Continuity Management Committee

    4.   Richard J. Burton, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Department of Health and Human Services, Placer County; former President, California Conference of Local Health Officers

    5.   Stephen Waterman, M.D., M.P.H., Quarantine Medical Officer and U.S.-Mexico Border Infectious Disease Coordinator,  U.S. Centers for Disease Control Additional slides submitted.

    6.   Peter Abbott, M.D., M.P.H., President, California Public Health Association - North

         
    Panel  2 – General Emergency Response Readiness

    7.   Senator William Campbell, Chair, Governor’s Blue Ribbon Fire Commission
                    Link to the Blue Ribbon Fire Commission Final Report.

    8.   Brigadier General (Retired) John E. Iffland, U.S. National Guard and Air Wing Commander, Federal Task Force – Wildfires

    9.   Christopher A. Godley, Emergency Services Manager, Marin County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services

    10. Jim Rissmiller, Legislative Director, CDF Firefighters and Battalion Chief, San Bernardino County

    11. Jon Hamm, Chief Executive Officer, California Association of Highway Patrolmen

         
    Panel 3 – Schwarzenegger Administration Respondents

    12. Sandra Shewry,  Director, California Department of Health Services

              Additional documents submitted: Department of Health Services Scientists, 2000-2005
                          Little Hoover Commission Summary of DHS Public Health Scientists, 2000-2005

    13. Richard Watson, Interim Director, Emergency Medical Services Authority

    14. Henry Renteria, Director, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
                            Additinal document submitted:  Map of California Federally Declared Disasters 1991-2005

    15. Major General Thomas W. Eres, Adjutant General, California National Guard

    16. Matthew R. Bettenhausen, Director, Office of Homeland Security
     

    Additional Submissions

    Lester Breslow, MD, MPH, Dean Emeritus, UCLA School of Public Health
    California Public Health Association-North and the Southern California Public Health Association
    California Medicine & Public Health Initiative Steering Committee
    Carmen R. Nevarez, MD, MPH, Medical Director & VP of External Relations, Public Health Institute.
            Attachment: "Readiness of California State Public Health to respond adequately to potential bioterrorism event."
    Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, Director of Public Health and Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department
            of Public Health
     

       


    Business Meeting Agenda

    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-VIII 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. Analysis on the Governor's Reorganization Plan to Create a Department of Technology Services
      2. Management Workforce Report
      3. Business Meeting Minutes from March 24, 2005
      4. Schedule/Project Selection
      5. Subcommittee Reports
      6. Follow-up Actions
      7. Implementation Activity
      8. Reports from Bureau of State Audits