LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
     AGENDA
    Public Hearing on CALFED/Bay-Delta Authority
    Thursday, October 27, 2005
    State Capitol, Room 126
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.
     

    1. Mike Chrisman, Secretary, California Resources Agency


    Panel - Levee Stability

    1. Jeffrey F. Mount, Professor and Director, Center for Integrated Watershed Science and Management, University of California, Davis.  Supplemental material submitted by Jeffrey F. Mount: Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Seismicity in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
    2. Gary Livaich, Partner, Desmond, Nolan, Livaich and Cunningham


    Panel - State-Federal Collaborative Models

    1. Col. (ret.) Greg May, Executive Director, South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
    2. Michael F. Burke, Associate Director, Chesapeake Bay Program Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III
    3. Carl Hasty, Deputy Executive Director, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency


    Panel - The Future of CALFED

    1. Jody Freeman, Professor and Director, Environmental Law Program, Harvard Law School
    2. Thomas J. Graff, California Regional Director, Environmental Defense
    3. Helen Ingram, Warmington Endowed Chair of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine.  Supplemental material submitted by Helen Ingram: Path Dependency and Adroit Innovation: The Case of California Water
    4. Thomas M. Zuckerman, Co-Counsel, Central Delta Water Agency
       
    Public Comment

    There is an opportunity at every public hearing for public comment.  Please email your name and affiliation to kate.martin@lhc.ca.gov if you would like to sign up in advance to provide public comment at any of the Commission hearings.

    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.  Public comment is welcome on any item considered during the business meeting.)
     
        1. Business Meeting Minutes from September 22, 2005
        2. Project Selection / Schedule
        3. Subcommittee Reports
        4. Implementation Activity
        5. Report from Bureau of State Audits