CPR Commission Hearing
Government Reorganization
University of California, Davis
Monday, September 27, 2004

Hearing Transcript

Welcome
9:30 – 9:35
Larry Vanderhoef
Chancellor, University of California, Davis

Welcoming Remarks
9:35 – 9:40 
Bill Hauck and Joanne Kozberg
Co-Chairs, California Performance Review Commission

Overview of California Performance Review Recommendations
9:40 – 10:00
Chon Gutierrez
Co-Executive Directors, California Performance Review
CPR Overview Presentation-1

CPR Overview Presentation-2 

Roles of Boards and Commissions Panel
10:00 – 10:50
Kevin Starr, PH.D.
University Professor of History, University of Southern California
State Librarian Emeritus
Testimony (as submitted)

Robert C. Fellmeth
Executive Director, Center for Public Interest Law
Price Professor of Public Interest Law, UCD School of Law
Testimony (as submitted)

California Performance Review Governmental Reorganization Team
10:50 – 11:15
Chon Gutierrez
Co-Executive Directors, California Performance Review
CPR Team Presentation

Principles of Reorganization Panel
11:15 – 12:30
Michael Cohen
Director of State Administration, Legislative Analyst’s Office

Ted Gaebler
City Manager, City of Rancho Cordova
Co-Author, Reinventing Government

Jean Ross
Executive Director, California Budget Project
Testimony (as submitted)

Fred Silva
Senior Advisor, Governmental Relations, Public Policy Institute of CA
Testimony (as submitted)

Richard R. Terzian
Partner, Bannan Green Frank & Terzian LLP
Testimony (as submitted)

Allan Zaremberg
President & CEO, California Chamber of Commerce

Lunch
12:30 – 1:15

Labor/Economic Development and Commerce/Consumer Protection Panel
1:15 - 2:05

Virginia Hamilton
Executive Director, California Workforce Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Art Pulaski
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Testimony (as submitted)

Willie Washington
Director of Human Resources, Safety and Health and Workers’ Compensation
California Manufacturers and Technology Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Office of Management and Budget and California Tax Commission Panel
2:05 – 3:05

Gerald H. Goldberg
Executive Officer, California Franchise Tax Board
Testimony (as submitted)

Lenny Goldberg
Executive Director, California Tax Reform Association
Testimony (as submitted)

Bill Leonard
Member, Board of Equalization, District 2
Testimony (as submitted)

Dave Tirapelle
Client Services Manager, Cooperative Personnel Services
Testimony (as submitted)

Lois Wolk
Assemblywoman, California State Legislature
Testimony (as submitted)

Special Order on Boards and Commissions Proposed for Elimination
3:05 – 4:00

Other Executive Branch Comments and Public Comment
4:00 – 5:00

Adjourn
5:00

Supplemental Testimony
(received as of 09/24/04)

Captain Timothy A. Brown, President, and Captain George A. Quick, Vice President, International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots

Dan Kysor, Director of Governmental Affairs, California council of the Blind

Mattie B. Jones

Elizabeth Ghaffari, President, Technology Place Inc.

Castulo de la Rocha, J.D., President and CEO, AltaMed Health Services Corporation

Robert Edwards, Sr.

Gerald A. Gewe, Chief Operating Officer – Water System, Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles

Roberta Landon Skaggs, CEO & Chairperson, CalTest Instruments, Inc.

Eric A. Taylor, Senior Special Investigator, Dept. of Social Services

Michael J. Viera, Superintendent/President, Citrus Community College District

Eve Bach, President, The Public Trust Group

Timothy P. Mullins

Greg Harrison

Valerie Harris, Special Investigator I, Dept. of Social Services
Lorraine D’Ambruoso, Executive Director, CA Language Teachers Association

Daniel B. Cozad, Acting General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority

David Oppenheim, Executive Director, Child Support Directors Association of CA

Civil Justice Association of California

Tom Adams, Board President, California League of Conservation Voters

Diane Boyer-Vine, Legislative Counsel of California and Member, California Commission on Uniform State Laws

Dr. Norman Hui, Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs

John T. Kehoe, Chairman, Policy Council of the California Senior Action Network (Cal SAN)

Marsha Kwalwasser, Director of Government Relations, Northrup Grumman Corporation

Donald R. Parker, Fire Chief, City of Vallejo

The Women's Foundation of California

Marcia Raggio, Ph.D., Chair, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board

Tom Rankin, Past President, California Labor Federation AFL-CIO

Bob Raymer, Technical Director, California Building Industry Association

Peter Welch, President, California Motor Car Dealers Association

John Wilson, Consultant, California Association of Joint Power Authorities

John Wilson, Member, Commission onHealth, Safety, and Workers’ Compensation

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