10:00 am – 10:25 am Opening Remarks: A Look Back at California in 1911
- Joe Mathews, Irvine Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; co-author, California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It
10:30 - 11:45 am PANEL DISCUSSION: The Impact of a Century of Voter Initiatives
- Moderator: Jude Barry, Verafirma
- Jonathan Coupal, president, Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association
- Harvey Rosenfield, founder, Consumer Watchdog
- Jennifer Fearing, senior state director, The Humane Society of the United States
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH DEBATE QUESTION: Is California’s Initiative Process the Problem or the Solution?
- Moderator: Bettina Inclan, Steve Poizner for Governor 2010, bi-lingual communications strategist
It’s the Problem >>>
- Peter Schrag, retired editor and columnist for the Sacramento Bee
- Michael Salerno, clinical professor of law, University of California Hastings College of the Law
It’s the Solution >>>
- Derek Cressman, regional director of state operations, Common Cause
- Paul Jacob, president, Citizens in Charge Foundation
1:45 pm – 3:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Reforming the Superhighway of Reform
- Moderator: Jon Fleischman, Flash Report
- Robert Stern, president, Center for Governmental Studies
- Lenny Mendonca, national governing board, Common Cause, and board of California Forward
- Dane Waters, The Humane Society of the United States
- Kim Alexander, founder, California Voter Foundation
- Sen. Doug LaMalfa (R)*
- Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D)*
- Senator Ellen Corbett (D)*
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: The Next 100 Years
- Moderator: TBA
- Dr. David McCuan, professor, Sonoma State & author, “Initiative-Centered Politics: The New Politics of Direct Democracy”
- Michael Marubio, Verafirma
- Michael Arno, president, Arno Political Consultants
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm RECEPTION Hosted by Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco: Celebrating the 100-year Anniversary of California’s Direct Democratic Process
Remarks:
- Julius F. Anderegg, Consul General of Switzerland in San Francisco
- Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown*
- John Fund, Wall Street Journal columnist
- Joe Trippi, Democratic strategist*
*Invited but not confirmed.
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