Moderated by Professor Michael Salerno, Associate Director of the Center for State and Local Government Law, the Bay Area for Change sponsors a panel 
"California Constitutional Convention: Common Sense or Wishful Thinking" on January 20. 

The panel addresses the potential solutions to CA's stuck and broken government, centering on a Constitutional Convention as a potential alternative. We hope to explore what really is broken, whether a Constitutional Convention can solve them or simply create other challenges, and look at alternatives (e.g., the initiative process). Our panelists represent a spectrum of views and backgrounds relevant to these issues.

AGENDA:

6:30-7:00 pm Appetizers and Networking
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner
8:00-9:30 pm Panel & Q&A

Alyson L Abramowitz, Bay Area For Change, 408-523-1222

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LIST OF PANELISTS

-  John Grubb
   Director, Repair California

-  James P. Mayer
    Executive Director, California Forward 

-  Yoriko Kishimoto
    Candidate, CA Assembly 21st AD (Assemblyman Ira Ruskin's seat; Palo Alto area)

-   Roger Nell
    Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research and author of  Constitutional Reform in CA, "Malleable Constitutions: Reflections on State Constitutional Reform"