Academics, policymakers, and practitioners will come together to discuss the origin of California's fiscal crisis, the state's options given the current constitutional constraints, and the practicality of reform measures. This event is open to the public and has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.

Schedule
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Panel One: The Legal and Political Origins of the State's Current Fiscal Crisis
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Panel Two: California's Options Given the Present Constitutional Constraints and Political Climate
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Lunch
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Keynote Address by Robert M. Hertzberg '79
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Panel Three: Predictions, Possibilities, and Practicalities for Restoring the California Dream
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Reception

Keynote Speaker
Robert M. Hertzberg '79, Leadership Council Co-Chair, California Forward
 
Mr. Hertzberg is a partner at Mayer Brown. He also is chairman and co-founder of G24 Innovations based in Cardiff, Wales, which manufactures a new type of lightweight and flexible solar cell that generates power in low, ambient and even indoor conditions. His work with G24 Innovations and co-founder of Renewable Capital, has made him an active entrepreneur and leader in global policy on renewable energy solutions.

He previously served as a California State Assemblyman representing the 40th District from 1996-2002 and was Speaker of the California State Assembly from 2000-2002. He chaired the transition team for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and served on the transition team for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Public Policy Institute of California, and for his environmental work, The Guardian (UK) named him as one of "50 People Who Could Save The Planet." He currently serves on the Board of Counselors for the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development. He is a magna cum laude Graduate of The University of Redlands (1976) and received his JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1979).
 
Panel 1: The Legal and Political Origins of the State's Current Fiscal Crisis
Michelle W. Anderson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Gerald Frug, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Steven M. Sheffrin, Professor of Economics, Tulane University
Robert M. Stern, President, Center for Governmental Studies
Rick Su, Associate Professor, Buffalo Law School
 
Panel 2: California's Options Given the Present Constitutional Constraints & Political Climate
Robert Feyer, Partner, Public Finance Department, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
David Gamage, Assistant Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Charles McLure, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute
Scott Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers

Panel 3: Predictions, Possibilities, and Practicalities for Restoring the California Dream  
Jack Citrin, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Joseph Grodin, Emeritus Professor of Law, UC Hastings
Jessica Levinson, Director of Political Reform, Center for Governmental Studies
Daniel Mitchell, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Fred Silva, Senior Fiscal Policy Advisor, California Forward

This event is open to the public and has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.

Cost: $25 pre-registration, $35 at the door, and FREE for students

Register here. 

Contact: Teresita Sablan sablant@uchastings.edu or Samir Abnelnour abdelnou@uchastings.edu