Los Angeles City College
Saturday, March 28
855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
come via the subway to Vermont/Santa Monica Bl.
Hosted by the Green Party of California's Campaigns & Candidates Working Group
Event
open and free to the public • $5 or more donation requested to cover costs
Please RSVP to strategyretreat@cagreens.org so
we can have an idea of how many will be attending
09:00 am - Registration; Light morning snacks; Socializing
10:00 am - GPCA elections trends and 2010 Goals Proposals
Presentation by Michael Feinstein, with Q&A/Discussion
| Resource links: | Green Party of California election results, by year |
| Green Party of California Strategy Debate, featuring Peter Camejo and Mike Feinstein. Moderated by Matt Gonzalez. Laney College, Oakland. August 2006 (video) |
11:00 am - Opportunities
in 2010 partisan elections
• Demographics; open seats, unopposed seats; recruit a candidate
• Campaign Goals & Visions: Presentations by prospective candidates
| to be named | AD 37 (Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Santa Paula, Ojai) |
| Jack Lindblad | AD 39 (East San Fernando Valley) |
| Linda Piera-Avila | AD 41 (Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Malibu, Oxnard) |
| Michael McCue | AD 42 (Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley) |
| Alex Walker | AD 47 (Los Angeles) |
| Felicia Mollinedo | AD 49 (San Gabriel Valley) |
| Lisa Green | AD 53 (South Bay) |
| Daniel Brezenoff | AD 54 (Long Beach, San Pedro, Palos Verdes Peninsula) |
| Ross Frankel | Board of Equalization, District 4 (Los Angeles County) |
| Lew Tremaine | Governor |
12:15 pm Lunch Break
Afternoon: Greening California - Issue Pillars for 2010
01:30 pm Land Use, Tax Policy, Sustainability and Climate Change
Rethinking Proposition 13
Presentation by Roy Uhlrich, President, California
Tax Reform Association
SB 375: Thinking Globally, Planning Regionally, Implementing Locally
Presentation by Jennifer Sarnecki, Regional & Comprehensive Planning, Southern California Association of Governments .
| Resource links: | The Empire's New Clothes: .The Failure to Assess Commercial Property at Market Value.by Lenny Goldberg, California Tax Reform Association |
| Proposition 13: Some Unintended Consequences. By Jeffrey I. Chapman. Public Policy Institute of California. | |
Pennsylvania's Success with Local Property Tax Reform: The Split Rate Tax, by Alanna Hartzok, Earth Rights Institute |
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| Compass Blueprint, Southern California Association of Governments | |
| Southern California Regional Comprehensive Plan, Southern California Association of Governments | |
| Senate Bill 375 Implementation, California Air Resources Board | |
| California Regional Blueprint Planning Program, California Department of Transportation | |
| Green Economic Recovery Program: Impact on California, by Robert Pollin, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, James Heintz, and Helen Scharbe. Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts. | |
| California Green Stimulus Coalition; Ella Baker Center, Oakland |
02:45 pm Afternoon Break
03:00 pm Electoral Reform: A Plan for Proportional Representation and Regionalism for the California State Legislature; Prospects for a California Constitutional Convention
Presentation by Mark Paul, Senior Scholar, New America Foundation and
Micah Weinberg, Senior Research Fellow, California Program, New America Foundation
| Resource links: | Remapping a Nation without States: Personalized Full Representation for California's 21st Century. By Mark Paul, Micah Weinberg, New America Foundation |
| Remapping a Nation without States: Summary. By Mark Paul, Micah Weinberg, New America Foundation | |
| Remapping a Nation without States: Full Report. By Mark Paul, Micah Weinberg, New America Foundation | |
| A California Constitutional Convention? |
4:30 pm Afternoon Break
4:45 pm Closing Session