Greening
California 2010 Strategy Session
Los Angeles City College
Saturday,
March 28
855
N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
come via the subway to Vermont/Santa Monica Bl.
or park in Lot 5, enter on Heliotrope on NW side of campus
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
Morning: Green Party Strategy
Afternoon:
Greening
California - Issue Pillars for 2010
11:00 am - Registration; Socializing
11:30 am - GPCA elections trends and 2010 Goals Proposals
| Presentation
by Michael
Feinstein, former City Councilmember and Mayor, Santa Monica 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) |
12:30 pm Lunch Break - Catered Vegan Food from Pure Luck Restaurant (donations accepted)
Afternoon: Greening California - Issue Pillars for 2010
Life Sciences Room 102
01:30 pm Land Use, Tax Policy, Sustainability and Climate Change
| Rethinking
Proposition 13 Presentation by Roy Ulrich, 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 |
|
SB 375. Analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council. SB 375 Connects Land Use and AB 32 Implementation. The Planning Report |
|
| 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
• Demographics; open seats, unopposed seats; recruit a candidate
• Campaign Goals & Visions: Presentations by prospective candidates
| Jack Lindblad | AD 39 (East San Fernando Valley) |  |
Lisa Green | AD 53 (South Bay) |  |
| Linda Piera-Avila | AD 41 (Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Malibu, Oxnard) |  |
Daniel Brezenoff | AD 54 (Long Beach, San Pedro, Palos Verdes Peninsula) | .jpg) |
| Michael McCue | AD 42 (Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley) |  |
Ross Frankel | Board of Equalization, District 4 (Los Angeles County) |  |
| Alex Walker | AD 47 (Los Angeles) |  |
Lew Tremaine | Governor |  |
| Felicia Mollinedo | AD 49 (San Gabriel Valley) |  |