Pasadena Clean Money - Clean Cities - March 15

Conference Schedule:

9:30-10:00 Registration (outside of room 211) and Breakfast; Rooms 212-214

10:00-10:30 Welcome; Room 211
Opening speaker is Pasadena Mayor, Bill Bogaard.

10:30-11:30 Panel - Clean Money Basics; Room 211
Activists and elected officials provide an overview of Clean Money systems and developing city-level proposals.
Speakers include Brian Adams, Assistant Professor of Political Science from San Diego State University, Susan Lerner, Executive Director of the California Clean Money Campaign and Steve Levin, Project Manager of Political Reform from the Center for Governmental Studies.

11:30-11:40 Break

11:40-12:40 Panel - Know the Law; Room 211
What are the constitutional and legal issues facing Clean Money systems?
Speakers include Deborah Goldberg, Esq., Program Director, Democracy Project from NYU's Brennan Center, Bob Stern Esq., President of the Center for Governmental Studies, Trent Lange from the California Clean Money Campaign and Janice Thompson, Executive Director of the Money in Politics Research Action Project.

12:40-12:45 Break

12:45-1:45 Lunch and Speaker; Rooms 212 - 214
The Lunch speaker is Judy Chu, State Board of Equalization Member, representing the 4th district.

1:45 - 2:00 Break

2:00-3:00
Option #1: Workshop - The Inside Story; Room 207
Campaigning and governing in a Clean Money system. How do you pay for it? What do you need to administer it?
Speakers include LeeAnn Pelham, Executive Director, of the Los Angeles Ethics Comission, Brian Adams, Assistant Professor of Political Science from San Diego State University and Bob Stern Esq., President of the Center for Governmental Studies.

Option #2: Workshop - Winning Clean Money; Room 208
Successful campaigns at the ballot box or in the city council.
Speakers include Richard Bernard, Senior Vice President of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, Liza White, President of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of the Policitcal Reform Project at the New America Foundation, Janice Thompson, Executive Director of the Money in Politics Research Action Project and Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause.

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:15
Option #1: Workshop - The Inside Story; Room 207
Campaigning and governing in a Clean Money system. How do you pay for it? What do you need to administer it?
Speakers include LeeAnn Pelham, Executive Director, of the Los Angeles Ethics Comission, Brian Adams, Assistant Professor of Political Science from San Diego State University and Bob Stern Esq., President of the Center for Governmental Studies.

Option #2: Workshop - Winning Clean Money; Room 208
Successful campaigns at the ballot box or in the city council.
Speakers include Richard Bernard, Senior Vice President of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates, Liza White, President of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of the Policitcal Reform Project at the New America Foundation, Janice Thompson, Executive Director of the Money in Politics Research Action Project and Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause.