San Jose Clean Money - Clean Cities - March 23

Conference Schedule:
9:30-10:00 Registration and Breakfast; Rotunda

10:00-10:30 Welcome; Committee Rooms 118-119
Opening speaker is Fred Keeley with the Commonwealth Club's Voices of Reform Project.

10:30-11:30 Panel - Clean Money Basics; Committee Rooms 118-119
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; Committee Rooms 118-119
What are the constitutional and legal issues facing Clean Money systems?
Speakers include Suzanne Novak, Esq., Deputy 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, Janice Thompson, Executive Director of Oregon's Money in Politics Research Action Project, and Eric Griego, former City Councilmember, Albuquerque, NM.

12:40-12:45 Break

12:45-1:45 Lunch and Keynote address; Rotunda
The lunch speaker is Byron Williams, syndicated columnist for the Oakland Tribune and pastor.

1:45-2:00 Break

2:00-3:00
Option #1: Workshop - The Inside Story; Committee Room 120
Campaigning and governing in a Clean Money system. How do you pay for it? What do you need to administer it?
Speakers include Nicole Gordon, former Executive Director, NY City Campaign Finance Board, Brian Adams, Assistant Professor of Political Science from San Diego State University, and Eric Griego, former City Councilmember, Albuquerque, NM.

Option #2: Workshop - Winning Clean Money; Committee Rooms 118-119
Successful campaigns at the ballot box or in the city council.
Speakers include David Mermin, Partner with Lake Research Partners, Eli Il Young Lee, President and CEO of Soltari, Inc., Janice Thompson, Executive Director of Oregon's Money in Politics Research Action Project, and Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause.

3:00-3:20 Coffee Break; Rotunda

3:20-4:20
Option #1: Workshop - The Inside Story; Committee Room 120
Campaigning and governing in a Clean Money system. How do you pay for it? What do you need to administer it?
Speakers include Nicole Gordon, former Executive Director, NY City Campaign Finance Board, Brian Adams, Assistant Professor of Political Science from San Diego State University, and Eric Griego, former City Councilmember, Albuquerque, NM.

Option #2: Workshop - Winning Clean Money; Committee Rooms 118-119
Successful campaigns at the ballot box or in the city council.
Speakers include David Mermin, Partner with Lake Research Partners, Eli Il Young Lee, President and CEO of Soltari, Inc., Janice Thompson, Executive Director of Oregon's Money in Politics Research Action Project, and Kathay Feng, Executive Director of California Common Cause.