On September 24, 2010, the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review hosted the Rebooting CA: Initiatives, Conventions & Government Reform symposium. The day-long symposium included a variety of panels exploring the law and policies of Constitutional Reform for California and a possible Constitutional Convention.

Articles from the symposium are available in the Winter 2011 issue of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.

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For more information on the symposium, please visit: http://rebootca.org

Program
2010
Friday, September 24th
9:00 AM

Introductory Remarks & Welcome Address

Karl Manheim, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles
Victor Gold, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles

9:00 AM
9:05 AM

Panel 1: Fiscal and Budgetary Problems/Reforms

Dan Walters, The Sacramento Bee
Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
John Heilman, Mayor, West Hollywood
Robert Hertzberg, California Forward
Sheila Kuehl

9:05 AM
10:45 AM

Panel 2: Electoral and Structural Reforms

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, KNBC-TV
Jessica Levinson, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles
Justin Levitt, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles
Bruce McPherson, California Forward
Allan Ides, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles

10:45 AM
12:40 PM

Luncheon Keynote Address: Former California Gov. Gray Davis

Gray Davis, Former Governor of California

12:40 PM
2:00 PM

Panel 3: Mechanisms for Constitutional Reform

Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR News
Joseph Grodin, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Thad Kousser, University of California San Diego
Ann Lousin, John Marshall Law School
Steven Miller, Hanson Bridgett LLP
Raphael Sonenshein, California State University, Fullerton

2:00 PM
4:00 PM

Panel 4: The Future of Direct Democracy – Reforming the Initiative Process

Warren Olney, Public Radio International
Bruce Cain, Institute of Governmental Studies
Christopher Elmendorf, University of California, Davis
Robert Stern, Center for Governmental Studies
Gerald Uelmen, Santa Clara University School of Law

4:00 PM
6:30 PM

Participant and Sponsor Dinner

Dan Schnur, Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, University of Southern California

6:30 PM