It Starts Here:
A UC Town Hall Meeting
A Forum on the California State Budget
December, 2003
1:00-5:00 p.m.
UCLA Covel Commons |
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Sponsored by the University
of California Office of the President,
UCLA and the UC
California Policy Research Center
 President
Dynes on the budget town hall
This University of California-sponsored
forum convened leading UC specialists with policy
makers and community leaders to provide an informed
analysis of the state budget crisis and identify
options for addressing this challenge.
The forum’s three sessions:
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- Provided an overview
of the historical context for the current budget
deficit and explain the factors contributing
to the severity of the current shortfall.
- Examined patterns of
state revenues and expenditures.
- Explored revenue, expenditure,
and governance reforms that would provide greater
stability and reliability to the state’s
fiscal system.
- Reviewed challenges
in financing California’s higher education
system.
Forum participants included:
President Robert C. Dynes, University
of California
Phil Isenberg, former Assemblymember, California
State Legislature
Edward E. Leamer, UCLA
Anderson Forecast
Mayor Curt Pringle, City
of Anaheim
Chancellor Thomas J. Nussbaum, California
Community Colleges
Chancellor Charles B. Reed, The
California State University |
Conference
Agenda
Speaker PowerPoint
presentations
For more information about the forum:
(310) 794-6810
The California Policy Research Center,
established by the University of California in 1977,
is a research and public service program that applies
UC-based expertise to the development, implementation
and evaluation of state policy as well as federal and
international policy issues that affect California.
CPRC activities and projects benefit policymakers, community
leaders and the public.
Background
on California's budget process
and fiscal crisis by
UCLA economists
More
information about UC and the state budget
Report
on UC's contributions to California's economy
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