24th Annual Building Livable Communities Conference for Local Elected Officials – Agenda

High profile tragedies in Ferguson and communities across the nation have increased tensions and raised questions about racial equity within government institutions from the police force to the courts. Local policymakers play a critical role in ensuring that government works for all residents.We’ve invited former Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and King County Executive, Sims to discuss his nationally recognized work at the integration of environmental, social equity and public health policies that has produced groundbreaking progress on climate change, health care reform, affordable housing, mass transit, environmental protection, land use, and equity and social justice.

• Ron Sims, civic volunteer active in health, education, environmental and social equity issues

• Julie Nelson, Director of the Government Alliance for Race and Equity and a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley
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• Changing the Lights, Changing the System: Glenn Harris will talk about the City of Seattle’s Racial Equity Tool and how it’s been used to improve city services and racial equity. For example by moving from a complaint-based system to a predictive system the City is providing more efficient and equitable streetlight replacement and helping to reduce crime rates.
  • Glenn Harris, President, Center for Social Inclusion
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• The People’s Budget- Participatory Budgeting: We’ll hear from the City of Vallejo about their historic step as the first U.S. city to launch citywide participatory budgeting. In September 2012, just over a year after emerging from bankruptcy, the city engaged nearly 4,000 Vallejo residents 16 and older, regardless of citizenship status, in voting for how to allocate $3.2 million in revenues from a new sales tax. Residents prioritized 12 projects, including community gardens, street lighting and road repairs, park improvements, youth and senior programs, and a cost-saving spay and neuter program. Community members recently voted on their priorities for the second round of participatory budgeting and the City Council has expressed its intention to continue for the life of the 10-year sales tax.
  • Marti Brown, Executive Director, North Franklin District and former Counclimember, City of Vallejo
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• Supervisor Phil Serna, Sacramento County
• Supervisor Leticia Perez, Kern County
• Marti Brown, former Counclimember, City of Vallejo and Executive Director, North Franklin District

• Rick Cole, Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation at City of Los Angeles
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• Lea Deesing, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Riverside
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• Jeremy M. Goldberg, Director of Civic Innovation, Civic Consulting USA
  

• Councilmember Patrick Burt, City of Palo Alto
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• Councilmember Michael DiVirgilio, City of Hermosa Beach
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• Councilmember Lucas Frerichs, City of Davis
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• Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, City of West Sacramento
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• Councilmember Steve Hansen, City of Sacramento
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• Mayor Pro Tem Jon Harrison, City of Redlands
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• Pam O’Connor, Councilmember, City of Santa Monica

The Future of Transportation

• Daniel Sperling, Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis

Planning for New Mobility

• Hasan Ikhrata, Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the largest metropolitan planning organization in the United States
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This panel will discuss opportunities identified in “A National Strategic Narrative” a document co-authored by Mykleby that points to sustainability as the central foundation for a more prosperous and secure nation. The narrative calls for community leadership to advance walkability, smart-growth housing, regenerative and organic agriculture, and a productivity revolution focused on reducing resource intensity. The speakers will discuss the national imperative behind these community initiatives and strategies for public and private partnerships to advance America’s next Grand Strategy.

• Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group Inc., award-winning writer, speaker, and strategist on corporate sustainability practices, clean technology, and green marketing
• Mark “Puck” Mykleby, retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. and co-founder, Strategic Innovation Lab, Case Western University
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• Paula Landis, P.E., Chief, Division of Integrated Regional Management, California Department of Water Resources
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• Celeste Cantu, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
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• Martha Davis, Executive Manager Policy Development, Inland Empire Utilities Agency
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• California State Senator Bob Wieckowski, District 10
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