California Priorities 2019

The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

Housing. Transportation. Economic Growth. Inclusivity. Through the California Influencer Series, we’ve begun a conversation among leaders, decision makers, and voters to put a sharp focus on critical policy priorities. Join us on Thursday, Nov. 14 and help us build a better California. Together, we’ll discuss important policy issues that face our state and define real solutions. Through live interviews, we’ll push past ideas and advance the conversation with your active participation. This will be an inclusive and civil, dynamic gathering that challenges political assumptions and creates a shared vision for California. Your voice is important. We hope you will join us.

McClatchy operates 30 media companies in 14 states, providing each of its communities with strong independent local journalism in the public interest. It publishes iconic brands including the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, The Sacramento Bee, The Charlotte Observer, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In 2018, McClatchy launched The Influencer Series to identify key policy issues facing these states.

CALIFORNIA PRIORITIES SUMMIT

SPONSORS

CONTACT

cdubose@mcclatchydc.com

Cynthia DuBose

for speakers

for SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSOR

[ November 14, 2019 ]

LEADER

The Florida Priorities Summit is a live journalism event from McClatchy’s Florida Newsrooms - the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, and the Bradenton Herald. This event is produced with support provided by the Knight Foundation, and the University of Miami. While sponsors and partners underwrite McClatchy events, McClatchy's newsrooms have sole editorial control of all content produced.

AGENDA

WHAT FLORIDA WANTS

Review of Influencer Series Recommendations

Conversation Leaders: Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, Executive Editor, Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald George Haj, Project Manager, Florida Influencer Series Education | Cindy Arenberg Seltzer, President & CEO, Children’s Services Council of Broward County Environment | Julie Wraithmell, Executive Director, Audubon Society Guns | Rhea Law, Chair, Florida Offices, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Transportation Infrastructure | Chris Caines, Executive Director, FIU Miami Urban Future Institute Health Care | Victoria Kasdan, Executive Director, We Care Manatee

Topics at the center of our conversation Housing | Transportation | Economic Growth | Inclusivity *Complete Agenda and Additional Discussions to be announced

RECOUNT 2018

What Florida 2000 Tells us about Florida 2018

Conversation Leader Amy Driscoll, Editor, Miami Herald; part of newsroom team that covered the 2000 recount Kendall Coffey, Attorney & Founding Member, Coffey Burlington; 2000 Gore Legal Team Ed Pozzuoli, CEO, Tripp Scott; 2000 Bush Legal Team Mark Seibel, Editor, Buzzfeed; Former Managing Editor, Miami Herald

SPEAKERS

Bernadette Del Chiaro

Executive Director, California Solar and Storage Association

additional SPEAKERS to be announced

Rob Stutzman

Richard Bloom

State Assemblyman (D- Los Angeles)

Carolyn Coleman

CA League of Cities President

Cesar Diaz

Legislative and Political Director at State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO

READ THE SERIES

President of Stutzman Public Affairs

Carl Guardino

President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group

9:45am

Registration, Networking & Breakfast

8:00am

Welcome

8:45am

10:30am

Alexandra Villoch, President & Publisher, Miami Herald Media Company and McClatchy’s East Region Publisher Sponsor Remarks: Brian Keeley, President & CEO, Baptist Health South Florida Emcee: Tom Hudson, Vice President of News, WLRN

11:10am

PRIORITY | GUNS

Keeping Florida Safe from Gun Violence

Conversation Leader Nadege Green, Reporter, WLRN Luther Campbell, Musician, Producer, Activist Megan Hobson, Gun Violence Survivor Bob McClure, James Madison Institute Jon Mills, Counsel, Boies Schiller Flexner

12:00pm

LUNCH CONVERSATIONS

Continue the conversation and gather for lunch by topics with our influencers and panelists

1:15pm

Concurrent SESSION (Main Stage)

Smart Cities: Innovative Travel, 5G, and the Political Drive to Make It Happen

A CONVERSATION WITH: Jeff Brandes, State Senator, Florida Senate Kim Hart, Managing Editor, Axios Conversation Leader Raul Moas, Miami Program Director, Knight Foundation Alex Buznego, Miami Market Manager, Ford Motor Company Autonomous Vehicle Business Team Carlos Cruz-Casas, Assistant Director of Strategic Planning, Dept. of Transportation and Public Works, Miami-Dade County Patrick Goddard, President & COO, Brightline Marta Viciedo, Founding Partner, Urban Impact Lab

PRIORITY | TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

Concurrent SESSION (West Ballroom)

PRIORITY | ENVIRONMENT

Threats and Resilience: Sea Level Rise, Red Tide, and Lake O

A CONVERSATION WITH: Dr. Stephen E. Davis III, Ph.D., Senior Ecologist, The Everglades Foundation Conversation Leader Jenny Staletovich, Environmental Reporter, Miami Herald David Martin, President & Co-Founder, Terra Jorge Pérez, Chairman & CEO, Related Group Holly Raschein, State Representative, Florida House of Representatives Marc Singer, Founding Partner, Singer Xenos Wealth Management

2:10pm

Concurrent SESSION (MAIN STAGE)

PRIORITY | EDUCATION

Raising the Bar for All

Conversation Leader Nicole Washington, Washington Education Strategies Anitere Flores, State Senator, Florida Senate Fedrick Ingram, President, Florida Education Association Tracy Wilson Mourning, Founder, Honey Shine Mentoring Program Madeline Pumariega, Chancellor, Florida College System

Concurrent SESSION (West Ballroom)

PRIORITY | HEALTH CARE

Innovation in Access

Conversation Leader Amy Driscoll, Editor, Healthcare Policy, Miami Herald Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Founder & Chair, Susan G. Komen and The Promise Fund Dr. Gordon Chen, Chief Medical Officer, ChenMed Bruce Rueben, President, Florida Hospital Association Penny Shaffer, South Florida Market President, Florida Blue

2:50pm

CLOSING REMARKS

Tom Hudson, Vice President of News, WLRN Alexandra Villoch, President & Publisher, Miami Herald Media Company and McClatchy’s East Region Publisher

Conversation Leader David Smiley, Political Reporter, Miami Herald Marc Caputo, Reporter, Politico Michael Putney, Senior Political Reporter & Host “This Week in South Florida,” WPLG Local 10 News Rachel Smolkin, Vice President & Executive Editor, CNN Politics

Election Shakeout

9:00am

What 2018 means for 2019 and 2020

McClatchy operates 30 media companies in 14 states, providing each of its communities with strong independent local journalism in the public interest. It publishes iconic brands including the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, The Sacramento Bee, The Charlotte Observer, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, and the (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram. In 2018, McClatchy launched The Influencer Series to identify key policy issues facing these states.

slarrieu@miamiherald.com

SILVIA larrieu

for SPONSORS

cdooley@mcclatchy.com

CHRISTINE DOOLEY

for speakers

Contact

The Florida Priorities Summit is a live journalism event from McClatchy’s Florida Newsrooms - the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, and the Bradenton Herald. This event is produced with support provided by the Knight Foundation, the University of Miami and the Sayfie Review. While sponsors and partners underwrite McClatchy events, McClatchy's newsrooms have sole editorial control of all content produced.

LEADER

EXECUTIVE SERIES

SPONSORS

COMPLETE AGENDA, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS & SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

agenda

Education. Transportation. Guns. Environment. Health Care. Through the Florida Influencer Series, we’ve begun a conversation among leaders, decision makers, and voters to put a sharp focus on critical policy priorities. Join us and help us build a better Florida. Together, we’ll share the policy lessons of the 2018 election and discuss real solutions to recommend to Florida’s newly elected officials. Through live interviews and coverage across our news and opinion platforms, we’ll push past ideas and advance the conversation with your active participation. This will be an inclusive and civil, dynamic gathering that challenges political assumptions and creates a shared vision for Florida. Your voice is important. We hope you will join us.

FLORIDA PRIORITIES SUMMIT

AGENDA

[ November 14, 2018 ]

University of Miami

EXECUTIVE SERIES sponsor

More about the CALIFORNIA Influencer Series

2019 influencers

Hear key recommendations and add your voice to the conversation with leading Californians including:

Nikki Fried, Agriculture Commissioner Richard Florida, Urbanist Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade Public Schools Senator Anitere Flores

More about the Florida Influencer Series

Hear key recommendations and add your voice to the conversation with leading Floridians including:

Participants

additional participants to be announced

B Street Theatre

The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts 2700 Capitol Ave Sacramento, CA 95816

Photo courtesy of KCRA News

The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

event location

cbettar@sacbee.com

Catherine Bettar

The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts 2700 Capitol Ave Sacramento, CA 95816

B Street Theatre

THE SOFIA TSAKOPOULOS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

event location

Ted Lempert

President, Children Now

Jon Coupal

President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Catherine Lew

Co-Founder of the Lew Edwards Group

AGENDA

9:50 AM

REGISTRATION

8:00 AM

Dan Schnur, Director, California Influencers Project Lauren Gustus, Regional Editor, McClatchy & Executive Editor, Sacramento Bee

WELCOME REMARKS

9:00 AM

PROPOSITION 13

Californians will vote next year on fundamental changes to the state's Proposition 13 property tax law that would provide more funding for the state's public schools. How can such a significant change in state tax law impact our schools and California's economy?

CLOSING REMARKS

Lauren Gustus, Regional Editor, McClatchy & Executive Editor, Sacramento Bee

11:15 AM

PRIORITY

Moderator: Amy Chance, Political Editor, Sacramento Bee Ted Lempert, President, Children Now Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Rob Stutzman, President of Stutzman Public Affairs Catherine Lew, Co-Founder, Lew Edwards Group

9:15 AM

HOUSING

How do we balance the housing needs of working-class and impoverished Californians with suburban communities striving to maintain their character and other priorities?

PRIORITY

Moderator: Dan Morain, Senior Editor, CalMatters Richard Bloom, State Assemblyman (D - Los Angeles) Carolyn Coleman, Executive Director, League of California Cities Jennifer Svec, Legislative Advocate, California Association of Realtors

Moderator: Tony Bizjak, Transportation Reporter, Sacramento Bee Karthick Ramakrishnan, Director, AAPI Data at the Center for Social Innovation at the University of California, Riverside Eric Bauman, Chair, California Democratic Party Kathryn Phillips, Director, Sierra Club California Angie Wei, Chief of Staff, California Labor Federation Jim Wunderman, President & CEO, Bay Area Council

Living in California: Where We Can Afford to Live, How We'll Get There

HOUSING / TRANSPORTATION

PRIORITY

9:30am

Lauren Gustus, Editor, Sacramento Bee & West Region Editor, McClatchy

HELLO + GREET

8:45am

GUESTS ARRIVE + BREAKFAST

8:00am

agenda

Moderator: Dan Morain, Senior Editor, CalMatters Jennifer Svec, Legislative Advocate for the California Association of Realtors Richard Bloom, State Assemblyman (D- Los Angeles) Carolyn Coleman, President, CA League of Cities

How do we balance the housing needs of working-class and impoverished Californians with suburban communities striving to maintain their character and other priorities

HOUSING

PRIORITY

9:30am

Lauren Gustus, Regional Editor, McClatchy & Executive Editor, Sacramento Bee

WELCOME REMARKS

9:00am

Moderator: Tony Bizjak, Transportation Reporter, Sacramento Bee Carl Guardino, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar and Storage Association Cesar Diaz, Legislative and Political Director at State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO

How do we balance the mass transit necessities in urban areas vs the road/automobile requirements in outlying regions?

Transportation

10:30 AM

How do we balance the housing needs of working-class and impoverished Californians with suburban communities striving to maintain their character and other priorities

HOUSING

9:30 am

Lauren Gustus, Regional Editor, McClatchy & Executive Editor, Sacramento Bee

CLOSING REMARKS

Luis Rosero, Vice President Government Relations, Telemundo

SPONSOR REMARKS