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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.
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CALIFORNIA PRIORITIES SUMMIT
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[ November 14, 2019 ]
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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
PRIORITY | EDUCATION
PRIORITY | ENVIRONMENT
PRIORITY | GUNS
PRIORITY | HEALTH CARE
PRIORITY | TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
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.
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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
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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
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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
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The Sofia Tsakopoulos
Center for the Arts
event location
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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
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
9:30 am
Lauren Gustus, Regional Editor, McClatchy & Executive Editor, Sacramento Bee
CLOSING REMARKS
Luis Rosero, Vice President Government Relations, Telemundo
SPONSOR REMARKS