2005-2006 Past Events

Bedrosian Center Salon Series on Innovative Governance
The goal of the Salon on Innovative Governance is to engage cross-disciplinary discussions of issues related to effective governance and public management. The Bedrosian Center hosted five salons in 2005-2006.

E-Governance Presentation (April 2005, Sacramento)
Co-hosted by the USC California Policy Institute and the California Research Bureau Greg Curtin, Senior Project Director for the Bedrosian Center, provided perspectives on the e-governance proposals of Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Performance Review. Dr. Curtin provided an overview of the status of California e-government, the needed improvements to the state’s infrastructure and capacity, how the governor's proposals match with the needs of the state, and the costs associated with those proposals. Clark Kelso, the state’s Chief Information Officer, provided his perspectives on the direction of the state.

California in the 21st Century: Are We Governable? (October 2005, Los Angeles)
A panel discussion was organized by the Bedrosian Center as part of USC Festival 125, an academic celebration of the university's 125th anniversary. The discussion addressed the many critical issues of governance that California is facing in the 21st century. Dan Mazmanian, Bedrosian Center director, was the discussion facilitator; panelists included Juliet Musso, the center's faculty research fellow and project coordinator for their Governance Salon Series; renowned political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe; Harry Pachon, Director of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute; Raphe Sonenshein, professor of political science at California State University, Fullerton; and Richard Callahan, SPPD’s director of state capital and leadership programs in Sacramento.