06.19.02 - Perspectives on "The New California Dream: Regionalism for the 21st Century Challenges."
The structural barriers to regionalism are formidable, but Speaker Emeritus Robert Hertzberg has hope, and he shared his perception of the problem and the solutions in a June 19 address to the San Diego Dialogue at the Westin Horton Plaza Hotel.

06.13.02 - Growing Smarter: A Policy Agenda  
The realities of the Bay Area traffic and housing crunch, intertwined as they are, were old hat to many of the 150 in the audience at Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church. They came to see, instead, if there was a spark of Truth in what area leaders are saying about ways to build for the future at this Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development event.

05.10.02 - Shaping the Region with Vision  
The Riverside County Integrated Project, which seeks to develop a "Blueprint for Tomorrow" for blending traffic, housing and livability, will face a test in November when voters weigh whether to approve a 30-year extension to a half-cent transportation sales tax with proceeds expected to top $4.6 billion.

05.02.02 - Schools as Centers of Communities Forum  
Fresno needs to build new schools, revitalize blighted inner-city neighborhoods and find better ways to provide government services. Can it do all three at the same time? Sponsor: Fresno Area Collaborative Regional Initiative

03.18.02 - The Orange County Dialogue Leadership Forum The citizens and leaders of Orange County must set aside widespread mistrust of public governance to salvage core quality-of-life values and welcome 500,000 people – most of them born to current residents -- in the next 20 years, area leaders were told at Orange County Dialogue Leadership Forum held on March 18. Sponsors: Orange County Business Council & Center for a New Orange County

02.26.02 - Environmental Livability and Smart Schools Part II  
This forum followed up on ideas expressed in the December forum on the same topic. The forum addressed a range of state policy issues that would encourage and support school districts and other critical stakeholders to design and build new school facilities and rehabilitate older school facilities, based on the principle of "schools as centers of communities and communities as places of learning". Sponsor: New Schools Better Neighborhoods

01.16.02 - Dialogue on Regional Sales Tax Sharing and Smart Growth
Should local governments’ share of sales tax revenues be altered to stimulate smarter growth in the six-county Sacramento region? Newcomers to regional dialogue met local fiscal policy watchdogs to debate this issue at a California Policy Forum event co-sponsored by Valley Vision and the Sacramento Metro Chamber on Jan. 16. Over 180 people attended. Sponsor: Valley Vision and Sacramento Metro Chamber

12.05.01 - Environmental Livability and Smart Schools Part I
This forum addressed a range of state policy issues that would encourage and support school districts and other critical stakeholders to design and build new school facilities and rehabilitate older school facilities, based on the principle of "schools as centers of communities and communities as places of learning". Sponsor: New Schools Better Neighborhoods

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People Want to be Involved, finds League of Women Voters
From January through June 2002 the League of Women Voters of California, through their Education Fund, sponsored over 30 forums around the state regarding local issues tied to CPF’s key issues of land use, fiscal and governance reform. While the topics varied widely, the forums had some findings in common: People do care about the health and sustainability of their communities, they want their elected officials to take on the tough choices, and they want to be involved.

California Policy Forum Newsletter
As California’s economy and population continue to grow, the state and its regions must accommodate new burdens on its land use, finances, governance and infrastructure. Through regional forums, co-sponsored by CPF and Collaborative Regional Initiatives (regional civic organizations), communities have an opportunity to address challenges of local, regional or statewide scope, and, with the assistance of the CPF, to bring their concerns and ideas to the attention of state policymakers.