2010 California Working Families Policy Summit: Policy Recommendations & Research
The 2010 Summit was a sold-out success, featuring Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis as our luncheon keynote speaker. Her Summit speech is now posted on the Department of Labor website, as well as a set of photos from her Sacramento visit.
Over 400 California policy leaders attended the Summit to learn, network and leave inspired about “forging a new vision for working families.”
Fifteen policy papers were released and/or reviewed in conjunction with the Summit.
Plenary I: Confronting California’s Current Budget Crises
Jean Ross, Executive Director, California Budget Project
Searching for Balance: The Social and Economic Context of the
Governor’s 2010-11 Proposed Budget
See also: www.cbp.org
Lenny Goldberg, Executive Director, California Tax Reform Association
Sharing the Burden of Economic Recovery: 10 Tax Policies for $20 Billion
See also: http://caltaxreform.org
Sunne Wright McPeak, Leadership Council, California Forward
President & CEO, California Emerging Technology Fund
The California Forward 2010 Reform Principles
See also: www.californiaforward.org
Plenary II: Forging a New Vision for Working Families
Working Families in the 21st Century:
The Shriver Report and its Implications for California (PowerPoint presentation)
Ann O’Leary, Executive Director
Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security, UC Berkeley School of Law
See also http://www.awomansnation.com
Preserving the Safety Net:
A “California Recovery Plan” Budget
Kim McCoy Wade, Consultant
Health and Human Services Network
A “California Recovery Plan” Budget
See also www.hhsnetworkca.org
Building Economic Security:
Asset Protection and Asset Building
Olivia Calderon, California Legislative Director
Asset Building Program, New America Foundation
See http://assetsca.newamerica.net/home
Promoting Family-Friendly Workplaces
Brandy Davis, Policy Coordinator
Labor Project for Working Families
Special Report:
Federal Funding Opportunities Related to California’s Working Families (Executive Summary)
A report developed by the Senate Office of Research at the request of
Senator Carol Liu, Chair, Senate Human Services Committee, California State Legislature
Advocates’ Policy Agendas
Topics for Conversation Circles
Developed by:
Jennifer Peck, Executive Director
Partnership for Children and Youth
Developed by:
Jessica Bartholow, Legislative Advocate, and Mike Herald, Legislative Advocate
Western Center on Law and Poverty
Developed by:
Amy Friedrich-Karnik, Senior Policy Specialist
National Center on Caregiving Family Caregiver Alliance
Developed by:
Donita Stromgren, Policy & Member Services Director
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Developed by:
Elizabeth Landsberg, Legislative Advocate, Western Center on Law and Poverty
Martin Martinez, Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Mike Odeh, Program Coordinator, “It’s Our Healthcare,” Health Access
Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access
School Nutrition & Child Care Nutrition
Developed by:
Kumar Chandran, Nutrition Policy Advocate
Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director
California Food Policy Advocates
