Event Details:
Friday, November 2, 2018
12:00am - 11:55pm PDT
Location
¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏGunn Building
Koret-Taube Conference Center
366 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA 94305
United States


As Election Day nears, ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏwill explore issues facing the next California governor as he sets priorities. The choices he and California legislators make could determine if there will be clear skies or rainy days ahead.
Join an A-list of California policymakers, practitioners, and academics for a daylong Policy Forum at ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏfeaturing a conversation with Governor Jerry Brown!
Admission
Admission closed. Registration is required.
A Primer on California State Finances
Why California is better off than eight years ago
Michael Cohen, Chief Financial Officer, CalPERS
Moderator:
Mark Duggan, The Trione Director and Senior Fellow, SIEPR
A Rainy Day Ahead?
Jonathan Coslet, Chief Investment Officer, TPG Capital
Gabriel Petek, Managing Director and Sector Leader, U.S. States Group of the U.S. Public Finance Division of S&P Global Ratings
Moderator:
Gopi Shah Goda, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, SIEPR
Gabriel Petek Slides
Keynote
Moderator:
Olivia Martin, Chair of Stanford in Government (SIG)
A Thunderhead: Pensions and Unfunded Liabilities
Eric Filseth, Vice Mayor, City of Palo Alto
Sam Liccardo, Mayor, City of San Jose
Judy Lin, Fiscal Reporter, CALmatters
Joe Nation, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏ
Moderator:
David Crane, Lecturer in Public Policy, ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏ; President of Govern for California
Eric Filseth Slides
Sam Liccardo Slides
Judy Lin Slides
Poverty, the Safety Net, and Building a More Inclusive Economy
Sarah Bohn, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Don Howard, President and Chief Executive Officer, The James Irvine Foundation
Derecka Mehrens, Executive Director, Working Partnerships USA
Moderator:
Lenny Mendonca, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
Sarah Bohn Slides
Less Affordable, Less Desirable? A Look at Housing Costs and Taxes
Irena Asmundson, Chief Economist, California Department of Finance
Chris Campbell, Principal, Deloitte Tax LLP
Shannon Peloquin, Partner, McKinsey
Moderator:
Joshua Rauh, ¹ÏÌïºÚÁÏSenior Fellow, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Hoover Institution and the Ormond Family Professor of Finance at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business
Shannon Peloquin Slides
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