Business Meeting

AGENDA

Business Meeting
Thursday, August 26, 2010 
Legislative Counsel Conference Room 
Lower Level, 925 L Street
Sacramento, CA

The Commission will consider agenda items I-VI at approximately noon. The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair. Members of the public will have an opportunity to make comments about Commission agenda items during the meeting. 

1. Business Meeting Minutes from June 24, 2010
    
2. Draft Report - Water Governance
    
3. Schedule/Project Selection
    
4. Subcommittee Reports
    
5. Implementation Activity
    
6. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 12, 2010

For Additional Information Contact:
Stuart Drown, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meetings

On Thursday, August 26, 2010, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct its third public hearing on the state’s long-term care system. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 437 of the State Capitol in Sacramento.

In this study, the Commission is reviewing California’s system of long-term care for seniors and people with disabilities. The August hearing will focus on innovative models for providing long-term care and opportunities for California through health care reform and other initiatives.

The Commission will hear from leaders of successful efforts to improve longterm care programs in Washington state and the city of San Francisco. The policy director from the SCAN Foundation will give an overview of the long-term care provisions of federal health care reform and the opportunities it presents for California and the president and CEO of Partners in Care Foundation will discuss the role of innovative partnerships in long-term care. The director of the Congress of California Seniors, also will comment on how California could improve its long-term care system.

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments.

Immediately following the hearing, the Commission will hold a business meeting in the Legislative Counsel Conference Room in the lower level of 925 L Street in Sacramento.

On Wednesday, August 25, 2010, the Long-Term Care Subcommittee of the Little Hoover Commission has scheduled a meeting to learn about state’s In-Home Supportive Services program. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Legislative Counsel Conference Room in the lower level of 925 L Street in Sacramento.

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s Web site, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Stuart Drown at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 19, 2010.