Business Meeting

AGENDA

Business Meeting
Thursday, August 28, 2008 

The Commission will consider agenda items I-V 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 26, 2008 and July 14, 2008
    
2. Schedule/Project Selection
    
3. Subcommittee Reports
    
4. Implementation Activity
    
5. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2008

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

Notice of Meetings

On Thursday, August 28, 2008, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing on public health. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 437 of the State Capitol in Sacramento.

The purpose of this hearing is to provide the Commission with an update on the status of California’s public health system following the Commission’s report, To Protect and Prevent: Rebuilding California’s Public Health System (April, 2003), and follow-up review in 2005 that prioritized specific recommendations from the 2003 report. The Commission will assess the progress that has been made in recent years and the impact of the new California Department of Public Health (CDPH) since it was established on July 1, 2007. The Commission will hear testimony from the CDPH director and state public health officer, local health officers and public health associations.

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

An advisory group to the Data and Technology Subcommittee of the Little Hoover Commission will meet on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Legislative Counsel’s Conference Room located on the lower level of 925 L Street, Sacramento, CA. The group will discuss opportunities and challenges to implementing a statewide performance measurement system.

In addition, the California’s Water Boards Subcommittee of the Little Hoover Commission will meet on Thursday, August, 28, 2008, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Legislative Counsel’s Conference Room located on the lower level of 925 L Street, Sacramento, CA. The subcommittee will discuss potential reforms to the state and regional water boards system.

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 21, 2008.