First Steps toward Recovery: Job Training and Reskilling

Report #257, February 2021
First Steps toward Recovery: Job Training and Reskilling

Full Report

Executive Summary

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 16, 2021
 
For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(510) 205-8042

 

California Must Act Now to Better Support Job Training and Reskilling for Workers Impacted By the Pandemic, Little Hoover Commission Says

California’s job training system is a patchwork quilt that must be streamlined and better matched to employer needs in order to help workers displaced by the COVID pandemic, according to a new report from the state’s independent government watchdog.

The report from the Little Hoover Commission notes that as of late 2020, California had lost over 1.5 million jobs due to the pandemic – more than it did during the entire Great Recession. In the face of this historic crisis, the state must work with employers and training providers to develop training pathways that give impacted workers access to quality jobs as the economy recovers, the report says.

The report, First Steps toward Recovery: Job Training and Reskilling, focuses on immediate and near-term steps that California can take to support reskilling and retraining opportunities for impacted workers and communities. This is the Commission’s second report studying California’s response to the pandemic recession. In its first report on the topic, released in December 2020, the Commission called on the state to forge deeper partnerships with the private sector to support small businesses recovery.

“Job training and reskilling will likely be necessary to help workers impacted by COVID adjust to the post-pandemic workforce and transition to new jobs,” says Chair Pedro Nava. “Training and support are especially important for lower-wage workers – where job losses are concentrated – and for those in underserved communities.”

In its report, the Commission also highlights some of the significant barriers that can make it difficult for individuals to identify training opportunities that lead to in-demand skills, or to translate training into a good job. The report notes that the state’s workforce development and training systems are difficult to navigate and limited coordination among different programs further tends to lessen their cumulative impact.

“Many jobless Californians looking to learn new skills are left without tools to help them understand the economic value of different training program options (or even that options are available), evaluate what skills are in-demand, or select what training is best for them,” says Sean Varner, a member of the subcommittee studying economic recovery from the pandemic.

The Commission applauds the state’s efforts to strengthen and expand career training and workforce development but calls on the state to do more to expand existing training partnerships and encourage new ones, and ensure those partnerships have the resources they need to support workers impacted by the pandemic.

“High-quality training can help workers in industries impacted by the pandemic pivot to increase their earnings and advance their careers,” says Commissioner David Beier, who also serves on the study’s subcommittee. “The state must act now to develop a plan for providing this training as part of an equitable economic recovery.” 

About the Little Hoover Commission

The Little Hoover Commission is a bipartisan, independent state oversight agency created in 1962. It includes 13 Commissioners appointed by the Governor and legislative leaders. The Commission’s mission is to investigate state operations and promote efficiency, economy and improved service.

 

 

Fact Sheet

Study Description

Agenda

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the deepest economic contraction since the Great Depression and left millions of Californians unemployed. The impact of the pandemic-induced recession has fallen disproportionately on communities of color and on underserved communities, amplifying existing inequities in California’s economy.

As of late 2020, California had lost 1.5 million jobs due to the COVID pandemic, with jobs losses concentrated among lower-wage workers. The pandemic has also accelerated existing trends toward greater automation, exacerbating concerns over occupational polarization and bringing the “future of work” increasingly into the present. Many of the jobs that have been lost may not return for years, if ever. In order to return to work, and have access to quality jobs, many Californians impacted by the pandemic may need job training and reskilling.

In order to address the jobs crisis facing California and provide workers with pathways to employment and to goods jobs, the Commission recommends state government build on its recent work to strengthen workforce development and career education and encourage training partnerships that feature high levels of coordination between trainers and employers, as well as guidance and support for trainees.

Written testimony from hearing witnesses can be found below in the corresponding event agenda.

 

Relevant Reports
(Report #254, December 2020)

 

In the News

 

Print Agenda
  • September 24
    2020
    Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
    10 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA:
    Public Hearing
    10 a.m.
    Thursday, September 24, 2020
     
    Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession, Part 2
     
    1. Debbie Yaddow, Senior Director of Pathways, Futuro Health (Written Testimony)
    2. Ana Bertha Gutierrez, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future (Written Testimony)
    3. Alison Schmitt, Senior Program Manager, Jobs for the Future
    4. Tim Rainey, Executive Director, California Workforce Development Board
    5. Public Comment

     

    Public Notice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    August 6, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125

    Notice of Meetings

    The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

    Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
    Password: 473371
     
     
    Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
    Password: 936199
     
    Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
    Password: 635271
     

    Add to your calendar

    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

    The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

    Video
  • September 10
    2020
    Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
    10 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA:
    Public Hearing
    10 a.m.
    Thursday, September 10, 2020
     
    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
    Password: 936199 
     
    Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession
     
    1. Kenya Blane, RN, EMHA, Chief Executive Officer, Infusion Partners 360, LLC
    2. Hilda Kennedy, Founder and President of AmPac Business Capital (Written Testimony)
    3. Susan H. Mac Cormac, Corporate Partner at Morrison & Foerster and Co-Founder of the California Small Enterprise Task Force (Written Testimony)
    4. Isabel Casillas Guzman, California’s Director of the Office of the Small Business Advocate and lead on the Entrepreneurship Task Force for the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Written Testimony)
    5. Public Comment
     
    Additional Written Testimony
     
    • Michelle DiGangi, Executive Vice President, Head of Small Business and Medium Enterprise Group, Bank of the West (Written Testimony)
    Public Notice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    August 6, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125

    Notice of Meetings

    The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

    Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
    Password: 473371
     
     
    Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
    Password: 936199
     
     
    Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
    Password: 635271
     
     

    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

    The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

    Video
  • July 23
    2020
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    1:00 p.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda

    1:00 p.m., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Online: https://bit.ly/3hkSZ9Z
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 984-6611-2036
    Password:140074

    Public Hearing: 1 p.m.

    1. Laura D. Tyson, Professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and former Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors 
    2. Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Newsom and director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
     
    Public Comments
    Public Notice
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    June 29, 2020
     
    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125
     
    Notice of Meetings
     
    On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
     
    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

    July 9, 10 a.m.
     
    Add to your calendar

    July 23, 1 p.m.:
     
     
    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
    During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
     
    Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
     
    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
      
    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
     
    AGENDA
    Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
     
    These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
    Video
  • July 9
    2020
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    10:00 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    Agenda
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    10:00 a.m.
    Thursday, July 9
     
    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Online: https://bit.ly/3fazOxI 
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 920-1597-0236
    Password: 212431
     
    1. Fernando A. Lozano, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Pomona College and Co-Chair of Governor's Council of Economic Advisors
    2. Marianne Page, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis and Member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
     
    Click here to add this event to your calendar.
    Public Notice
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    June 29, 2020
     
    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125
     
    Notice of Meetings
     
    On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
     
    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

    July 9, 10 a.m.
     
    Add to your calendar

    July 23, 1 p.m.:
     
     
    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
    During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
     
    Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
     
    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
      
    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
     
    AGENDA
    Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
     
    These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
    Video
  • June 25
    2020
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    10:00 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
    Thursday, June 25, 2020
    10 a.m.
     

    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 914-6740-2803
    Password: 362627

    Public Hearing: 10 a.m.
     
    1. Dr. Jerry Nickelsburg, Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast
    2. Dr. Mark Schniepp, Director of the California Economic Forecast
    3. Kevin Klowden, Executive Director, Center for Regional Economics and California Center, Milken Institute

     

    Public Comments

     
    Public Notice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    June 16, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125

    Notice of Meeting

     

    On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearing by joining online or by phone. Click the URL to join online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6. To join via phone, call toll free from the U.S. by dialing (888) 788-0099. The webinar ID is 914-6740-2803. The password is 362627. We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Where-Do-I-Download-The-Latest-Version- for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.

    During the hearing, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

    Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, June 18, 2020.

    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

     

    Video
September 24
2020
Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
10 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA:
Public Hearing
10 a.m.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
 
Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession, Part 2
 
  1. Debbie Yaddow, Senior Director of Pathways, Futuro Health (Written Testimony)
  2. Ana Bertha Gutierrez, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future (Written Testimony)
  3. Alison Schmitt, Senior Program Manager, Jobs for the Future
  4. Tim Rainey, Executive Director, California Workforce Development Board
  5. Public Comment

 

Public Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2020

For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meetings

The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
Password: 473371
 
 
Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
Password: 936199
 
Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
Password: 635271
 

Add to your calendar

We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

Video
September 10
2020
Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
10 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA:
Public Hearing
10 a.m.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
 
Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
Password: 936199 
 
Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession
 
  1. Kenya Blane, RN, EMHA, Chief Executive Officer, Infusion Partners 360, LLC
  2. Hilda Kennedy, Founder and President of AmPac Business Capital (Written Testimony)
  3. Susan H. Mac Cormac, Corporate Partner at Morrison & Foerster and Co-Founder of the California Small Enterprise Task Force (Written Testimony)
  4. Isabel Casillas Guzman, California’s Director of the Office of the Small Business Advocate and lead on the Entrepreneurship Task Force for the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Written Testimony)
  5. Public Comment
 
Additional Written Testimony
 
  • Michelle DiGangi, Executive Vice President, Head of Small Business and Medium Enterprise Group, Bank of the West (Written Testimony)
Public Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2020

For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meetings

The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
Password: 473371
 
 
Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
Password: 936199
 
 
Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
Password: 635271
 
 

We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

Video
July 23
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
1:00 p.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda

1:00 p.m., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Online: https://bit.ly/3hkSZ9Z
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 984-6611-2036
Password:140074

Public Hearing: 1 p.m.

  1. Laura D. Tyson, Professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and former Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors 
  2. Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Newsom and director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
 
Public Comments
Public Notice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2020
 
For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125
 
Notice of Meetings
 
On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
 
Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

July 9, 10 a.m.
 
Add to your calendar

July 23, 1 p.m.:
 
 
We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
 
Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
 
If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
  
Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
 
AGENDA
Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
 
These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
Video
July 9
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
Agenda
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 9
 
Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Online: https://bit.ly/3fazOxI 
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 920-1597-0236
Password: 212431
 
1. Fernando A. Lozano, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Pomona College and Co-Chair of Governor's Council of Economic Advisors
2. Marianne Page, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis and Member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
 
Click here to add this event to your calendar.
Public Notice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2020
 
For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125
 
Notice of Meetings
 
On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
 
Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

July 9, 10 a.m.
 
Add to your calendar

July 23, 1 p.m.:
 
 
We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
 
Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
 
If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
  
Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
 
AGENDA
Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
 
These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
Video
June 25
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA
Public Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Thursday, June 25, 2020
10 a.m.
 

Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 914-6740-2803
Password: 362627

Public Hearing: 10 a.m.
 
  1. Dr. Jerry Nickelsburg, Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast
  2. Dr. Mark Schniepp, Director of the California Economic Forecast
  3. Kevin Klowden, Executive Director, Center for Regional Economics and California Center, Milken Institute

 

Public Comments

 
Public Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2020

For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meeting

 

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearing by joining online or by phone. Click the URL to join online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6. To join via phone, call toll free from the U.S. by dialing (888) 788-0099. The webinar ID is 914-6740-2803. The password is 362627. We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Where-Do-I-Download-The-Latest-Version- for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.

During the hearing, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, June 18, 2020.

Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

 

Video
Print Agenda
  • September 24
    2020
    Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
    10 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA:
    Public Hearing
    10 a.m.
    Thursday, September 24, 2020
     
    Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession, Part 2
     
    1. Debbie Yaddow, Senior Director of Pathways, Futuro Health (Written Testimony)
    2. Ana Bertha Gutierrez, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future (Written Testimony)
    3. Alison Schmitt, Senior Program Manager, Jobs for the Future
    4. Tim Rainey, Executive Director, California Workforce Development Board
    5. Public Comment

     

    Public Notice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    August 6, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125

    Notice of Meetings

    The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

    Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
    Password: 473371
     
     
    Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
    Password: 936199
     
    Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
    Password: 635271
     

    Add to your calendar

    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

    The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

    Video
  • September 10
    2020
    Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
    10 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA:
    Public Hearing
    10 a.m.
    Thursday, September 10, 2020
     
    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
    Password: 936199 
     
    Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession
     
    1. Kenya Blane, RN, EMHA, Chief Executive Officer, Infusion Partners 360, LLC
    2. Hilda Kennedy, Founder and President of AmPac Business Capital (Written Testimony)
    3. Susan H. Mac Cormac, Corporate Partner at Morrison & Foerster and Co-Founder of the California Small Enterprise Task Force (Written Testimony)
    4. Isabel Casillas Guzman, California’s Director of the Office of the Small Business Advocate and lead on the Entrepreneurship Task Force for the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Written Testimony)
    5. Public Comment
     
    Additional Written Testimony
     
    • Michelle DiGangi, Executive Vice President, Head of Small Business and Medium Enterprise Group, Bank of the West (Written Testimony)
    Public Notice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    August 6, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125

    Notice of Meetings

    The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

    Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
    Password: 473371
     
     
    Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
    Password: 936199
     
     
    Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
    Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
    Password: 635271
     
     

    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

    The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

    Video
  • July 23
    2020
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    1:00 p.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda

    1:00 p.m., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Online: https://bit.ly/3hkSZ9Z
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 984-6611-2036
    Password:140074

    Public Hearing: 1 p.m.

    1. Laura D. Tyson, Professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and former Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors 
    2. Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Newsom and director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
     
    Public Comments
    Public Notice
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    June 29, 2020
     
    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125
     
    Notice of Meetings
     
    On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
     
    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

    July 9, 10 a.m.
     
    Add to your calendar

    July 23, 1 p.m.:
     
     
    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
    During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
     
    Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
     
    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
      
    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
     
    AGENDA
    Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
     
    These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
    Video
  • July 9
    2020
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    10:00 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    Agenda
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    10:00 a.m.
    Thursday, July 9
     
    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Online: https://bit.ly/3fazOxI 
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 920-1597-0236
    Password: 212431
     
    1. Fernando A. Lozano, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Pomona College and Co-Chair of Governor's Council of Economic Advisors
    2. Marianne Page, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis and Member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
     
    Click here to add this event to your calendar.
    Public Notice
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    June 29, 2020
     
    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125
     
    Notice of Meetings
     
    On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
     
    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

    July 9, 10 a.m.
     
    Add to your calendar

    July 23, 1 p.m.:
     
     
    We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
    During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
     
    Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
     
    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
      
    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
     
    AGENDA
    Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
     
    These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
    Video
  • June 25
    2020
    Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
    10:00 a.m.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
    Thursday, June 25, 2020
    10 a.m.
     

    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6
    Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 914-6740-2803
    Password: 362627

    Public Hearing: 10 a.m.
     
    1. Dr. Jerry Nickelsburg, Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast
    2. Dr. Mark Schniepp, Director of the California Economic Forecast
    3. Kevin Klowden, Executive Director, Center for Regional Economics and California Center, Milken Institute

     

    Public Comments

     
    Public Notice

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    June 16, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
    Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
    (916) 445-2125

    Notice of Meeting

     

    On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

    Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearing by joining online or by phone. Click the URL to join online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6. To join via phone, call toll free from the U.S. by dialing (888) 788-0099. The webinar ID is 914-6740-2803. The password is 362627. We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Where-Do-I-Download-The-Latest-Version- for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.

    During the hearing, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

    Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

    If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, June 18, 2020.

    Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

     

    Video
September 24
2020
Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
10 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA:
Public Hearing
10 a.m.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
 
Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession, Part 2
 
  1. Debbie Yaddow, Senior Director of Pathways, Futuro Health (Written Testimony)
  2. Ana Bertha Gutierrez, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future (Written Testimony)
  3. Alison Schmitt, Senior Program Manager, Jobs for the Future
  4. Tim Rainey, Executive Director, California Workforce Development Board
  5. Public Comment

 

Public Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2020

For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meetings

The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
Password: 473371
 
 
Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
Password: 936199
 
Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
Password: 635271
 

Add to your calendar

We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

Video
September 10
2020
Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
10 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA:
Public Hearing
10 a.m.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
 
Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
Password: 936199 
 
Public-Private Partnerships in the State's Response to the Pandemic Recession
 
  1. Kenya Blane, RN, EMHA, Chief Executive Officer, Infusion Partners 360, LLC
  2. Hilda Kennedy, Founder and President of AmPac Business Capital (Written Testimony)
  3. Susan H. Mac Cormac, Corporate Partner at Morrison & Foerster and Co-Founder of the California Small Enterprise Task Force (Written Testimony)
  4. Isabel Casillas Guzman, California’s Director of the Office of the Small Business Advocate and lead on the Entrepreneurship Task Force for the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Written Testimony)
  5. Public Comment
 
Additional Written Testimony
 
  • Michelle DiGangi, Executive Vice President, Head of Small Business and Medium Enterprise Group, Bank of the West (Written Testimony)
Public Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 6, 2020

For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meetings

The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will conduct a business meeting beginning at 10 a.m. on August 27 and two public hearings beginning at 10 a.m. on September 10 and 24. These meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the meeting by joining online or by phone. Please find the details for each meeting below: 

Business Meeting, August 27, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 976 4806 8946
Password: 473371
 
 
Public Hearing, September 10, 10 a.m.: 
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162
Password: 936199
 
 
Public Hearing, September 24, 10 a.m.:
Phone Number: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
Password: 635271
 
 

We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone. During the meetings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

The Commission may act on any item listed on the meeting agendas. Agenda items may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or LittleHoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, August 20 for the August 27 Business Meeting; Thursday, September 3 for the September 10 Public Hearing; and Thursday, September 17 for the September 24 Public Hearing. 

Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

Video
July 23
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
1:00 p.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda

1:00 p.m., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Online: https://bit.ly/3hkSZ9Z
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 984-6611-2036
Password:140074

Public Hearing: 1 p.m.

  1. Laura D. Tyson, Professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and former Chair of the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors 
  2. Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Newsom and director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
 
Public Comments
Public Notice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2020
 
For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125
 
Notice of Meetings
 
On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
 
Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

July 9, 10 a.m.
 
Add to your calendar

July 23, 1 p.m.:
 
 
We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
 
Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
 
If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
  
Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
 
AGENDA
Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
 
These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
Video
July 9
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Public Hearing
Agenda
Agenda
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 9
 
Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Online: https://bit.ly/3fazOxI 
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 920-1597-0236
Password: 212431
 
1. Fernando A. Lozano, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Pomona College and Co-Chair of Governor's Council of Economic Advisors
2. Marianne Page, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis and Member of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
 
Click here to add this event to your calendar.
Public Notice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2020
 
For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125
 
Notice of Meetings
 
On Thursday, July 9, 2020, and Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Little Hoover Commission will conduct public hearings on the long-term economic impacts of COVID-19. The meetings will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.
 
Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearings by joining online or by phone. Please see find the details for each hearing below:

July 9, 10 a.m.
 
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July 23, 1 p.m.:
 
 
We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.
During the hearings, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the hearing. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical hearings, public comments will be heard at the end of the hearing, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.
 
Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The hearings may be cancelled without notice.  
 
If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, July 2, 2020.
  
Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus epidemic. We appreciate your patience.
 
AGENDA
Public Hearings on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
 
These hearings will focus on California's long-term economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, including how the state's economy is likely to change, which industries will suffer and which will benefit, how workers' lives will change, and how state government and policy should respond to these and other changes.
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June 25
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Public Hearing
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AGENDA
Public Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Thursday, June 25, 2020
10 a.m.
 

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Online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6
Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 914-6740-2803
Password: 362627

Public Hearing: 10 a.m.
 
  1. Dr. Jerry Nickelsburg, Director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast
  2. Dr. Mark Schniepp, Director of the California Economic Forecast
  3. Kevin Klowden, Executive Director, Center for Regional Economics and California Center, Milken Institute

 

Public Comments

 
Public Notice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2020

For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meeting

 

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom, under the provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act as revised by Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20.

Members of the public are encouraged to listen to the hearing by joining online or by phone. Click the URL to join online: https://bit.ly/3e353L6. To join via phone, call toll free from the U.S. by dialing (888) 788-0099. The webinar ID is 914-6740-2803. The password is 362627. We highly recommend members of the public access the meeting through the Zoom app. Please visit the Zoom website at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Where-Do-I-Download-The-Latest-Version- for instructions on how to download the Zoom app onto a computer or smartphone.

During the hearing, members of the public may indicate to staff that they wish to make public comment by using the “raise” hand feature in Zoom or sending an email to littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov with your question and the phone number from which you have joined the meeting. As is the Commission’s normal procedure during physical meetings, public comments will be heard at the end of the meeting, following the final agenda item, and will be limited to three minutes each.

Witnesses may be taken out of order to accommodate speakers and to maintain a quorum. The meeting may be cancelled without notice.  

If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Little Hoover Commission at (916) 445-2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Thursday, June 18, 2020.

Please be aware that there may be delays in responding to emails or other communications to the Commission as our staff is now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate your patience.

 

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