Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19

Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19

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Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 3, 2020
 
For Additional Information Contact:
Ethan Rarick, Executive Director
(510) 205-8042

 

Little Hoover Commission to Study the Long-Term Economic Impact of COVID-19

The Little Hoover Commission – America’s only permanent, independent citizens commission working to improve state government – will hold a series of hearings this summer to examine California’s long-term economic and fiscal challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearings will focus on identifying likely changes, their effect on state government, and how state government can best respond to support those who are impacted.

The first of three hearings will be held on Thursday, June 25, and will seek to address how the pandemic and the resulting economic dislocation will alter California’s economy over the next two to five years. The Commission will assess the potential “new normal” of work and take a look at how both businesses and individuals are economically impacted. The second and third hearings, which will focus on the fiscal impact on state government and the changes in state government organization and policy that are needed in response, will be held throughout the month of July.

All three hearings will be held by Zoom, and will be accessible from the events page on our website: www.lhc.ca.gov/events. Additional information, including witness lists, will be released later.

“The impact of the pandemic is a critical issue facing our state,” said Pedro Nava, Chair of the Little Hoover Commission. “We look forward to providing a platform for robust conversations that will contribute to long-term planning as the state looks to address the lasting economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

About the Little Hoover Commission

The Little Hoover Commission is a bipartisan, independent state oversight agency created in 1962. It is comprised of 13 appointed Commissioners, four of whom are state legislators and nine of whom are public members. Its mission is to investigate state government operations and – through reports, recommendations and legislative proposals – promote efficiency, economy and improved service.

Make sure to sign-up for our e-newsletter to receive future updates regarding our COVID-19 hearings and other efforts. You can also stay up-to-date with the Commission by following us on Twitter and Facebook.

Fact Sheet

Study Description

Agenda

Overview

The Little Hoover Commission is examining the long-term structural changes and challenges that the California economy will face over the next few years in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preliminary data and projections suggest that the pandemic will have a far deeper impact than any of the other three deep downturns to strike California in the past 30 years – the post-Cold War recession of the early 90s, the dot-com bust of the early 2000s, or most recently the Great Recession. In May 2020, the Department of Finance estimated a budget shortfall of $54.3 billion, $13.4 billion in the current fiscal year and $40.9 billion in the upcoming fiscal year. To put this shortfall into perspective, such an amount represents roughly a third of the state’s General Fund and more than three times the balance of the Rainy Day Fund.

Within this study, the Commission will hold a series of hearings focusing on identifying the likely challenges that California will face, their effect on state government, and how state government can best respond to support those who are impacted.

If you would like more information regarding this study, please contact Ethan Rarick at ethan.rarick@lhc.ca.gov or at (916) 445-2125. To be notified electronically of meetings, events, or when the review is complete, please subscribe to Little Hoover Commission updates: https://bit.ly/LittleHooverNews

 
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    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

     

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    August 6, 2020

    For Additional Information Contact:
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    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.

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  • September 10
    2020
    Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
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    10 a.m.
    Thursday, September 10, 2020
     
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    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)
     
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    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.

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    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.
     
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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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  • July 9
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    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
     
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    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
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    Thursday, June 25, 2020
    10 a.m.
     

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    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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September 24
2020
Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
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Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA:
Public Hearing
10 a.m.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
 
Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Toll-Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
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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

 

Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/FlgTuWFd
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
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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
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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)
 
Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/bxiUTTyJ
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., 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
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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., 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
Public Hearing
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Agenda
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 9
 
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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., 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
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.

 

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  • September 24
    2020
    Public Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships
    10 a.m., Join Online or by Phone via Zoom.
    Public Hearing
    Agenda
    AGENDA:
    Public Hearing
    10 a.m.
    Thursday, September 24, 2020
     
    Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
    Toll-Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
    Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
    Password:  635271
     
    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

     

    Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/FlgTuWFd
    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., Join Online or By Phone via Zoom Online: https://bit.ly/3a
    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)
     
    Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/bxiUTTyJ
    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., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom Online: https://bit.ly
    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

    Click here to add this event to your calendar.

    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., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom Online: https://bit.l
    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., Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom Online: https://bit.l
    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., Join Online or by Phone via Zoom. Online: https://bit.ly/2C9Vs7u Toll-Free Phone: (888) 788-0099 Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904 Password: 635271
Public Hearing
Agenda
AGENDA:
Public Hearing
10 a.m.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
 
Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom
Toll-Free Phone: (888) 788-0099
Webinar ID: 953 6196 7904
Password:  635271
 
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

 

Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/FlgTuWFd
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., Join Online or By Phone via Zoom Online: https://bit.ly/3a1sbZ3 Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099 Webinar ID: 954 8414 4162 Password: 936199
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)
 
Add to calendar: https://evt.mx/bxiUTTyJ
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., 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
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

Click here to add this event to your calendar.

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.
 
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July 23, 1 p.m.:
 
 
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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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July 9
2020
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
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Agenda
Hearing on Long-Term Economic Impacts of COVID-19
10:00 a.m.
Thursday, July 9
 
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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
 
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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
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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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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

 

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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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