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Justice Cruz Reynoso named UCCS Governance Fellow for 2016

Former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso

has been named UC Center Sacramento’s Governance

Fellow for 2016. Justice Reynoso served on the state’s

highest court from 1981 to 1986. He currently teaches at

UC Davis School of Law, where he holds the Boocheever

& Bird Chair for the Teaching and Study of Freedom and

Equality.

As Governance Fellow, Reynoso succeeds former Assm.

Bev Hansen, who served for 2015.

Born in the Orange County community of Brea, Reynoso

grew up as one of 11 children in a barrio near La Habra. His father was a farm-

worker in nearby orange groves. A graduate of Fullerton High School, Reynoso,

attended Fullerton College before graduating from Pomona College in 1953. He

received his law degree from UC Berkeley in 1958.

Reynoso’s career as a community activist began as a teenager when he led an

effort to have the U.S. Postal Service bring mail delivery to his rural barrio. That

dedication to public service continued after law school as a legislative assistant in

the California state Senate and later as associate general counsel to the federal

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In 1968 he became deputy director,

then executive director of California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA), where he

successfully thwarted then-Gov. Ronald Reagan’s attempts to defund CRLA.

Reynoso taught at the Univ. of New Mexico law school from 1972 to 1976, when

Gov. Jerry Brown tapped him as the first Latino appointed to the California Court

of Appeal. Brown elevated Reynoso to the Supreme Court in 1981. Since leaving

the Court, he has taught law both at UCLA and UC Davis, served as vice chair of

the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as a member of Barak Obama’s presi-

dential transition team.

In 2000, Reynoso was awarded the nation’s highest civilian award, the Presiden-

tial Medal of Freedom, by Pres. Bill Clinton. In 2007, he received the UC Davis

Medal of Honor. Reynoso also is the subject of a documentary film, “Cruz Reyno-

so: Sowing the Seeds of Justice.”

Reynoso becomes the sixth UCCS Governance Fellow, following Roger Niello

(2011), Jack Scott (2012), Mike Villines (2013), Delaine Eastin (2014) and Bev

Hansen (2015).

THE YEAR AHEAD AT UC CENTER

UCCS has two principal missions: to provide UC students with exceptional experiential learning opportunities in public ser-vice, and to disseminate knowledge produced on each of UC’s 10 campuses in the interest of better policymaking. This academic year-to-date has seen impressive progress along both fronts.

Undergraduate student enrollment during the Fall and Win-ter quarters reached record highs, totaling nearly 50 students rep-resenting eight UC campuses. Both the Fall and Winter cohorts have been impressive. Their enthusiasm, diligence and profession-al comportment have been evident to their instructors, to Center leadership, and to Center guests – including this year’s newly ap-pointed Governance Fellow, former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso.

Meanwhile, the Center is working to develop new ways to engage students with varied interests. One offering in development is the UC Global Leadership Pro-gram. Implemented in collaboration with the UC Education Abroad Program, this new program will give a highly selected group of UC students the chance to study in Mexico City for two quarters, followed by a one-quarter internship (arranged through UCCS) em-phasizing California-Mexico relations (see http://eap.ucop.edu/OurPrograms/mexico/Pages/global-leadership-mexico-city-sacramento.aspx).

In addition, in keeping with our strong belief that UCCS programs should benefit students from all majors, we are pleased to introduce in Fall 2016 the first of what we hope will be several academic “tracks” to provide alternative academic pathways for stu-dents in the natural, environmental, health, and behavioral sciences. The initial offering will be in health policy. UCCS students who choose this special track will still attend lec-tures orienting them to the political and policymaking apparatus in California. From there, they will branch out to learn about the fundamental issues in health policy, the tools heath policy analysts use to address these issues, and their application to health reform both in the US and California. Finally, through a generous grant from The California En-dowment, the Center is able to offer up to four undergraduates per quarter a $1500 award to help offset some of the additional expenses that many UCCS students incur. The main requirement is that students demonstrate an interest in “health justice,” broadly defined as reduction in “the avoidable health inequalities that arise because of the cir-cumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age” (see http://uccs.ucdavis.edu/for-students/app/Costs for more information or to refer a deserving prospective student).

On the dissemination front, UCCS collaborated last Fall with the California State Library to produce a special edition of the library’s “Studies in the News.” The special edition, edited by UCCS Graduate Research Assistant Jaime Jackson and called (fittingly) “UC Studies in the News,” showcased recent efforts by UC faculty that both made headlines and were judged to have relevance to California policymaking (https://www.library.ca.gov/sitn/crb/docs/20151028.pdf to view or download the publication).

Looking ahead, we are pleased to announce two major events. The first is a ma-jor international conference on “water pricing for a dry future,” co-sponsored with UC Riverside and UC Berkeley (see page 5).Limited public registration is available via the conference website ((http://spp.ucr.edu/waterpricing/). The second event is the annual Bacon Public Lecture, to be delivered on February 24 in the UCCS auditorium (see page 3). This year’s Bacon Lecturer is Professor Karen Chapple of UC Berkeley whose talk is based on her soon-to-be published White Paper, entitled “Integrating California’s Climate Change and Fiscal Goals: The Known, the Unknown, and the Possible.” This lecture is open to the public on a registration-preferred basis.

These activities are just some of the ways UCCS strives to achieve its dual mis-sion of preparing students to be better citizens while sharing knowledge in support of better, more evidence-based public policy. But we are always looking for creative new ideas. Please share them with me anytime. (rlkravitz@ucdavis.edu)

— Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH

From the Director’s Desk

BACON PUBLIC LECTURE SET FOR FEBRUARY 24

Karen Chapple (UC Berkeley) Explores Tax incentives as Related to Climate Change Goals

Dr. Karen Chapple, a professor from the Cen-

ter for Community Innovation at UC Berkeley,

will present the second annual UCCS Bacon

Public Lecture on Wednesday, February 24,

at UC Center. Her talk will begin at noon and

include a moderated discussion.

The Lectureship program was made possible

by a generous gift from Kevin and Kim Bacon,

who provided funding for competitions for lec-

tures in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Kevin Bacon is a 1972 graduate of UC Davis.

Chapple will give the Bacon Lecture after winning a competition open to

faculty and researchers throughout the UC system. The Lectureship, which in-

cludes a published White Paper, is dedicated to evidence-based public policy.

Dr. Chapple’s entry focused on how to relate tax incentives to the state’s

climate-change goals. She received research support and also plans to meet with

relevant policy staff in Sacramento. Her entry was selected by a panel of policy

experts convened by UC Center.

Dr. Richard Kravitz, director of UC Center Sacramento, believes that the

Bacon Lectureship affords an important opportunity for the Uni-

versity of California to deliver on its promise of discovering and

sharing knowledge to advance the public good in California.

“Through the generosity of Kevin and Kim Bacon, UC

Center will bring world-class UC faculty to the state Capitol to

address critical policy questions raised by legislative staff and

other governmental officials,” said Dr. Kravitz.

Dr. Chapple’s paper was peer-reviewed by UC faculty. In

addition to the Lecture, Dr. Chapple will participate in a discussion of her findings

with Mac Taylor, director of the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The discussion will be

moderated by Craig Cornett, the State Senate’s chief budget consultant.

In addition to her professorship, Dr. Chapple is an affiliate faculty of UC Berke-

ley’s Institute of Governmental Studies and Institute for Research on Labor & Em-

ployment. Among her research projects is the role of the

green economy and industrial land in the California economy.

Dr. Chapple’s talk is the second Bacon Public Lecture. The

inaugural Lecture was presented in 2015 by Dr. Michael Gott-

fried of the Gervitz School of Education at UC Santa Barbara.

More information about the Lectureship may be found

on the UCCS website here.

MAC TAYLOR

KEVIN BACON

UC Center Sacramento strengthened its effort to recruit students with the hiring

of two new outreach coordinators: Greg Anderson and Kristen Greenlee.

Outreach coordinators maintain the

Center’s relationship to student advi-

sors and program representatives on

each of UC’s 10 campuses. They

attend campus career and internship

fairs, hold information sessions for

students, and work with UCCS repre-

sentatives, peer advisors and student

ambassadors to spread the word

about the Sacramento program.

Greg and Kristen are responsible for specific

campuses. Kristen works with Berkeley, Merced, Santa Barbara and UCLA, while Greg

focuses on Irvine, Riverside, Santa Cruz and San Diego. The two work together at Davis

and San Francisco.

The two also assist with other Center activities. Greg helps non-Davis students

find housing in Sacramento, while Kristen coordinates with the Alumni Association and

schedules workshops for students on topics such as networking, resume` writing and

professionalism in the workplace.

Kristen came to UC Center from the UC Davis Medical Center, where she

served as a communication analyst. She also brings state Capitol experience to her job,

having interned for the state Senate and worked both for lobbying firms and industry-

based associations. She is a Sacramento native who joined the UC Center staff in No-

vember 2015.

A native of Northern California, Greg came aboard in September 2015 after re-

locating to Sacramento from the East Coast, where he earned a MA in Education from

Harvard. A 2007 graduate of UC Irvine, Greg previously worked as a middle-school

teacher and college counselor.

GREENLEE ANDERSON

New UCCS Staff Bolsters Student

Recruitment and Experience

Calling all UCCS Alumni

Hey, UCCS alumni! The Center would like to hear from you and to make sure you remain a part of the UC

Center family. Since the Center’s inception in 2004, more than 1200 of you, representing all 10 UC campuses,

have participated in UCCS’ public policy and journalism programs.

To help you stay in touch, the Center is in the process of creating an active, vibrant and robust alumni associa-

tion. And we need your input, suggestions and — most important — your current contact information. Many of

the email addresses in our database are UC emails, now long inactive.

At the moment, a steering committee is working on forming an association, and we’ll be in touch soon with

details. Members of the steering committee are Angela Blanchard (Davis, 2004), Eduardo Aguilar (Davis,

2004), Quinn Buniel (Davis, 2014), Josh Hoover (UCLA, 2011), Cindy Quiralte (Riverside, 2014), Tamara Tor-

lakson (Santa Cruz, 2008), Patrick Welch (Santa Cruz, 2011), Nina Kapoor (San Diego, 2005) and Jessica

Mosack (Davis, 2013).

If you are interested in helping, or wish to update our database with your current information, please contact

Kristen Greenlee at kegreenlee@ucdavis.edu.

WORKSHOP ON WATER PRICING TO FOCUS ON

INTERNATIONAL POLICY IDEAS

UC Center will host a February workshop on water pricing, with

emphasis on policy ideas from abroad and their relevance to California.

Organized by Dr. Ariel Dinar of the UC Riverside School of Public Poli-

cy, the workshop convenes international experts who will share their

experience with the use of market-based incentives to address water

scarcity. Leading scholars from several countries will present case stud-

ies that illustrate how water-pricing mechanisms promote water conser-

vation throughout the world. The presentations will be followed by dis-

cussions of how economic incentives might be used to address some

of the challenges faced by California’s water economy. The interna-

tional experts will be joined by California-based researchers, practitioners and policy-

makers.

Speakers and panelists include Dr. Richard Kravitz (UCCS), David Zilberman

(UC Berkeley), Dan Dooley (New Current Water and Land), Tim Quinn (Assn. of Califor-

nia Water Agencies), Alvar Escriva-Bou (PPIC), Glenda Humiston (UC Office of the

President), Colin Carter (UD Davis), Ken Baerenklau (UC Riverside), Gavin Hanlon

(Australia), Yacov Tsur and Nir Becker (Israel), Javier Calatrava (Spain), Steven Ren-

zettui (Canada), Marielle Montginoul and Bernard Barraque` (France), Antonio Mas-

sarutto (Italy), Guillermo Donoso (Chile), Dajun Shen (China), and Barbara Schreiner

(South Africa).

The workshop will be held February 2-3. In addition to UC Riverside and UC

Center, co-sponsors include the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources,

Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, the Public Policy Institute of California’s

Water Policy Center, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

More information and a listing of panels and discussions may be found here.

Ariel Dinar

REGISTER FOR SEMINARS ON LINE

Those interested in attending the public semi-

nars mentioned above may register for events

on line at http://uccs.ucdavis.edu/events.

Online registration will be available seven days

prior to each seminar. Monthly events are listed

in the calendar section of each newsletter and

on the UCCS website.

Zilberman Quinn Humiston Dooley Donoso Schreiner

WINTER PROGRAM ATTRACTS 23 PUBLIC-POLICY STUDENTS

Student Campus Internship Josef Alejandrino Riverside Senate Office of Intl Relations

Hadley Blangy Santa Cruz Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom

Celeste Castellanos Davis Dept. of Education: Executive Office

Graciela Del Rio Davis LULAC

Irene Diaz Davis Institute for Local Government

Elyse Evkhanian Davis Dept. of Education: Childhood Development

Lorena Fletes UCLA Dept. of Housing & Community Develop.

Manreet Gill Davis Northern California World Trade Center

Saida Herring UCLA Department of Public Health

Albert Huang Davis Dept. of Housing & Community Develop.

Cameron Latchford Davis CalTrans: Government Relations

Eva Lieu UCLA Assembly Labor & Employment Committee

Stephanie Lingvall Davis Sierra Club

Michelle Livingstone Davis UC State Government Relations

Sumaya Nahar Irvine Political Solutions

Amy Nguyen San Diego Governor’s Office of Policy & Research

Joaquin Pacheco Davis Assembly Comm. on Jobs, Econ. Develop.

Emilio Perez Davis Planned Parenthood

Brian Romo UCLA Kaufman Campaigns

Monica Silver Davis City Councilman Eric Guerra

Juliana Ter-Haroutunian UCLA Senator Robert Hertzberg

Zeenat Yahya Davis Dept. of Education: Executive Office

Paige Zimmerman UCLA California Forward

HOST AN INTERN?

Interested in hosting a UC Center intern? Since 2004, UCCS has placed

more than a thousand bright, hard-working interns throughout the capital’s policy com-

munity. UCCS students are upper-level UC undergraduates with a minimum of 3.0

GPA. Learn more about hosting an intern here. Or, contact Associate Director A.G.

Block here.

RESEARCH

POLICY “BOOT CAMP” OPENS

WINTER QUARTER

The first week of each academic quarter is dedicated to preparing

UCCS students for life and work in Sacramento’s high-functioning, fast-paced

policy community. The centerpiece of that preparation is a three-day “Boot

Camp,” taught by UCCS instructor Kristina Victor.

In addition to lectures on policy and analysis, students work in teams to

research a challenge facing California, and to suggest potential solutions to that

challenge. On the final day, each team shares the results of its research and

analysis in a presentation to fellow students and UCCS faculty and staff.

TEAMWORK

SUMMER 2016 Program Dates: June 20—August 19

Application Deadline: March 17

FALL 2016 Program Dates: September 19-December 9

Application Deadline: May 5

For more information contact : Greg Anderson here or Kristen Greenlee here.

APPLY FOR SUMMER, FALL

Student Campus Internship Abel Acosta UCLA Common Cause

Laura Alba UCLA Department of Education

Nancy Au Davis Child & Family Policy Institute

Tam Au UCLA Department of Public Health

Pilar Barr Santa Barbara Sacramento County Public Defender

Elizabeth Byrne Davis State Lands Commission

Kevin Cruz Davis Office of Planning & Research

Stephanie Flores Santa Cruz Western Center on Law & Poverty

Marlene Garcia UCLA Dept. of Housing & Comm. Development

Jasmin Herrera Santa Cruz Department of Education

Roxana Hurtado UCLA Western Center on Law & Poverty

Keith Jenkins Davis Assemblyman Ed Chau

Taylor Jue Davis Sacramento Councilman Rick Jennings

Jamie Loey Davis Department of Public Health

Kevin Miller Davis California Arts Council

Andrew Neiman Santa Barbara Fair Political Practices Commission

Christopher Orlando Davis Fair Political Practices Commission

Noemi Pasillas Davis Department of Justice

Jaylyn Ransom Davis Institute for Local Government

Austin Ruggeberg Davis Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce

Nicholas Schroeder San Diego Assemblyman Phil Ting

Greta Soos Davis Office of Planning & Research

Scott Soykin Davis Sacramento Councilman Rick Jennings

Joseph Vasilieff Davis Covered California

Jessica Velasquez UCLA LULAC

Sandra Yam Santa Cruz Yolo County Public Defender

SUCCESSFUL FALL COHORT SET

ENROLLMENT RECORD

The Lineup

UC CENTER LECTURERS FOR WINTER

Meet with UC Faculty Researchers

In an effort to make UC research expertise available to as many policymakers as possible, UC Center will arrange meetings with speakers who lecture in Sacramento. To request a meet-ing with an upcoming speaker for your staff or agency, please contact Jamie Jackson:

jajack@ucdavis.edu

January 21 Daniel Simmons

UC Davis

Professor of Law

January 28 Mindy Romero

UC Davis

Director, California Civic Engagement

Project

February 4 Roger Bales UC Merced

Founding Professor

of Engineering

February 11 Jennifer Burney UC San Diego

Assistant Professor

School of Global Policy and Strategy

February 18 Hilary Hoynes UC Berkeley

Professor of Policy and

Economics Goldman School of

Public Policy

February 24 Bacon Public Lecture

Karen Chapple UC Berkeley

Professor of City and

Regional Planning

March 3 Kirk Stark

UCLA

Professor of Tax Law and Policy

The Winter Lecture Series at UC Center features talks on California tax

collections, civic engagement, water security, food security and climate change,

the earned income tax credit, climate change and fiscal goals, distributive jus-

tice, and pollution and the public health.

With the exception of the Bacon Public Lecture on Wednesday, Febru-

ary 24, all lectures are held on Thursdays at noon at UC Center, 1130 K Street,

Sacramento, Lower Level, Conference Room B. In addition, The Center now

has a “frequent attendee program.” Attend 10 events; fill out the attendee card;

receive a gift from UCCS.

March 10 Joshua Zivin

UC San Diego

Professor School of Global Policy and Strategy

UCCS FACULTY COUNCIL

Matthew Beckman

Irvine

Karen Chapple

Berkeley

Janet Coffman

San Francisco

Michael Gottfried

Santa Barbara

Ben Highton

Davis

Gerald Kominski

UCLA

Thad Kousser

San Diego

Scott Mackenzie

Davis

Mary Beth Pudup

Santa Cruz

Karthick Ramakrishnan

Riverside

Julie Sze

Davis

Jessica Trounstine

Merced

Dr. Richard Kravitz

UCCS Director

Kristina Victor

UCCS Instructor

UCCS ADVISORY BOARD

Steve Arditti

State Govt Relations

UCOP (Retired)

Susan Carlson

Vice Provost

Univ. of California

Aimee Dorr

Provost

Univ. of California

Henry Brady

Goldman School

UC Berkeley

Hon. Delaine Eastin

Governance Fellow

2014

Hon. Bill Emmerson

Vice President

CA Hospital Assn.

Bob Huckfeldt

Former Director

UCCS

Li Zhang

Dean, Social Studies

UC Davis

Diane Griffiths

Chief of Staff

Sen. Robert Hertzberg

Hon. Bev Hansen

Governance Fellow

2015

Steve Juarez

State Govt Relations

Univ. of California

Thomas McMorrow

Attorney

Manatt, Phelps

Karl Mohr

Office of the VC

UC Davis

Hon. Roger Niello

Governance Fellow

2011

Patricia Osorio-O’Dea

Office of the Provost

Univ. of California

Hon. Jack Scott

Governance Fellow

2012

Hon. Mike Villines

Governance Fellow

2013

Hon. Jose Medina

Member

CA State Assembly

APPLY FOR SUMMER, FALL

SUMMER 2016 Program Dates: June 20—August 19

Application Deadline: March 17

FALL 2016 Program Dates: September 19-December 9

Application Deadline: May 5

For more information contact : Greg Anderson here

Kristen Greenlee here.

Want to learn more about UC Center? A new video, featuring former and

current students and UCCS Interim Director Dr. Richard Kravitz, is now

available. You can watch it on the UC Center website here.

DIRECTORY

UCCS CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVES

Campus Contact Phone E-Mail

Berkeley Kristen Greenlee 916-445-3929 kegreenlee@ucdavis.edu

Davis Ken Barnes 530-752-2011 klbarnes@ucdavis.edu

Irvine Sharon Parks 949-824-5456 sparks@uci.edu

Los Angeles Joan Edwards 310-206-2792 jedwards@college.ucla.edu

Merced Myra Fernandez 209-228-4259 mfernandez29@ucmerced.edu

Riverside Kathleen Sawa 951-827-7750 kathleen.sawa@ucr.edu

San Diego Daniel Carillo 858-534-4366 d6carillo@ucsd.edu

Santa Barbara Eden Slone 805-893-3090 eslone@ltsc.ucsb.edu

Santa Cruz Sheila Rodriguez 831-459-2184 sheilar@ucsc.edu

UCCS Greg Anderson

916-445-5181 granderson@ucdavis.edu

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