Education is the key to a better future for California, according to the panelists at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce’s third annual State of the State.
Three of California’s top minds spoke at the March 28 event about statewide issues that have an impact on SLO County. They included Bob Linscheid, chair of the CSU Board of Trustees and CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Paul Helliker, deputy director of the California Department of Water Resources and David Crane, current Stanford lecturer and president of Govern for California.
State of the State in 2:22
“We have a democracy not ruled by the majority. It is ruled by the majority who participate,” David Crane.
Previously serving six years as a special advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Crane is currently a lecturer in public policy and a SIEPR Research Scholar at Stanford University. He recently helped found Govern for California, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting qualified legislative candidates.
Crane: Get involved and support good candidates (:51)
Crane: And then they kicked me off the board (1:30)
“They report their liabilities at about half the size they really are.”
David Crane
Crane: Tax increases for unfunded liabilities (1:07)
“The pain has already been taken by citizens and taxpayers.”
David Crane
“Every community is going to have to look to its own water future,” Paul Helliker.
Appointed in 2012, Helliker oversees the FloodSAFE Environmental Stewardship program as well as the Statewide Resources Office, Division of Environmental Services.
Helliker: Dealing with climate change (1:06)
“We would be derelict on our responsibilities if we didn’t take action in California to address what the consequences will be.”
Paul Helliker
Helliker: Ecosystem protection and agriculture (1:02)
“We’ve been trying to move beyond that in the past year or so to this collaborative approach to science.”
Paul Helliker
Helliker: The future of water delivery (:41)
“Every community is going to have to look to its own water future.”
Paul Helliker
“It’s going to be about education delivery, and the sooner we get there the better,” Bob Linscheid.
Linscheid has served on the CSU Board of Trustees since 2005. In that time the CSU system has replaced 16 of the 23 presidents due to retirements.
Linscheid: CSU presidents’ salaries (:33)
“It’s not enough.”
Bob Linscheid
Linscheid: The future of education (1:10)
“It’s going to be about education delivery, and the sooner we get there the better.”
Bob Linscheid