Dates: Thursday, September 19, 2002 - Friday, September 20, 2002

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Reform, Los Angeles Style: The Theory and Practice of Urban Governance at Century's Turn, September 19-20, 2002

Under the direction of our 2001-2002 Haynes Fellow, Dr. Raphael Sonenshein, the Foundation is sponsoring a conference to examine the new wave of reforms and proposed changes to Los Angeles' governance structure. Reform, Los Angeles Style: The Theory and Practice of Urban Governance at Century's Turn, is part of the Haynes Governance Initiative. It will be held Sept. 19-20, 2002, at the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning and Development in Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall.

Thursday, Sept. 19

Session I: Neighborhood Councils
Barbara Ferman, Temple University
Broadening the Franchise: Charter Reform and Neighborhood Representation in Los Angeles
Juliet Musso and Alicia Kitsuse, USC
Urban Regimes, Social Movements, and the Politics of Neighborhood Councils in Los Angeles
Jefferey Sellers, USC
Neighborhood Democracy in a Globalizing City? The Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils in International Comparative Perspective

Session II: Boroughs
Eric Lane, Hofstra University School of Law
A New York Perspective on Boroughs and Governmental Reform
Raphael Sonenshein, CSU Fullerton
Boroughs in Los Angeles: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Friday, Sept. 20

Session III: Regional Governance
Steven Erie and Henry Kim, UC San Diego
Southern California Infrastructure: Growth and Governance Challenges
Peter Dreier, Occidental College, and Manuel Pastor, Jr., UC Santa Cruz
Spinning Apart or Growing Together? Crafting the Future in the City of Angels
Fernando Guerra and Mara Marks, Loyola Marymount University
Structures Matter, but Leadership Matters More: The Practice of Politics in a Fragmented Region

Session IV: Secession—Social and Political Roots
Thomas Hogan-Esch, CSU Northridge
The Coalition Dynamics of Secession in Los Angeles
Dean McHenry, Claremont Graduate University
The State's Role in Urban Secessions
Michael Preston, USC
Minorities and Secession

Session V: Secession—Size and Governance
Ronald Oakerson, Houghton College, and Shirley Svorny, CSU Northridge
Rightsizing Los Angeles Government
Max Neiman, UC Riverside
Rejecting False Dichotomies and Exploring the Virtues of Big Cities: Lessons for Los Angeles