The Summit - Nov 7-8 2013 - Los Angeles

Video: Californians take action on Summit day, May 2012

The first-ever California Economic Summit, held May 11, 2012 in Santa Clara, Calif., was an unprecedented gathering of leaders focused on working together to put California's economy on a sustainable path for growth.

Capping the work of fourteen regional forums and five Action Teams, Summit participants concluded the twin pillars of immediate job creation and long-term competitiveness for California are:

Investing in people, infrastructure and innovation in creative ways to prepare our state and our regions to compete in the 21st century global economy
Streamlining our complex regulatory processes to reduce cost of doing business while maintaining our environmental standards.

2013 California Economic Summit

The Second Annual California Economic Summit will take place in Los Angeles on November 7-8, 2013.

Continuing the collaboration of California Forward and the California Stewardship Network, the 2013 California Economic Summit will build through five stages that will culminate in policy initiatives to advance the state’s triple bottom line: a prosperous economy, a sustainable environment and community equity.

This grassroots, collaborative process begins in January 2013 and leads up to the Second Annual Summit in November.

Summit Timeline

May 11, 2012
First-ever CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT in Santa Clara

January-March 2013
Consultation and preparation for Regional Forums

April-June 2013
Regional Forums hosted by California Stewardship Network members and regional leaders

July-October 2013
Post-Forum Action Teams engagement on policy initiatives

November 7-8 2013
Second Annual CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT in Los Angeles

January-December 2014
Post-Summit Signature Initiative Implementation Teams

Click the picture to view details of each stage

Summit Action Plan

The California Economic Summit has released its first Action Plan to help us reach those goals. There are 7 priority areas--called Signature Initiatives. We invite you to read the report and let us know what you think!
Read the Plan.

Summit Progress

We've built a Progress Tracker portal to show the status of our Signature Initiatives created to tackle problem areas identified at the Summit.

Summit Leadership and Partners

2013 California Economic Summit Honorary Chair

George Shultz, Hoover Institution – Stanford University
Leon Panetta, Co-Founder, Panetta Institute

2013 California Economic Summit Co-Chairs

 Laura Tyson, S.K. and Angela Chan Chair in Global Management, Haas School of Business – UC Berkeley
 Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor, State of California 
Michael Rossi, Senior Advisor for Jobs and Development, Office of the Governor
Ashley Swearengin, Mayor, Fresno
 Jessie Knight, Chairman and CEO, San Diego Gas & Electric
Ashley Boren, Executive Director, Sustainable Conservation
Jim Earp, Executive Director, California Alliance for Jobs
Dave Regan, President, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West

2013 California Economic Summit Steering Committee Co-Chairs

  Paul Granillo, CEO, Inland Empire Economic Partnership
  Sunne McPeak, California Emerging Technologies Fund

2013 California Economic Summit Steering Committee

Bill Allen, CEO, Los Angeles Economic Development Corp.
  Lucy Dunn, CEO, Orange County Business Council  
Steve Frisch, President, Sierra Business Council
  Carl Guardino, CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Glenda Humiston, State Director, USDA Rural Development
  Lenny Mendonca, Director, McKinsey & Company  
Bill Mueller, CEO, Valley Vision (Sacramento)
 Sean Randolph, President, Bay Area Council Economic Institute  
Lauree Sahba, COO, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.
Ben Stone, Director, Sonoma County Economic Development Board

2013 California Economic Summit Advisory Committee

Orson Aguilar, Greenlining Institute
Luis Barerra, National Council of La Raza
 Armon Isaiah Batiste, Resources for Native Development
Chris Benner, UC Davis Center for Regional Change 
Bill Bogaard, League of California Cities 
Steve Chadima, Advanced Energy Economy
Cindy Chavez, Working Partnerships San Jose
 Oscar Chavez, Sonoma Innovation Council 
Judy Corbett, Local Government Commission 
Mike Dozier, Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
Steve Finnegan, Southern California Automobile Club
 Tim Frank, Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods
Tom Friel, Silicon Valley Community Foundation 
Barbara Halsey, California Workforce Association
 Adele Hayutin, Stanford University
 Jennifer Hernandez, Holland & Knight 
Bill Higgins, California Association of Council of Governments 
John Husing, Economics & Politics Inc., Inland Empire 
Patricia Jones, League of California Community Foundations
A.G. Kawamura, Orange County Produce
 Peter King, University of California
 Kevin Klowden, Milken Institute
 Stewart Knox, Northern Rural Training Employment Consortium
Rob Lapsley, California Business Roundtable
 Mary Ann Leffel, Monterey Regional Partnership 
Stephen Levy, Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy
Lani Lutar, Equinox Center
Mike McKeever, Sacramento Area Council of Governments
John Mendez, Mendez Strategy Group
Kathy Moxon, Redwood Coast Rural Action 
Noel Perry, Next 10 
Gubax Sahota, CalED 
Libby Sholes, California Council of Churches
Bruce Stenslie, Ventura County Economic Development Cooperative
Connie Stewart, California Center for Rural Policy
Jack Stewart, California Manufacturers and Technology Association
 Van Ton-Quinlivan, California Community College, Chancellor’s Office 
Claudia Viek, California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity
Kim Walesh, City of San Jose 
Jay Ziegler, Nature Conservancy

Summit Management Team

Doug Henton, Founder and Chairman, Collaborative Economics
Julie Meier Wright, Consultant, California Stewardship Network
James (Jim) Mayer, Executive Director, California Forward
Susan Lovenburg, Director, Partnership for Economic Prosperity, California Forward

See the 2012 Summit Leadership team and learn more about our presenting sponsors, regional partners and underwriters.

Summit Commitment

Participants of the first California Economic Summit took time to sign "A Commitment to California's Economic Prosperity," a statement of principles and purpose for the first Summit and beyond. Add your name to the Commitment.

Summit Playbook and Regional Input

The 2012 Summit Policy Playbook is available at www.caeconomy.org/playbook2012. You can also download the Regional Policy Matrices (.pdf) and see aggregated Voting Results (.pdf) from Regional Forums.