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BERKELEY PROFESSOR AWARDED SECOND ANNUAL BACON LECTURESHIP

Dr. Karen Chapple, a professor from the Center

for Community Innovation at UC Berkeley, has

won the second annual UCCS Bacon Public

Lectureship and White Paper Competition.

Open to faculty and researchers throughout the

UC system, the Lectureship is dedicated to evi-

dence-based public policy.

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

incentives to the state’s climate-change goals.

Her lecture on that topic will be presented at UC

Center on February 24, 2016. Dr. Chapple will

receive research support and meet with relevant

policy staff in Sacramento. Her entry was select-

ed by a panel of policy experts convened by UC

Center.

This past February, the inaugural Bacon Lec-

tureship was presented by Dr. Michael Gottfried of the Gervitz School of Educa-

tion at UC Santa Barbara.

The lectureship was made possible by a generous gift from the Bacons, who pro-

vided funding for competitions for lectures in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Dr. Richard Kravitz, director of UC Center Sacramento, be-

lieves that the Bacon Lectureship affords an important op-

portunity for the University 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 Cen-

ter 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.

More information about the Lectureship may be found on the UCCS website here.

KEVIN BACON

Karen Chapple Explores Tax incentives as Related to Climate Change Goals

New Programs For Graduate Students

Having shed my interim title this summer, I am pleased

to write for the first time as the UC Center's "permanent"

director and to share some of the excitement I feel as

the new quarter gets underway. Undergraduate enroll-

ment in the Public Policy Program continues to grow; 43

students participated in the Public Policy and Journalism

programs this summer, and a record 27 students repre-

senting five UC campuses are here this fall. These stu-

dents undertake rigorous coursework in policy analysis

and California politics while working in internships in

and around the State Capitol. Their assignments are

diverse, ranging from the Legislature to the Sacramento

County Public Defender and Governor’s Office of Plan-

ning and Research.

Although the focus of our educational programs is on undergraduate internships, UCCS

has launched two new programs involving graduate and professional students. This

is fitting, given UC's unique role under the State's Master Plan in preparing gradu-

ate students for careers in academia, industry, government and the professions. The

UCCS Emerging Scholars Program selects graduate students on a competitive basis to

deliver a public lecture on their policy-relevant research. This year's winners, both of

whom gave talks in mid-summer, were Ann Hollingshead of the Goldman School at UC

Berkeley and Cameron Sublett from the Gevritz School of Education at UC Santa Barba-

ra. UCCS was also a key partner in this summer's Emerging Leaders in Public Policy

Program, a UC Davis program that affords graduate students in disparate fields an op-

portunity to apply their disciplinary knowledge in the service of State government.

Meanwhile, the UCCS Speakers Series continues its tradition of bringing top-notch UC

faculty to deliver Thursday noontime lectures on topics of far-reaching policy importance.

This year, many of the lectures are organized around the 2015-16 "Mini-Series" themes

of drought and water security; health and health care; and revenue and taxation (see

page 6).

These activities are just some of the ways UCCS strives to achieve its dual mission of

preparing students to be better citizens while sharing knowledge in support of better,

more evidence-based public policy. In future newsletters, we will "drill-down" and exam-

ine some of the specific ways UCCS is working with state and local governments and

the non-profit sector to educate students and support policymakers.

— Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH

Capitol Weekly, UCCS Plan Health, Education Conferences

In addition to offering more than 40 lectures by noted UC faculty each year, UC Cen-

ter teams with Capitol Weekly to sponsor day-long conferences. The first two confer-

ences explored water policy (February) and Online Gaming (May).

A September 23 conference will focus on health care and feature a keynote speech

by Diana Dooley, secretary of Health and Human Services. A November conference

will focus on education.

For more information on the conferences, including exact dates and a more detailed

schedule of events, please contact Tim Foster at Capitol Weekly at (916) 444-7665,

or check the Capitol Weekly website here.

From the Director’s Desk

UC Center Sacramento has hired Kristina Victor to teach

the program’s two academic courses — Political Science

195 and Political Science 192. The two classes, worth a

total of 14 credits, are taught each quarter and comprise

the program’s academic component. POL 195 is a four-

unit seminar on California public policy; POL 192, which is

broken into two five-unit segments (A&B), provides 10

units associated with each student’s internship.

Victor is a UC Davis doctoral candidate in American poli-

tics and political behavior. Her research interests include

public policy, immigration, race and ethnic politics, survey

and experimental methodology, and political psychology.

Her research focuses on how individuals use cues to

make decisions and how those cues influence support for redistributive public policy.

Before attending UC Davis, Victor earned a BA in International Relations and an MA in

International Affairs from CSU-Sacramento.

“At the Center, it is my goal that students have an opportunity to apply wheat they learn

in their courses,” Victor said. “Students will produce an original research project related

to the work at their internships. The courses at the Center will provide the students with

the framework for examining important public policies in California and will give them the

research tools necessary for collecting, analyzing, and presenting empirical evidence.”

Victor’s two-year stint as instructor begins with the Fall 2015 quarter. Prior to her coming

on board, UCCS classes were taught by faculty from the UC Davis Political Science De-

partment, with each class having a dedicated teaching assistant. In the past, Victor her-

self was the TA for POL 195. She also worked as a graduate assistant at the Center,

responsible for scheduling speakers for the Center’s public-lecture series.

Kristina Victor Named UCCS Instructor

Calling all UCCS Alumni

Hey, UCCS alumni! The Center would like to hear from you and to make sure you re-

main 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 association. 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 Torlakson (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 infor-

mation, please contact Brooke Miller-Jacobs at UC Davis. Her email address is bmmil-

lerjacobs@ucdavis.edu.

ROBUST SUMMER PROGRAM ATTRACTS 32 POLICY AND 11 JOURNALISM STUDENTS

Policy Campus Internship Amreet Badesha Riverside Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez Peter Baldwin Davis Assemblyman Jim Gallagher Miguel Bastidas Davis California Forward Paymon Bonyadi Davis Center for International Trade Development Carlos Castellon UCLA California Community Colleges Lea Chang UCLA Environment California Damanjot Chatha Davis Department of Education Yesenia Chavez Santa Cruz Sacramento Councilman Rick Jennings Camila Chica Davis Department of Justice: eCrimes unit Rebecca Chong San Diego Mental Health Oversight Commission Danielle Damper Davis Redwood Pacific Ivy Feng Davis Department of Education Adriana Garcia Santa Cruz Secretary of State’s Office Reynaldo Garduno San Diego Department of Public Health Amy Garfinkel Berkeley Western Center on Law & Poverty Katerina Hora Santa Barbara Department of Public Health Reginald Johnson Merced Dept. of Housing & Community Develop. Tajinder Kaur Santa Cruz Institute for Local Government Jiyeon Kim Irvine California School Boards Association Gagan Kumar Santa Cruz Department of Public Health Martha Mendoza UCLA Primary Care Association Melissa Merida UCLA Department of Education Anoli Motawala Santa Barbara California Research Bureau Timothy Nguyen UCLA Governor’s Office of Govt. Operations Kiana Okhovat Davis Senator Ben Allen Alfonso Quintero Santa Cruz California Research Bureau Vahe Sargsyan Davis Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce Kyle Smith Davis Governor’s Office of Planning & Research James Spradley UCLA Sacramento Councilman Rick Jennings Whitney Thompson UCLA Fair Political Practices Commission Taylor Tibbs Santa Cruz Fair Political Practices Commission David Vigil Davis Consul General of Mexico Journalism Campus Internship Alvin Chen Berkeley Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Meena Chong Davis Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Starquet Edwards UCLA KCRA Channel 3 Shannon Flaherty Davis Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Jessica Hice CSUS Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Alice Hsueh Davis Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Alexandra Klivans Riverside Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Vanessa McGee Santa Cruz Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Virginia McCormick CSUS Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Sawsan Morrar Davis Capitol News/Capitol Weekly Janine Sobers San Diego Capitol News/Capitol Weekly

The first cohort of students for the 2016-27 academic year set an enrollment record for fall quarter at UC Center Sacramento. Twenty-seven students, represent-ing five of the system’s undergraduate campuses, descended on Sacramento on September 21 for the start of fall quarter. Fourteen students come from neighboring UC Davis, while an additional seven students come north from UCLA. UC Santa Cruz (#), UC Santa Barbara (2), and UC San Diego (1) rounded out the class. Here are the fall students, their campuses and their internship placements. 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 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

FALL COHORT SETS ENROLLMENT RECORD

HOST AN INTERN?

Interested in hosting a UC Center in-

tern? Since 2004, UCCS has placed more than

a thousand bright, hard-working interns

throughout the capital’s policy community.

UCCS students are upper-level UC undergrad-

uates with a minimum of 3.0 GPA. Learn more

about hosting an intern here. Or, contact Asso-

ciate Director A.G. Block here.

UCCS LECTURES TO FEATURE MINI-SERIES ON

THREE AREAS VITAL TO CALIFORNIA’S FUTURE

UC Center hosts more than 40 public lectures a year at is downtown Sacramen-

to conference center. These talks normally are held on Thursdays at noon and feature

noted faculty from across the University of California system who present the results of

their research and share their expertise with UCCS students and the Capital’s policy-

making community.

Many of the lectures will be grouped into three mini-series, each featuring topics

of particular importance to California. The three mini-series for the 2015-16 season are:

Water Use and Security

Water is not only essential for life, it is an important economic input for almost

any type of production, whether in agriculture, energy, transportation. Drought-related

hardships have created opportunities for California to become a leader in water conser-

vation, reuse, infrastructure, desalination and groundwater management. Water security

in California will necessarily include multiple strategies to meet existing and future de-

mands. This mini-series will examine the unintended consequences of existing water

policies; the political, economic and social trade-offs policymakers consider as they craft

new water policy; and the environmental impacts on vulnerable ecosystems.

Health and Health Care

The implementation of health-care reform at the national level has reinvigorated

discussions about the best ways to preserve the health of the public. Despite increased

access to health-care services facilitated by the Affordable Care Act, disparities in ac-

cess and quality of care continue to exist. This mini-series will examine the changing

policy environment and consequences of access to health insurance; policy responses

to dealing with health disparities and chronic diseases; and research evaluating the

steps taken to reduce barriers to efficient, affordable health care for the underserved.

Revenue and Taxation

The recent fiscal history of California resembles a roller-coaster of boom and

bust. During good economic times, income tax revenue increases along with public

spending. But when the economic cycle inevitable bottoms out, Californians endure

years of deficits and uncomfortable belt-tightening. Finding ways to stabilize revenues

through good times and bad is an urgent public-policy imperative. This mini-series will

examine ways policymakers are using taxation to generate increased revenue from non-

traditional sources in the continued shadow of Proposition 13; the impact of taxation and

redistributive economics on the growing wealth gap; and (as part of the 2016 Bacon

Public Lectureship), the use of city and state revenue systems to support California’s

environmental and climate-change goals.

For more details on these series, and on other lectures at UC Center, please

monitor the UCCS website here.

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.

UC CENTER LECTURERS FOR FALL

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

October 1 Timu Gallien

UC San Diego

Postdoctoral Scholar Scripps Institution of

Oceanography

October 8 Thorne Lay

UC Santa Cruz

Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary

Sciences

October 15 Eleanor Schwarz, MD

UC Davis

Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Services Research

October 29 Wei-Chun Chin

UC Merced

Associate Professor School of Engineering

November 5 Michael Stoll

UCLA

Professor, Public Policy Luskin School of

Public Affairs

November 12 Jon Krosnick

Stanford University

Professor of Humanities and Social Services

November 19 Kathleen Tebb

UC San Francisco

Associate Professor

The Fall Lecture Series at UC Center will feature talks on mapping the

rise of sea levels, a global surge of severe earthquakes, the consequences of

oil spills, the challenges faced by less-skilled workers in the new labor market,

American views of climate change in the face of controversy over the science,

and challenges for young adults after five years of the Affordable Care Act.

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.

December 3 Gail Goodman

UC Davis

Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Center for Poverty Research

APPLY FOR WINTER, SPRING

WINTER 2016

Program Dates: January 4 — March 19 Application Deadline: October 5, 2015

SPRING 2016

Program Dates: March 28 — June 9 Application Deadline: January 15, 2016

For more information contact A.G. Block 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 A.G. Block 916-445-7300 agblock@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 A.G. Block

916-445-7300 agblock@ucdavis.edu

UCCS FEATURED IN PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

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November 2015

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