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THE THEME OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY SIZZLES in this year’s Presidential election. departments Bernie Sanders has made it a centerpiece of his campaign. Polling data show that Don- ald Trump’s supporters share with Sanders’ supporters a concern about how hard it is to 8 GSPP Remembers “get ahead” in America. Although the left and right are still separated by their different 4 Professor Allan P. Sindler attitudes towards immigration, race, and social issues such as gay rights and abortion, 9 Faculty Notes the two sides come together in their economic populism. Both Sanders and Trump have 11 Students: Vanessa Cedeño spoken against free trade. In addition, Sanders has proposed “free tuition” for higher education as one solution to the problem. Trump has been characteristically vague, but 12 Event Highlights he has made some statements critical of student loan programs. Hillary Clinton has put 14 PPIA Junior forth a more limited program to reduce the burden of student loans. who’s in charge? Summer Institute Behind these policy proposals are statistics showing that college graduates earn over a 14 From Martha Chavez million dollars more during their lifetime than those who do not graduate from college. Projections show that the good jobs in the knowledge-based economy will require higher 15 Alumni: levels of education. Higher education is one solution to the problem of inequality. 6 PMJ with David Plouffe Molly O’Shaughnessy As I write this, I am at a conference in Santiago, Chile where Chileans are considering Students Interview 16 Class Notes how to redesign their higher education system. They are partly animated by their con- Obama’s 2008 campaign manager 18 Silver Society cern with the growing inequality in Chile. One of the major questions is what to do with the profusion of private universities that grew up during and after the Pinochet dictator- 10 Fighting “Legalized Corruption” 18 From the Alumni Board ship (1973–1990) — partly a result of the free-market economic principles brought to Student Charlotte Hill on Campaign Reform 19 Board of Advisors Chile by economists from the University of Chicago. Whereas about 70% of American 20 From Annette Doornbos higher education students go to public universities and colleges, the balance is reversed Dean Henry E. Brady in Chile. There is a concern that these private universities in Chile have forsaken the 22 The Millennial Tipping Point 21 Center on Civility & public interest by delivering low-quality education to lower class students at high cost. Sarah Swanbeck on America’s Young Voters Democratic Engagement This same concern exists in America with the profusion of for-profit institutions like the 22 Center on Governing & University of Phoenix that have focused on marketing their programs to low-income Investing in the Future students but have often failed to provide an education that leads to jobs. 23 GSPP Global The University of California provides a model of how public higher education can provide access to low-income students (over 35% of UC students receive Pell grants), with high graduation rates and relatively low levels of loan debt. Undergraduate tuition is less than one-third of most private universities. The California State Universities provide even broader access at still lower cost. Unfortunately, California and other states are withdrawing their support for public higher education at just the time when it is needed the most. As a result, those who are desperate for greater economic opportunity are often forced into private for-profit pro- grams that promise much but often deliver very little. The next stop is Washington, DC for the roll out of the American Academy of Arts and Editor’s Note Sciences report on the challenges faced by American public research universities. That SPURRED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY POPULARITY of the Broadway musical, report notes that “public research universities cannot solve their financial challenges Hamilton, I recently picked up the biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Cher- without help” and it calls for a national effort to develop a new financial model for them. now. Reading that 700+ page tome, I learned about how the Founding Fathers We must find a new way to support public higher education, one of our best tools for fought amongst themselves — bitterly, often unfairly, and publicly. It’s been an diminishing the kind of inequality that has led to the Sanders and Trump campaigns. G oddly comforting backdrop for the spectacle of the current election season. There is nothing new under the sun. I also found solace working on this issue of Policy Notes. I am encouraged, among other things, by the insights offered by Professor Sarah Anzia and Dean Henry Brady about the state of political parties, the curiosity of PolicyMatters Journal students in their interview with Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, and the analytic rigor Henry E. Brady alumna Molly O’Shaughnessy brings to her work as a pollster in Ohio. Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy This promises to be quite a political year. The Goldman School community is hard Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor at work — in the words of the musical, Hamilton: we’re not throwing away our shot. G Bora Reed of Political Science and Public Policy [email protected] Editor

2 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 3 Who’s in Charge? Political Parties and Polarization in the 2016 Election

IT WASN’T SO LONG AGO that the 2016 Presiden- gathered in proverbial smoke-filled rooms to decide nothing that says that the groups will agree on what local roots and a sense of responsibility to their tial Election seemed as if it would be business as who the Party’s nominees would be. Now voters is best,” says Professor Anzia. “We tend to think of local areas. Globalization in the 1970s and 1980s usual. The Republican candidate field was crowded, would have a say. parties as unitary actors with someone on top, led to rootless international corporations, the loss but Jeb Bush seemed to have the implicit blessing of As a result, notes Professor Anzia, political sci- deciding what is best for the Party, but that’s not of manufacturing jobs, the diminution of union his Party and be well on the path toward the nomi- entists in the last four decades have assumed that actually happening. There is very little Reince Prie- influence in the private sector, and increasing nation. Donald Trump, the pundits said, was a sum- American elections are candidate-centric. “In that bus [Chairman of the Republican party] can do to inequality. At the same time, immigration increased mer phenomenon who would be gone by the fall. model, all it takes for someone to run for office and enforce discipline and cohesion in the party. He dramatically. The net result was increased inequal- By Super Tuesday 2016, the story had changed — to win is the ambition of the individual and that can’t force voters to vote a certain way, nor can he ity and anti-immigrant sentiment — with the two dramatically. As the Republican Party marches individual’s ability to raise money,” she says. compel candidates to leave the race. The head of the often conjoined in the sense that immigrants (or toward its July Convention, the only sure thing is In 2008, a group of political scientists advanced Republican party actually has very little authority. people like them in foreign countries) were blamed that nothing is for sure. As a result, the Republican a new theory in The Party Decides (University of We read the news and think we can’t understand for taking away American jobs.” Party — and perhaps political parties in general — Chicago Press). They argued that rather than being how the Republican Party can be in such disarray, This presidential election is also showing that won’t be the same. weak, political parties were made up of coalitions but the party is not one thing; it’s made up of indi- Republican Party leadership has underestimated “The conventional wisdom among people who with common interests, whose leaders effectively viduals and interest groups, all acting in their own the degree of dissatisfaction people are feeling. study American politics is that political parties here selected candidates long before the candidates interests, not necessarily in the interests of the party “Donald Trump has outflanked his party by com- Professor Sarah Anzia are weak relative to parties in other countries,” says reach the ballot box. as a whole.” bining strong anti-immigrant sentiment, national- Dean Henry E. Brady Professor Sarah Anzia, a political scientist who “This is known as the ‘invisible primary,” says The fragmentation within the parties has given ism, and xenophobia with opposition to free trade studies elections, political parties and interest Professor Anzia. “The idea is that the party elite do voice to the more extreme groups in both parties, and attacks on hedge funds and Wall Street,” says groups. “In other countries, people strongly affiliate whatever they can to convince the voters of the best according to Dean Henry E. Brady, who studies Dean Brady. with a political party. They go to party meetings candidate and the voters, presumably, fall in line.” elections and political polarization. “If Donald Trump is the nominee, the party will and vote according to lists of candidates crafted for This theory has come under fire in this current “The best social science suggests that the long- undergo a big change,” adds Professor Anzia. “If them by their party.” presidential campaign. term causes of political polarization are growing Trump is not the nominee, no one knows what is The relative weakness of American political par- “What Ted Cruz and Donald Trump and every- inequality and increased immigration,” he says. going to happen at the convention. No matter what, ties is tied to the Progressive Era of the late 19th thing that is happening in the Republican party “The 1950s through the 1970s were one of the least the last year is going to impact the Party. These vot- and early 20th century, which introduced reforms makes clear is that even if you think of the Repub- polarized eras in American politics, characterized ers are not just going to be upset for the moment like the direct primary. Until then, party leaders lican Party as a coalition of interest groups, there’s by strong unions and corporations that had strong and eventually just fall back in line.” G

4 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 5 At the Goldman School, we use a strategic frame- A CONVERSATION WITH work called the Eightfold Path to think about pol- icy issues. When you are thinking in the realm of political strategy, do you use a similar framework? With elections, it always starts with how many votes you need. There’s not a lot of debate about what the issues are —the can- didate already knows that going in. But then you think through, “what’s your base?” “Are there swing voters? “What concerns do David Plouffe they have about you and your opponent?” You have to find ways to turn out your supporters. It’s more about inspiration than it is about technology. Voters are either motivated or they’re not. So that’s got to be your guiding light. The way you measure is by always making progress towards a vote goal. Even the money you raise has to be married to a campaign to acquire a vote goal. From left: Andrew Wilson, Ian Perry, David Plouffe, In terms of public policy, it depends. Some public policy debates Cassandra Bayer and Taylor Myers can seem like they’re all about making the right data-driven deci- sion. But it’s often not that easy. It’s also about building public sup- It’s important to note that it just can’t be the data or even the port and the permission structure for people to be supportive of top-line message. You have to get some sense of who the audi- something. So there’s the data, and there are the policy recom- ence is and what’s the best way for them to experience your argu- mendations, but who will be affected by this? What’s the best ment. Many times, there’s a visual. If you can’t express your mes- human face to put on this? That’s really important. I think that sage in an infographic or short video, you’re probably not going blending that — the story telling with the policy — is difficult, but to get it through. when it works well, that tends to be how you are successful. So talking about consuming information, it’s hard Is there is similar strategy for electorate vote to remember a presidential election where we goals, or working in the House or the Senate? have followed delegate counts and nomination Yes, you have to count votes. And in a close vote in the House or details so closely. What are your thoughts on the Senate, you’ve got to build a campaign for each swing voter — delegate situation, and perhaps the possibility of what do they care about substantively? What’s their political a brokered convention? situation? Who would be an effective advocate to talk to them? The 2008 Obama–Clinton race was the first time that a lot of the That could be another colleague, that could be a policy expert. news media covered the delegate situation. Before 2008, media We even did this in the Iowa Caucuses in 2008. We had people coverage was just who won the state. So I would get on the phone who were concerned about energy or health care, and we had with news directors and anchors and say, “You guys have to start policy experts who were volunteering on the campaign and we covering the delegates.” David Plouffe served as the campaign manager for President would say, “would you like to sit down and talk with this policy I remember our Super Tuesday — it was big: 22 states. Gener- Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and was appointed expert?” and they would! ally, Hillary Clinton won California, New York and Massachu- a senior advisor to the President in 2011. He is now a strategic advi- setts, so a lot of the coverage was that Hillary Clinton had a bet- So how does that translate to the private sector? ter day because she won big states. Our challenge in the 24 hours sor for the ride service, Uber. David Plouffe visited the Goldman Are you seeing that you’re using the same kinds after was to actually say, “we won more delegates.” It’s a byzantine School during “Stop the Clock” week, which provides students and of strategies in your work with Uber? process, but people certainly seem to be interested by it and they faculty with a chance to interact with leading decision-makers who Well, it’s a little different, but if we have a vote in the city council are certainly learning a lot about how we elect a president. have worked in public policy and government. The following is or legislature, yes. You are trying to understand where people Will there be a contested convention? I think it’s 50–50 that an excerpt from a conversation between him and students initially are and what would be the strongest arguments to them. Trump will not have enough delegate pre-convention, which So in our case, it could be about flexible work or reducing con- means it will go to Cleveland. If he doesn’t secure enough votes Taylor Myers, Andrew Wilson, Cassandra Bayer and Ian Perry of gestion — you have to understand your audience. in the first round or two, you will have something that political PolicyMatters Journal. If I’m a 55-year-old person who is looking for extra money and junkies have dreamed about for a very long time. You’ll have my only image of Uber is of young people, I might not think multiple ballots like we used to use before we had primaries and The full interview will be available at that’s for me. It’s the same thing in politics. There were a lot of elections to decide the nominees. At the end of the day, if Trump people in 2008 who thought, “Obama...hmm...young...race….” is denied the nomination, and if Cruz is not picked, the message http://www.policymattersjournal.org So one of the ways people got comfortable was to see people like being sent will be that the voters had their say, but the party them in their community being supportive; this gave people the bosses are coming in. I don’t think this will happen. That’s a very permission structures to come out and support him. destabilizing message. G

6 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 7 remembrance FACULTY NOTES

Eugene Bardach presented his paper, “Public Policy Implementa- Michael Nacht served on the external review committee for Prince- Professor Allan P. Sindler tion Modeling: The Classic Case of EDA in Oakland,” with co-author ton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and David Wheat (University of Bergen, Norway) at the System Dynamic on the external review committee for the University of Texas Lyndon Society’s annual meeting held in Cambridge, Massachusetts this past Johnson School of Public Affairs PhD program. He gave lectures on July. They will present a revised version of this paper this May at the cyber security and new technological threats at Pennsylvania State Azzienda Publica Conference in Palermo, Sicily. University and on US national security policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Nacht published an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle Robert Birgeneau received the 2016 Vannevar Bush Award from on the impact of trends in international trade on the future of West the National Science Board in recognition of his exceptional public Coast ports. He discussed security problems posed by the ISIS Paris service and scientific leadership, especially his efforts to advance attacks on KQED with Michael Krasny and on related topics on sev- By Dean Henry E. Brady equity and inclusion in higher education and science. Previous eral Bay area radio and television stations. Berkeley Bush awardees are Glenn Seaborg and Charles Townes. In addition, Birgeneau has co-led the American Academy’s Lincoln Steven Raphael was appointed to a three year term as a member Project on Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education in the of the Committee on Law and Justice at the National Academies of United States. The Lincoln Project publications (including the final Science, where he is also a member of their panel, Proactive Polic- one which presents strategies for public research universities mov- ing. Raphael was also involved with the office of California Attorney THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL of Public Policy mentaries on race and American politics. in Sindler’s life as a Jewish student at Har- ing forward) are available on the American Academy’s web site General Kamala Harris in the launch of the Open Justice Data Por- mourns the passing of Emeritus Professor In the edited collection on Change in the vard in the 1940s (Sindler graduated with (www.amacad.org). Henry Brady also is a major contributor to this tal for the state of California. He helped draft and then signed onto Allan P. Sindler in October 2015. Professor Contemporary South (1963), Sindler added a BA in 1948) where he knew first-hand historic project. an Amicus brief filed with the US Supreme Court pertaining to the Sindler was Dean of the Graduate School a concluding chapter in which he recounted about Harvard’s quotas limiting the num- upcoming Supreme Court deliberations over the Deferred Action for of Public Policy (now the Goldman School how economic changes were forcing polit- ber of Jewish students that had persisted Avi Feller’s paper, “Discouraged by Peer Excellence: Exposure to Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). The Exemplary Peer Performance Causes Quitting” with Todd Rogers, brief summarized for the court the research on the effects of legal- of Public Policy) from 1977 to 1987. ical changes in the South, making it harder at least through the 1930s. was featured on NPR (http://n.pr/223iM6X). Feller’s job market paper ization on the earnings of formerly undocumented workers and what Professor Sindler’s scholarly work on to maintain its system of racial oppression. Sindler wrote on other topics as well on Head Start was also accepted at the Annals of Applied Statistics. the impact of DAPA would be on households with American citizen race and politics followed the course of At the same time, he also put forth a skep- including the selection of Vice Presidents, Lastly, Feller became a PI on a grant from the Institute for Educa- children where one or both parents are undocumented immigrants. American politics in the middle of the tical perspective on the “Negro-ethnic and American public policy. His series of tion Sciences. The case will be heard in mid-April. twentieth century. His first book, Huey analogy” that was often made in the 1960s, edited “case-study” books on American Long’s Louisiana: State Politics, 1920–1952 noting that African Americans simply had Political Institutions and Public Policy went Alexander Gelber published a paper, “The Effects of Youth Employ- Robert Reich’s book, Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, ment: Evidence from New York City Lotteries,” in the Quarterly Jour- came out in late September. The book is currently in its 9th print- (1956), developed out of his 1953 disserta- a much different history than most immi- through a number of editions and they nal of Economics. The paper shows that the NYC Summer Youth ing, became a New York Times best-seller and is in the process of tion at Harvard University. This book set grant groups — not the least of which was were mainstays of the political science cur- Employment Program helped reduce incarceration and even mor- being translated into 12 languages. Reich was also UC Berkeley’s the stage for his lifelong interest in race the forceful suppression of their political ricula throughout the 1970s and 1980s. tality among participants who were mostly disadvantaged youth, commencement speaker in December 2015. and politics in America. In it he noted that and civil rights in the south and elsewhere. When I came to Berkeley in 1978, Allan offering the hope that similar programs can improve outcomes for “Even those who deplored his actions and And while he clearly supported the had been dean for a year. I valued his men- at-risk youth. The White House cited Gelber’s paper and spoke with Jesse Rothstein became the director of UC Berkeley’s Institute for him as they helped develop the Department of Labor $20M Sum- Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). objectives recognized in the Kingfish advancement of voting rights, he warned torship and guidance, and learned a great mer Jobs and Beyond Grant Competition announced in February, [Huey Long] a man of unusual talents” against their “panacea implications” put deal from his thoughtful scholarship. He as well as the proposal in President Obama’s budget this year for a Richard Scheffler launched World Scientific Handbook of Global who “expressed the yearnings of the ‘have- forth by some proponents. Through his in- was a man who wrestled with the compli- $5.5 billion expansion of youth jobs programs. Health Economics and Public Policy, a three-volume handbook that nots’ for a material level of living conso- depth study of Louisiana, Sindler under- cated questions of race and ethnicity in features academics and practitioners from more than a dozen coun- nant with the equality of citizens pro- stood the depth of the problems faced by America, and he tried to find a path that Hilary Hoynes spoke at the following events: “Why SNAP Matters” tries. He also received a 2-year grant in the Petris Center from the claimed in the Constitution.” During the blacks in America. Voting rights were improved the lot of the downtrodden and at the White House Conversation on Child Hunger (January 2016); Commonwealth Fund to study the effects of market concentration “SNAP, Food Security and Health” at the Stanford Center on Food on premiums. Scheffler also testified at a recent Centene-HealthNet Depression, Sindler concluded that Long’s important, but they were not a panacea. that accorded with Constitutional princi- Security and the Environment (January 2016); “The Rise of the merger hearing in Sacramento (video: http://bit.ly/200jLFe) policies primarily helped poor whites, but Much more had to be done. ples of fairness and non-discrimination. In-Work Safety Net: Implications for Families in Strong and Weak his support for better roads and schools From 1965–1970, Sindler was at Cornell Among his achievements as dean was the Labor Markets” at the Southern Economic Association (November Janelle Scott joined the editorial boards of the American Educational also helped poor blacks. Moreover, unlike University, and he was among a group of establishment of the Public Policy and 2015); “The Welfare State and the Fight Against Inequality” at Colum- Research Journal & Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and other southern demagogues, Long faculty who were greatly affected by the International Affairs Junior Summer Insti- bia University (November 2015); and lastly, “Poverty and Inequality: is serving on the Publications Committee of the American Education How US Food and Nutrition Programs can Help” at the UC Berkeley Research Association. In October, with her Co-PIs, Elizabeth DeB- eschewed racial appeals. Sindler argued April 1969 takeover by black students of a tute that has, for 35 years, brought promis- Food Access and Food Security Summit (October 2015). Hoynes ray (University of Georgia) and Christopher Lubienski (University of that Long’s greatest contribution was campus building. Sindler’s move to Berke- ing students from underrepresented com- was also appointed to California Budget and Policy Center’s Board Illinois), she was awarded a grant from the William T. Grant Founda- breaking up the corrupt and racially ley was precipitated by this event, and munities to the Goldman School during the of Directors. tion: Intermediary Organizations and Educational Policy: A Mixed- oppressive control of politics by big busi- along with his background as a Jew in summer between their junior and senior Methods Study of the Politics of Research Utilization ($443,944). ness and planters in Louisiana. Long America, it shaped his final book which years in college, with the goal of encourag- She was also named to the Education Week/RHSU Edu-Scholar Pub- replaced it with a populist corruption of was on affirmative action in university ing them to become public policy students. lic Influence Ranked Scholar List, which is awarded to the top 200 public interest education professors to recognize university-based his own, but the net result was a perma- admissions. Bakke, De Funis, and Minority This program has produced several gen- scholars in the US who are contributing most substantially to public nent change in the state’s politics and per- Admissions was widely praised as an even- erations of leaders, including the current debates about education. haps a somewhat better life for its farmers, handed treatment of a difficult issue, but President of Fresno State University, the its poor people, and its black citizens. it clearly reflected its author’s doubts and under-Secretary of the Department of In subsequent work Sindler continued to concerns about affirmative action that Housing and Urban Development, and our provide trenchant and illuminating com- involved quotas. These doubts were rooted Dean of Students, Martha Chavez. G

8 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 9 Fighting “Legalized Corruption” in Politics Voting for a Healthier Community

By Charlotte Hill (MPP Candidate ’17) By Vanessa Cedeño WHEN PEOPLE LEARN I’VE TAKEN A YEAR-LONG SABBATICAL (MPP Candidate ’16) from graduate school to pursue anti-corruption reform, they OVER THE PAST DECADE, the Alameda frequently assume I’ve joined a presidential candidate’s cam- County Public Health Department paign. It is an understandable assumption. Bernie, Trump, Hill- (ACPHD) has been at the forefront of ary, Cruz — virtually every presidential candidate left in the efforts to re-conceptualize the role of a running has lambasted America’s culture of legalized corruption, public health agency. In 2008, it adopted in which special interests buy political influence via outsized a health equity framework that focuses not campaign contributions, lucrative job offers, thinly veiled threats only on the traditional downstream fac- of super PAC spending, and the like. It’s all perfectly legal — and tors that influence individual and com- all perfectly antithetical to government of, by, and for the people. munity health outcomes (e.g., individual Despite the 2016 campaign rhetoric, however, one president health behaviors like smoking), but also cannot fix our political system. There are simply too many facets Watch Charlotte discuss her work with Represent.Us with on the upstream or socio-ecological fac- of legalized corruption, none of which can be unilaterally Dean Henry E. Brady as part of UCTV’s “Millennial Voices” tors that determine health (e.g., discrimi- addressed by the chief executive: the unprecedented amount of at http://gspp.berkeley.edu/webcasts/charlotte-hill. natory beliefs, institutional power, and money flowing through our system that cannot be tracked back social inequities). In order to monitor and to an original donor; the enormous influence lobbyists and their address the impact of socio-ecological fac- clients hold over members of Congress; our completely broken When Represent.Us members show widespread support for tors on health outcomes in the County, campaign finance system, in which ordinary Americans are com- anti-corruption reform where they live, we help them get a cus- ACPHD has developed and implemented pletely excluded from the political process because they can’t afford tomized version of the Anti-Corruption Act on the ballot in their a number of initiatives and programs to make campaign donations; and our dysfunctional Federal Elec- city or state. By taking our fight local rather than focusing on Con- aimed at addressing the social determi- tion Commission, the body tasked with enforcing national ethics gress, we bypass politicians entirely, empowering voters to pass nants of health. and campaign finance laws. (In fact, in a recent New York Times laws themselves and building momentum for national reform. In Despite designing and implementing a Working on this project for my Applied capacity and resources to identify ways in interview, FEC Chairwoman Ann Ravel called the commission the process, we counter the well-documented growing influence number of community capacity building Policy Analysis (APA) has been an incred- which different public health programs “worse than dysfunctional.”) of state lobbyists and special interests. and civic engagement programs over the ible learning experience that has required can contribute to the work of the initia- Even if a president wanted to prioritize ending corruption, he This fall, Represent.Us members in at least two states and mul- past decade, efforts to monitor the levels me to use every skill in my policy analysis tive’s three phases: voter registration, pub- or she would need the cooperation of Congress. And we all know tiple cities will put Anti-Corruption Acts before their fellow voters. of voter participation — a key indicator tool set. I applied my newly-acquired lic education, and voter turnout. how likely our federal legislators are to pass a bill that transforms There’s no guarantee we will win. Ballot campaigns are arduous of political empowerment and social quantitative skills to identify emerging I am now in the process of using all of the system they used to get elected in the first place. and expensive, even without significant opposition — and in our capital — have been very limited. Trou- trends in voter participation as well as the research I have conducted to inform Instead of latching onto a presidential race, I joined the team at case, plenty of powerful interests have a stake in maintaining the bled by a recent drop in the County’s connections between voter participation the design of an implementation plan that Represent.Us, the nation’s largest grassroots anti-corruption cam- status quo. voter turnout rates, ACPHD’s Legislative rates and health outcomes. Most of my ACPHD can use. I recently learned that paign. Even more than its snazzy graphics and funny viral videos But my hopes are high. Americans are overwhelmingly in favor Council Coordinator, Pam Willow (’01), work, however, has involved interviewing the recommendations I put forth in my (when you have a free moment, google “honest political ads”), I of making government work for regular people, not just the well- brought me on to work on a new Voter much of ACPHD’s staff, its sister agencies, APA report will be put into place this was drawn to Represent.Us’ smart policy proposals and eminently off and well-connected. For the first time in recent memory, con- Turnout Initiative. community partners, and clinical practi- summer and fall in the lead up to the feasible political strategy — a rare and formidable combination. servatives and progressives are joining across party and state lines The goal of this initiative is to learn tioners. Here my Introduction to Policy November general election. In fact, we are Represent.Us champions a piece of model legislation called the to form a bona fide national movement against corruption. more about how voter participation affects Analysis (IPA) experience has been recruiting first-year GSPP students to American Anti-Corruption Act. It tackles our broken political November 2016 could very well mark the beginning of a tidal wave both community and individual health; invaluable as it proved to be a training serve as interns that will implement and system from four directions: ending secret money, stopping undue of reform — and I want in on the action. G what the Department can do to address ground for working within an agency con- evaluate the plan in the coming months. lobbyist influence, giving every voter a voice in how elections are low levels of voter registration and turn- text, learning about interview protocols, Reflecting back, this project truly feels like funded, and ramping up enforcement of ethics laws. The law was out; and how it might implement a pilot and practicing how to organize and syn- the culmination of my two years of profes- crafted with the input of some of the smartest people working on Charlotte Hill is Senior Communications Director for program aimed at improving voter par- thesize large amounts of qualitative data sional development at the Goldman this issue: former FEC Chairman Trevor Potter; constitutional law Represent.us. She can be reached at [email protected]. ticipation rates in the upcoming 2016 into concise and useful pieces of informa- School. The project seeks to see a problem professor Lawrence Lessig; and, my personal favorite, disgraced elections, particularly among low-income tion for a decisionmaker. Through this as an opportunity, to use policy analysis to lobbyist Jack Abramoff. people of color who have historically been process, I have conducted an organiza- inform decisionmaking, and to create pos- underrepresented in the political system. tional analysis of ACPHD’s operational itive change in our community. G

10 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 11 event highlights

Big Data and the University in New Student Orientation the 21st Century Dean Henry E. Brady welcomed the class Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Laureate and Pro- of 2018 during New Student Orientation. fessor of Physics, spoke on Big Data, Knowledge, Education, and the University in the 21st Century at the Fall 2015 dinner for Goldman School Board of Advisors members and friends.

Do Millennials Stand a Chance? Saving Capitalism Professors Ronald Lee and Hilary Chancellor’s Professor Robert B. Reich Hoynes (pictured) joined Dean Henry addressed Saving Capitalism: For the E. Brady and Professors Alex Gelber and Many, Not the Few at the 2015 Michael Jesse Rothstein in a two-part panel dis- Nacht Distinguished Lecture in Politics cussion: Do Millennials Stand a Chance? and Policy. Giving the Next Generation a Fair Shot at a Prosperous Future. The event was sponsored by the Goldman School’s Center on Governing and Investing in the Future.

Water Policy and the Drought Network DC Goldman School Board of Advisors mem- Goldman School students traveled to Washington DC for site visits and networking opportunities. The event culminated with a ber Mel Levine (BA ’64) joined Dean reception for students, faculty and DC-area alumni. Henry E. Brady, Felicia Marcus of the State Water Resources Control Board and David L. Sedlak, Malozemoff Professor in Min- eral Engineering, to discuss California’s drought in Water Policy & the Drought: Balancing Competing Interests to Stay Afloat. Richard “Dick” H. Beahrs (BA ’68) moderated the panel. The event was spon- sored by the Goldman School’s Center on GSPP Students at the US Department of Energy (From left to GSPP Networking Reception (From left to right): Students Minh Civility & Democratic Engagement. right): Satoshi Suzuki, Greg Rybka, Elizabeth Lai, Brett Webster, Nguyen, Satoshi Suzuki, Daniel Friel and Lindsay Maple with Don Eric Wilson, Adam Orford, Sarah Wilson, Rachel Young, Andrew Pickrell of the US Department of Transportation Wilson, Minh Nguyen, Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Karolina Maslanka, and Laura Sanchez Bolanos.

12 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 13 PPIA Alums: Getting out the Vote alumni Molly O’Shaughnessy

By Cindy Dinh and Paul Monge Rodriguez MOLLY O’SHAUGHNESSY (’01) is a Principal for EMC Research, IN MANY STATES, VOTING RIGHTS ARE UNDER ASSAULT by which conducts polling and focus group research for local, state and restrictive laws such as cutbacks on early voting periods and the national electoral campaigns. She spoke with Policy Notes about elimination of same-day registration. In contrast, California con- her long-standing interest in politics and what it’s like living in Ohio tinues to lead in modernizing strategies for voter engagement during a presidential election year. and removing obstacles to the ballot. The State has already allowed public agencies to register voters automatically (e.g., Did you come to the Goldman School with an Department of Motor Vehicles). It is logical to extend this prac- interest in politics? tice to another public entity: California’s public colleges and uni- Yes! I come from a family involved in local politics and volun- versities. In a state where only 8% of eligible youth ages 18–24 teered for some campaigns growing up. I studied Middle East voted in the 2014 elections, increasing youth voter turnout is an Cindy Dinh and Paul Monge Rodriguez received the 2015–16 Chancel- politics as an undergrad and knew I wanted to do something answer to increasing future turnout for California overall. lor’s Award for Public Service in Graduate Student Civic Engagement. related to politics and policy. We discussed these ideas over dinner in January 2016 while My time at GSPP, including my internship in the legislature, reminiscing over the last time we were on the UC Berkeley campus would serve to automatically register to vote any student who helped me to clarify my interest in politics and policy advocacy. together as Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) law fel- enrolls at any of the State’s public higher education systems, mak- I wanted to work on making change where the rubber meets the lows at the Goldman School. As undergraduates, we led voter reg- ing California the first state in the nation to do so. road, where the good policy idea meets the real world political istration drives on our college campuses and understand how In the next few months we’ll don our grassroots-organizer hats conditions. I didn’t have to look far to find GSPP alums who had important it is to engage youth early so that they can develop hab- as we travel the State to speak with civic non-profit organizations followed a similar path. Cisco DeVries (GSPP ’00) helped me get its of voting in every election. Now, as graduate students, we began and student groups to gather feedback and earn their support. my first campaign jobs managing two State Assembly races and to brainstorm about what could be done to increase youth turnout. Introducing an automatic student voter registration program handed me my first set of poll crosstabs. When I found the quan- We submitted a proposal to Assemblymember Chiu’s “There through the UC, CSU and California Community College systems titative side of politics I knew what I wanted to do. Dave Metz heard in similar ways. And so we’ve got two outsider candidates Ought to Be a Law” contest. We presented empirical data on the is another way through which California can demonstrate its ongo- (’98) hired me for my first job in polling and taught me a great drawing way more support than the establishment predicted youth vote, conducted a political and administrative feasibility ing commitment to expanding voter participation and creating a deal. Now I provide opinion research and strategic consulting because a lot of voters just want to upend the current system. analysis, and applied our legal understanding of precedents to sug- democracy that is more inclusive of the voices of young people. G for candidates, ballot measure campaigns, state and local govern- For me the good news is that so much of our governing hap- gest bill language. ment agencies, and nonprofits, helping them understand public pens at the state and local level where voters still haven’t given We partnered with California Assemblymembers David Chiu Cindy and Paul are currently students at Berkeley Law. Paul received opinion and make decisions to advance their policy goals. up on the whole system, and attitudes are much less divided. (D-San Francisco) and Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) to introduce his MPP from Harvard and Cindy is currently in a joint program at Assembly Bill 2455, the “Student Voting Act.” This legislation Harvard to earn her MPA. What kinds of campaigns have you worked on? What aspects of your public policy training do I’ve worked on everything from presidential campaigns to local you use in your work? tax measure campaigns. It’s exciting when my strategic advice I use my research design and survey methodology training every helps win a high profile election, but I also really like working day, working within the constraints of real-world budgets and with smaller local campaigns where the impact of our work is so timelines. Statistical analysis is a major part of my work, though from the desk of Martha Chavez tangible. I’m proud of helping secure over a billion dollars in new my role is more often explaining the stats to laypeople. I work on funding for schools, libraries and parks in my career. Some of such a wide variety of policy issues that every week includes sev- Year-Round Outreach and Recruitment my favorite recent clients are two hard-core policy wonks any eral 15 minute versions of the 48 Hour Project, when I need to GSPP alum should follow: Rep Mark Takano (D-CA), the first get up to speed on the key elements of a policy debate. GSPP’s team interacts weekly with prospective yield is approximately 90 students, and openly gay man of color in Congress and a longtime classroom emphasis on clear and concise writing is also something that has Martha Chavez is students from all over the world via email, we are excited to welcome the Class of teacher; and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who is a real leader made a big difference for me; I frequently have to beat the aca- Senior Assistant skype, phone, webinars, social media, and 2018 later this Fall! in innovative policing strategies. demic writing style out of my new hires. Dean for Academic in person. After the admissions decisions are Programs and Dean After the December deadline, the Mas- made, GSPP begins the outreach and What is your perspective on how polarized What’s it like living in Ohio during a presidential of Students ter of Public Policy Admissions Commit- recruitment process all over again, con- the politics in our country has gotten? Has election year? tee diligently reviews hundreds of admis- tinuing throughout the spring and sum- it changed, or is it matter of now having the Pretty different from living in California, but that’s true every sions applications. As usual, this year’s mer. In order to ensure a good yield, GSPP tools (via social media, etc) for the polarizing year! It’s pretty amazing to watch the money and bodies pour GSPP’S OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT applicant pool was nothing short of gains great value from having alumni call messages to get amplified? into the state. Football season is the only time I ever have to run like clockwork throughout the entire exceptional. We received applications new admits, and we hope to increase Our politics are highly polarized and most voters are hearing only watch TV commercials, and that gets pretty rough. My wife stops year. Beginning in September, GSPP offi- from among the best and brightest indi- alumni involvement in both making calls political messages from their own side of the spectrum. I think the answering the door. Local campaigns also really struggle here to cially kicks off the admissions recruitment viduals from across the nation and the and also participating in recruitment bigger story this year is that we’re at a historical low on voter feel- cut through the noise of the presidential race. In 2008 and 2012 season by hosting information sessions in world. As always, the decision process events in their cities. If you are interested ings of efficacy, trust in government leaders, and so on. I’ve watched my house was more like a hostel for coastal friends who flew into Berkeley and participating in recruitment was challenging due to the overwhelming in helping to support GSPP’s outreach and this in my polling and in focus groups, and now it’s driving the Columbus to knock on doors where it mattered. When the mid- fairs in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, number of outstanding applicants for the recruitment in your region, please contact presidential race. I think voters on both the left and right who are term elections roll around, voter turnout drops 30 points and we and Washington, DC. The admissions limited spots available. Our expected us at [email protected]. G turned off by our hyperpartisan system are making their voices turn into a red state again. G

14 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 15 CLASS NOTES

Jessica Rider (MPP ’04) and her husband, Steve Jawetz (MPP ’82, JD ’82) and Carson Christiano (MPP ’09) directs impact Fiona Hsu (MPP ’06) finances affordable Akin Arikan, welcomed their third child, Elea- Deborah Bloch (MPP ’82) are pleased to evaluation initiatives in technology, financial housing in the Bay Area as the head of the nor Poppy Arikan, on February 22nd, 2016. report that an attraction to public policy may inclusion and energy for the University of Community Development Finance depart- Her older kids, Lilian (age five) and Emmet be genetic. Their daughter Alison (age 22) will California Center for Effective Global Action ment at Silicon Valley Bank. She just wel- (age 9), are still in the process of conduct- be completing her MPP at the Frank Batten (CEGA), just down the hill from GSPP. She comed her first child, a son named Sufi. ing a cost-benefit analysis regarding this new School of Leadership and Public Policy at the married a Haas alumnus (’08) whom she first addition. After an initial large scale invest- University of Virginia next year, with interests met in Robert Reich’s Leadership and Social Alva Johnson (MPP ’93) was recently ment in diapers, and factoring in both the in prison reform and education policy. Their Change class. appointed as the Legislative Director for the time cost of lost sleep and the contingent son Ryan (age 25) encounters the impact tribal government of the San Manuel Band of valuation of familial love (surveys in prog- of public policy as a private investigator on Natasha Avendaño García ( MPP ’08/PhD Mission Indians in Highland, California (http:// ress), the children’s parents are confident criminal defense cases in New Orleans. ’11) keeps moving up in the management bit.ly/1pXhzlp). the project will yield a positive net benefit. body of the Colombian Tax and Customs After her maternity leave, Jessica will return Cindy Brach (MPP ’89), Senior Health Care Administration - DIAN. She was promoted to Greg Kato (MPP ’06) received the SPUR Pub- James Toma is sworn in as mayor of West Covina as his wife, Minerva Avila, and their kids, to the San Francisco Field Office’s Govern- Researcher at the Agency for Healthcare be the Director of Corporate Intelligence in lic Managerial Excellence award in March Cruz and Paz, look on. James’ father, Walter Toma, swore him in. ment Accountability Office where she has Research and Quality, appeared on the NPR January 2015, after her role as Deputy Direc- 2016. The award recognizes San Francisco worked as a Senior Economist since finishing nationally syndicated Diane Rehm show on tor of Operational Research and Economic city employees for their exemplary job per- on US disability law at Morocco’s Mohammed Martha Ture (MPP ’04) is currently freelanc- her PhD in Agricultural and Resource Eco- February 9, 2016. You can listen to a podcast Analysis. In this new position, she is in front formance and leadership. VI National Center for People with Disabilities. ing for Garnet News, a news outlet featuring nomics in at UC Berkeley in 2013. of “Improving Doctor-Patient Communication of three key and strategic deputy director- women reporters. In A Digital World” at http://bit.ly/1LeqvXV. ates: IT, Processes, and Operational Research Kody Kinsley (MPP ’12) became the Director James Toma (MPP ’95) was recently sworn in Sarah Martin-Anderson (MPP ’08, PhD ’13) Cindy’s article, “Even In An Emergency, and Economic Analysis. She is one of the five of Policy and Program Support at the District as Mayor of West Covina, CA (see photo). He Enrique Ruacho (MPP ’12) began 2016 in took a new position in January as the Direc- Doctors Must Make Informed Consent An women that holds a director position at DIAN of Columbia Department of Human Services welcomes Goldman School alumni to the city. his new job as the Legislative Advocate tor of Community Engagement, Policy and Informed Choice,” appeared in the April 2016 from a total of seven directors and the only in November 2015. Kody leads policy devel- for the Los Angeles Unified School Dis- Accountability for the Kansas City, Missouri issue of Health Affairs (http://bit.ly/25k6Wd1). one that holds a PhD. opment, program implementation and pro- Andrew Wiedlea (MPP ’95, PhD ’01) just trict (LAUSD), the second largest school Health Department. Now she gets to do policy You can listen to a podcast of Cindy read- cess improvement for key social safety net accepted a position at the Lawrence Berke- district in the nation. Born and raised in analysis and political maneuvering all the time! ing this article, part of the Narrative Matters Francie Genz (MPP ’12) launched an inde- programs in the District, such as economic ley Lab. He is looking forward to reconnect- LAUSD, Enrique advocates on behalf of She also oversees the research production in series, at http://bit.ly/1S1NiLV. pendent consulting practice last fall. Her firm supports and homeless services. ing with folks in the Bay Area this summer over 650,000 students on state level policy the department, performance management advises practitioners and policymakers on and visiting GSPP more often. and finance issues. of the department and contracted safety net John Chang (MPP ’97) moved to Chicago to strategies for education alignment, work- Renske Lynde (MPP ’05) is the Co-Founder providers, and serves as manager of external take on responsibilities as the Chief of Staff force development, and economic develop- and Managing Director of Food System 6 relations. Sarah continues to teach courses in for the Chief Information Security Officer ment programs that cater to the needs of (FS6), a platform that supports and invests in public administration at U of Missouri, Kansas (CISO) at Discover Financial Services. regional economies. She is currently working entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions City and is now regretting her decision NOT in eight states. to complex global food system challenges. SAVE THE DATE to take Public Budgeting at GSPP. In Febru- Nina Robinson (MPP ’89), University of Cali- Though FS6 works globally, they have their ary she was appointed by Governor Jay Nixon fornia Associate President and Chief Policy Danielle Love (MPP ’11) is happily still living roots in California — the concept was origi- (and confirmed by the State Senate) to serve Advisor, has been appointed to the found- in San Francisco, working for the San Fran- nally developed at a meeting organized by as a member of the Missouri Board of Healing ing Advisory Council for the Public Policy cisco Unified School District. She got married the Governor’s Office of Research & Planning. Arts, which oversees licensure of physicians Institute of California’s newly created Higher in September, and many GSPP alumni were They are thrilled that GSPP alumna Beth Sirull and other allied health clinicians. Education Center. in attendance! (see photo) (MPP ’05) is an FS6 Advisor and welcome connections with other alumni interested in impact investing, entrepreneurship, food and agriculture policy, and more.

Matt Reed (MPP ’07) and his wife, Angela Arnold, welcome twins Sean and Elena into the world last April 2015. They continue to live in the Berkeley area.

Stephen Rosenbaum (MPP ’79, JD ’80) pub- lished articles on school vouchers and stu- 2016 GSPP Alumni Dinner The Berkeley City Club dents with disabilities and on Afghan and Friday, October 21, 2016 2315 Durant Avenue Cambodian legal education. He also co- authored (with Jonathan Simon) “Dignifying 5:30pm–10:00pm Berkeley, CA Madness: Rethinking Commitment Law in an Age of Mass Incarceration,” which was pub- The GSPP Alumni Dinner celebrates the accomplishments of its MPP and lished in the University of Miami Law Review. PhD alumni nationally and internationally. If you are celebrating a milestone Stephen supervised clinical law students at reunion year in 2016 — Classes 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, Golden Gate University’s Women’s Employ- and 2011 — we especially hope you will attend! If you are interested in ment Rights Clinic and guest lectured at Uni- organizing your class to attend the dinner together, please contact Cecille versite Libre de Bruxelles. He also served Danielle Love’s wedding. on an accreditation team at the Universidad Cabacungan. [email protected] Back row: Quang Dang, Patrick Hazelton ’11, Sarah Swanbeck ’11, Peter Masiak ’11, John Minot ’11, Justin Elstrott, Craig Bosman ’12. Autonoma de Nuevo Leon and gave a lecture Front row: Jay Liao ’11, Yvonne Delbanco ’11, Elise Dizon-Ross ’11, Danielle Love ’11, Joy Bonaguro ’11, Stephanie Lin ’11, Julia Nagle ’11.

16 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 17 silver society Arlene and Vic Willits GSPP Board of Advisors

BY INCLUDING GSPP IN THEIR ESTATE PLANS, Arlene James D. Marver (MPP ’74, PhD ’78) Stacy B. Jacobs, OD Co-Founder and Managing Director, VantagePoint Capital Owner and Director of Wine Operations, Rancho Valencia Resort; (’63, MA ’67) and Vic (’62, EdD ’68) Willits join the Goldman Partners; Chair, Goldman School Board of Advisors Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation School’s Silver Society. The couple, who met at Cal, are longstand- Henry E. Brady, Ex-officio David T. Jiang ing UC Berkeley volunteers and philanthropists and engaged Dean, Goldman School of Public Policy; Class of 1941 Monroe Chief Executive Officer, PineBridge Investments members of the Goldman School community. Their affinity stems Deutsch Chair of Political Science and Public Policy Noëlle Leca from Arlene’s career in the public policy arena, including manage- Darius W. Anderson Retired Senior Vice President & General Manager, eBusiness, ment positions with cities and as a consultant for government and Founder & CEO, Platinum Advisors; Genesys Telecom/Alcatel Founder & CEO, Kenwood Investments nonprofit clients. She quips that “If GSPP had been around just a Marc A. Levin few years earlier, I would have had an MPP instead of a Master’s Wayne Brown (MPP/JD ’92) Program Director, ArtsWest, Stanford University’s Bill Lane Deputy General Counsel & Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Center for the American West in Public Administration!” When the Willits’ learned about the Quest Diagnostic School’s need for graduate student support they stepped forward Mel Levine Donna Coit Counsel and Former Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; to provide generous fellowship assistance for a dozen students thus Retired Nutritionist, Educator, and Program Manager Former US Representative, 27th Congressional District far! Vic, whose career was in college administration and teaching, David M. deWilde Jim Losi is also interested in best practices for higher education administra- Private Investor and Management Consultant, Formerly, Founder and Chair, Kundebana Foundation tion and looks forward to GSPP’s research and programming in Founder and CEO, Chartwell Partners International; President, Government National Mortgage Association Nancy McFadden this area. “Our primary philanthropic interests at Cal have focused Executive Secretary to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Todd Dipaola Office of the Governor, State of CA on scholarships. Helping Goldman provide opportunities for the Co-founder and President, inMarket; best and brightest graduate students in the critical area of public Co-founder and former CFO, Vantage Media Michael Nacht, Ex-officio Thomas and Alison Schneider Chair, Goldman School of Public G service is definitely one of our priorities.” Bettina Duval Policy; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Founder and President, CALIFORNIALIST Affairs, US Department of Defense

Joseph Epstein Gary B. Pruitt (MPP/JD ’81) President, Sierra Steel Trading LLC President and CEO, The Associated Press

Robert Epstein, PhD Paul Sack alumni board Co-founder, Environmental Entrepeneurs Founder and Advisor, Sack Properties Seeking Candidates Co-founder and former EVP, Sybase Thomas C. Schneider YOUR FIFTEEN-MEMBER ALUMNI BOARD is holding elections this Charles L. Frankel Retired Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley; President, Frankel International Development Organization Former Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation June to replace the members whose terms are expiring. I would 2015–16 Alumni Board like to personally thank Clare Nolan (’03), Adam Nguyen (’07), John Gage, PhD Michelle Schwartz (MPP/MPH ’88) Former Chief Researcher and Vice President Principal, M. Schwartz Associates; and Kathy Wilson (’11), who are leaving the Board, for their James Chadam (’95) of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation dedicated service over the past three years. Ginny Fang (’08) Douglas E. Goldman, MD, Ex-officio Budd Shenkin, MD (MPP ’71) We are seeking new Board members who are representative of Chairman and Founder, Certain, Inc.; President, Lisa and Douglas President, Bayside Medical Group Maureen Friar (’90) the diversity of our 2,000+ alumni. Serving on the Board provides Goldman Fund; Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation Shelly Gehshan (’85), Vice-Chair Steve Silberstein you the opportunity to give back to the school, to meet and work Garrett Gruener Retired Co-Founder of Innovative Interfaces, Inc.; Mark Hoffman (’75), Chair Executive Chairman, Nanōmix, Inc.; Co-Founder, Alta Partners; Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation with some of the school’s finest alumni, and to maintain your con- Founder, Ask Jeeves, now Ask.Com nection with the school. Please contact Cecille Cabacungan if you Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse (MPP/MPH ’07), Secretary Catherine L. Unger Jay Liao (’11) Thomas P. Grumbly (MPP ’74) Trustee, Unger Family Foundation are interested in serving. You will then be contacted by a member President, Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation of the Board’s Governance Committee. Submit your nomination Sarah Martin-Anderson (MPP ’08/PhD ’13) John Wilton Cyrus Hadidi Former Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance, University online today: http://bit.ly/AlumniBoardNominations Adam Nguyen (’07) Portfolio Manager, JMB Capital Partners, LP of California, Berkeley; Former Managing Director and Director of This past year the Board collaborated with the school to make Clare Nolan (’03) International Research for Farallon Capital Management, LLC Mark Hoffman (MPP ’75) Ex-officio sure that all alumni receive the school’s journal PolicyMatters Swati Pande (’14) Chair, Goldman School of Public Policy Alumni Board Jerry Yoon (policymattersjournal.org), a superb publication edited by GSPP Director, Barclays Capital, Seoul, Korea Armando Salcedo Cisneros (’10) Nancy Hult Ganis students. If you are familiar with the Journal you know the high Jonathan Stein (MPP/JD ’13) Producer, Out of the Blue Entertainment; Former Trustee, UC Berkeley Foundation quality of its content and style. Lauren Vargas (’14) The Alumni Board has also continued to identify representa- Kathy Wilson (’11) tives of every alumni class to take the lead in organizing class EMERITI BOARD MEMBERS reunions highlighting special class anniversaries. We are also Maren Anderson President, MDA Consulting Inc; Al Bowker (d. 2008) Prof. of Statistics Emeritus, UC Berkeley; Chancellor Emeritus; John Cummins UC identifying volunteers in regions with a critical mass of alumni If you would like to participate in any of these areas, as well as Berkeley, Assoc. Chancellor (Ret.); John De Luca Chairman of the Board & President, UCSF Gallo Research Center; Former President & CEO, Wine Institute; to organize regional gatherings for events such as meetings with serve on the Board or on one of our three committees, please Aaron Estis (MPP ’85) President, The Estis Group; Dianne Feinstein United States Senator; Richard N. Goldman (d. 2010) President, Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund; Peter D. Hart Chairman, Peter D. Hart Research Associates; I. Michael Heyman (d. 2011) Chancellor Emeritus, Prof. of Law Emeritus, City prospective students, meetings with GSPP faculty visiting the contact Cecille Cabacungan ([email protected]). Planning Secretary Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution; Martha Hertelendy Vice-Chair World Affairs Council; Richard Liu Chair & Pres, Superior Holdings area, alumni panels, and of course, social events! Finally, we are Thank you, Lmtd; Arnold Meltsner Prof. of Public Policy Emeritus, Goldman School of Public Policy; William Reilly President & CEO, Aqua International Partners LP; Harold Smith Distinguished Visiting Scholar (former); Charles Townes (d. 2015) Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physics; Carl Vogt Retired testing the effectiveness of organizing affinity groups of alumni Mark Hoffman (’75) Senior Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, President Emeritus, Williams College; Mason Willrich Former Chair, California Independent System Operator who share professional interests. Alumni Board Chair Governing Board; Director, California Clean Energy Fund; Senior Advisor, MIT Energy Innovation Project; Osamu Yamada International Business Consultant

18 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 19 from the desk of Annette Doornbos Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement The Goldman School Public Policy Channel By Larry A. Rosenthal CCDE also hosts campus events demon- on UCTV — AKA Policy with Legs (MPP ’93/PhD ’00), Program Director strating the virtues of civility and consen- THE WORK OF GSPP’S CENTER ON CIVIL- sus building to the UC Berkeley commu- Last year, UCTV created a new model audiences via YouTube (150,000 subscrib- ITY & DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT (CCDE), nity and broader audiences. Our Cal Day Annette Doornbos is for distributing the University of Califor- ers), iTunes, and Roku. We are expanding founded by Cal’s centennial Class of ’68, event this spring was a student-led panel the Assistant Dean for nia’s intellectual wares, i.e., ten themed our Public Policy Channel offerings with has never been more important. The 2016 dialogue on “Political Life @Berkeley: External Relations and channels accessed on the UCTV homepage a new series, Millennial Voices Heard at election season has made our precious Conversations Across the Divides.” Par- Development and produced in partnerships with units Goldman, that offers GSPP students a way democracy’s vulnerabilities plain for all to ticipants included current officers of the selected from the UC’s campuses. In light to sharpen their policy advocacy skills in see. Basic political tenets — like cam- Cal Berkeley Democrats, the Berkeley Col- of the quality and popularity of GSPP’s a television interview setting. Millennial paigning for votes on the merits of one’s lege Republicans, and the ASUC, with Pro- IN 2002, GSPP BEGAN PROFESSIONALLY offerings, UCTV’s professional staff segments are already seeing robust traffic positions and leadership — rather than fessor Alan Ross, Business and Political taping and posting its public lectures approached the School with a proposal to on YouTube and Facebook. Our program- insults and media-blitz feints — no longer Science, and moderated by Center board on the recently-launched UCTV host a Public Policy Channel. GSPP agreed ming for the next several months will hold the steady attention of the American member, Dick Beahrs ’68, himself a former (http://www.uctv.tv/). Over time, GSPP and entered a new relationship with UCTV, focus on the 2016 election, with GSPP fac- public. For many, the health and legiti- ASUC president. built up a library of 60+ lectures on the contracting the services of their profes- ulty and students offering voters an in- macy of the core institutions public policy CCDE is also active in state and national site. UCTV steadily expanded its audi- sional staff to create and produce programs. depth analysis of the issues that will relies on most seem at greater risk than leadership roles. It co-founded the Cali- ence, with its homepage logging three mil- Within weeks, a donor made a gift to sup- impact the future of their region, their ever before. CCDE provides the School fornia Consortium on Public Engage- lion hits a day. The tallies of views for port the first three years of program pro- state, and their nation. and its community a platform to devote ment, an affiliation of like-minded GSPP’s offerings were also generating duction and the Channel’s initial series, So grab your favorite libation, find a student and faculty attention to these community- and campus- astonishing figures — our programs were In the Living Room, was in production. comfy chair and enjoy the intellectual pressing problems. Indeed “defining the based organizations dedi- getting tens of thousands, even hundreds Today, UCTV reaches four million US wealth of GSPP! G problem,” for many current MPPs, cated to advancing the of thousands of hits. households via cable TV and worldwide involves questioning the sustainability of breadth and depth of citizen the democracy itself. involvement in public policy CCDE’s Civility Fellowships program, for and governance statewide. The example, supports Advanced Policy Analysis Consortium has partnered with for client-project opportunities which the State Assembly’s Select advance the Center’s mission. The breadth Committee on Civic Engage- Visit the UCTV Public Policy Channel for the latest from and variety of these student projects cover ment, led by Assembly Member innovative policy thinkers and policy critics who are all the exciting ways public policy is revital- Susan Eggman (D-Stockton) on izing democracy. Recent Fellowship projects hearings convened in Sacra- tackling the most pressing problems of our times. have focused upon participatory budgeting, mento and Los Angeles to address campaign finance, public involvement in challenges and opportunities fac- http://www.uctv.tv/public-policy regional growth planning, and city-level ing the state’s civic infrastructure. civic-engagement technologies. In addition, CCDE is a member of To address political engagement in other the National Civility Network ways, CCDE recently has partnered with founded by the National Institute public broadcaster KQED on its “Start The on Civil Discourse. Conversation” campaign. The campaign GSPP’s Center on Civility & Dem- raises awareness of how policy‐related and ocratic Engagement remains a human‐interest news stories help deepen vibrant and creative locus of activity conversations within families and commu- at the School. We welcome your inter- nities, and across traditional social divides. est and your support. For more infor- KQED and the Center will also partner on mation visit https://gspp.berkeley.edu/ producing a series of “voter parties” centers/ccde or contact me directly via around the Bay Area, bolstering enthusi- email ([email protected]). G asm for and participation in the 2016 fall elections. (see KQED’s sidebar)

Editor’s Note: You can hear more from Larry Rosenthal on public radio’s Take Two at www.scpr.org: “Is there hope for civility in the 2016 election” (March 2, 2016)

20 POLICY NOTES | SPRING 2016 GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY 21 The Millennial Tipping Point Global Program News

By Sarah Swanbeck (MPP ’11) By Sudha Shetty Assistant Dean for International Partnerships and Alliances Executive Director, Center on Governing & Investing in the Future Estimated Total Youth Votes in Semester Fellows Institute for 25 emerging leaders from judges in California who are confronted IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, young Amer- 2016 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses, by Candidate In December, Global & Executive Pro- sub-Saharan Africa as part of the Mandela with a petition for the return of a child icans are about to have their moment. grams (GEP) bid a sad farewell to our Fall Washington Fellowship. The Mandela pursuant to the Hague Convention in Millennials (typically thought of as 2015 Executive Public Policy for Interna- Washington Fellowship, the flagship pro- cases that involve domestic abuse. G those born between 1982 and 2000) now Kasich 278,100 tionals (EPPI) and Independent Leaders gram of President Obama’s Young African make up the largest group of consumers Scholar Program (ILSP) fellows. In Janu- Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers in the economy, with younger households Cruz 557,800 ary, we welcomed five new spring 2016 young African leaders through academic disproportionately driving American con- fellows! Three fellows are senior officers coursework, leadership training, mentor- sumer spending.1 Likewise, for the first from the Government of India and two are ing, networking, professional opportuni- Trump 611,400 time in history, Millennials also make up exceptional students from Universiti Bru- ties, and support for activities in their the same proportion of the American elec- nei Darussalam. All of our fellows have communities. Fellows have a proven torate as the Baby Boomers. Clinton 611,400 been selected among many hopefuls to record of accomplishment in promoting In every recent election, we have seen study current and progressive solutions to innovation and positive change in their some variation of Millennial “scolding,” Sanders 1,542,000 policy making and build upon this knowl- organizations, institutions, or communi- with pundits lamenting the fact that this edge back home. We are delighted to have ties. The cohort of Fellows hosted by GEP generation just isn’t as engaged as previous 0 200000200,000 400000400,000 600000600,000 800000800,000 10000001,000,000 12000001,200,000 14000001,400,000 16000001,600,000 them here for the semester and appreciate will be part of a larger group of 1,000 generations. About half of registered Mil- the unique perspectives and warm smiles Mandela Washington Fellows being Spring Semester Fellows: Anastasia Kotylo, lennial voters don’t identify with either Source: Estimates are based on CIRCLE analysis of vote tallies by state and Edison Research that they bring to campus. hosted across the United States. Mugdha Sinha, Saibaba Darbamulla, Govind state exit/entrance polls. Only states with vote choice data for contests in both parties major political party, meaning that their included. Estimates through March 15 primaries. Singh, and Asme Amit views and preferences aren’t necessarily Executive Education Program Partnership with Tuaropaki Trust represented in party platforms. GEP had a very busy 2015 summer — we A large gift to GEP from Tuaropaki Trust, For the 2016 election, however, the American history, but one that has been cial security. It is unclear whether Millen- graduated 75 senior Government of India New Zealand will allow for a two-year col- premise that young voters won’t turn out handicapped by a distinct set of economic nials will turn out in November 2016, and officers from our custom trainings. In laboration led by Professor Sol Hsiang to doesn’t seem to be holding true. Looking obstacles. An unfavorable labor market whether turning out will be enough to get November, we hosted the Hunan Trans- begin to monitor and value an organiza- at the primary elections and caucuses held has made it difficult for students to pay off them what they want. What is clear, how- portation Delegation for a one-day educa- tion’s genuine wealth, i.e. the sum total of to-date, young people in both parties are debt — wages for college graduates have ever, is that sometime in the not-too-dis- tion program. Hunan is a province in capital they control across both tradition- turning out in numbers on par with the grown 60 percent more slowly than those tant future, the Millennial voting bloc will south-central China which sent 27 dele- ally valued assets as well as assets that are high youth turnout in the 2008 election. of the general population.3 arrive on the scene, and American politics gates from private-sector senior manage- not usually valued in monetary terms. The Senator Bernie Sanders has dominated Young people are looking for a leader for the next 40 years will be dominated by ment for a program focused on discerning goal of this approach is to empower private among the youth vote, with Secretary Hill- who will prioritize their long-term finan- their priorities and worldviews. G and understanding changes in financial organizations to understand whether man- ary Clinton and Donald Trump following markets. Our Executive Education pro- agement decisions are causing their genu- Executive Education program participants in second and third. 1 J P Morgan Chase, Local Consumer Commerce. December 2015. gram continues its strong and valued rela- ine wealth to rise or fall over time. from Central Vigilance Commission, India, at It remains unclear, however, what youth Available online: http://bit.ly/JPMorgan-LocalConsumerCommerce tionship with the Government of India, their graduation ceremony with Dean Henry turnout and support may look like in the 2 http://bit.ly/ReutersPoll-March2016 including the development of a new pro- The Hague Brady and Assistant Dean Sudha Shetty general election. In a hypothetical Clinton 3 The Atlantic, Why are Wages for College Grads So Terrible? gram for the spring of 2016 designed for Domestic Violence Project vs. Trump face off in November, according Available online: http://bit.ly/Atlantic-CollegeGradWages senior officers from the Central Vigilance The Hague Domestic Violence Project has to current Reuters polling,2 Secretary Clin- Commission (CVC). The CVC is con- developed a new Bench Guide: The Hague ton would take the youth vote by a 2-1 mar- ceived to be the apex vigilance institution Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter- gin. The second largest group in the same in India, free of control from any executive national Child Abduction in Cases Involv- poll — a good 24 percent of young Ameri- SPRING 2016 authority, and is tasked with monitoring ing Allegations of Domestic Abuse. The cans — say they do not know who they all vigilance activity under the Central Bench Guide was developed by Assistant would support or would not vote. This may Policy Notes is published twice a year by UC Berkeley’s Goldman Government. The CVC also advises vari- Dean Sudha Shetty, Hague DV Project highlight the lack of strong party identifica- School of Public Policy. Send questions or comments to Bora Reed, ous authorities in the Central Govern- Director and Project Attorney Jessica tion among young voters, or may under- (510) 642-7591, [email protected] ment in planning, executing, reviewing, Goldberg, in partnership with the Cali- score a lack of enthusiasm among Millen- and reforming their vigilance work. fornia Hague Convention Domestic nial voters for these Presidential candidates. Assist. Dean for External Relations and Development: Annette Doornbos Abuse Bench Guide Consulting Commit- Millennials have a distinct agenda for Editor: Bora Reed Editorial Assistant: Jessica Ying Fu Mandela Washington tee and the Judicial Council of California. Executive Education program participants the next President, with a strong focus on Photos: Emerson Kim, Peg Skorpinski Fellowship 2016 This Bench Guide, the third produced by from Hunan Transportation Delegation, the economy and college affordability. Design and Layout: Matt Vanderzalm, Design Site For the third year, beginning in mid-June, the Hague DV Project, was created as a China, outside the iconic bear statue at Cal This is the most educated generation in GEP will host a six-week Civic Leadership tool to assist both state and federal court Memorial Stadium

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