Speakers

8:45 a.m.–9:30 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Dr. Richard Jackson, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Science Department at UCLA’s School of Public Health

Richard J. Jackson has done extensive work in the impact of the environment on health, particularly relating to children. Dr. Jackson chaired the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health. He did extensive work on pesticides in California, and has also focused on epidemiology, infectious diseases and toxicology. Over the past decade much of his work has focused on how the 'built environment' including how architecture and urban planning affect health. He recently served on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects and has written and spoken extensively in the above areas. Currently, Dr. Jackson has been working on policy analyses of environmental impacts on health ranging from toxicology, chemical body burdens, terrorism, sustainability, climate change, urban design and architecture. In addition, he is developing policy analyses in related areas, such as how farm, education, housing, and transportation policies affect health.

While in California he helped establish the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program and state and national laws to reduce risks from pesticides, especially to farm workers and to children. While at CDC he established the national asthma epidemiology and control program, oversaw the childhood lead poisoning prevention program, and instituted the federal effort to “biomonitor” chemical levels in the US population. In the late 1990s he was the CDC leader in establishing the US National Pharmaceutical Stockpile to prepare for terrorism and other disasters—which was activated on September 11, 2001. He has received the Breast Cancer Fund’s Hero Award, as well as Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Public Health Law Association, and the New Partners for Smart Growth. Dick Jackson lectures and speaks on many issues, particularly those related to the built environment and health. He co-authored two Island Press Books: Urban Sprawl and Public Health in 2004 and Making Healthy Places published in August, 2011. He will host a 2012 public television special Designing Healthy Communities which links to a separate book by the same name published by J Wiley & Sons in October, 2011. He has served on many environmental and health boards, as well as the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects.

Richard Jackson

Keynote Speaker

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Michael Reibel, Professor, California State Polytechnic University

Michael Reibel is Professor of Geography at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is an urban geographer and demographer with research expertise in neighborhood scale social demography and neighborhood context effects in public health. His research has been published in the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Population Research and Policy Review, Urban Geography and Environment and Planning, among other journals. He is currently a member of the core research team for the National Deceased Donor Potential Study sponsored by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. He has been a reviewer for many scientific journals and research funding agencies. He serves on the editorial board of the journal, Urban Geography and as his university's Official Representative to the National Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Michael Reibel

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Dede Benson, Community Services Coordinator

Dede Benson has been with the City of Fontana for six years and was hired as the first Community Services Coordinator for the Healthy Fontana Program. Healthy Fontana quickly became an awarding winning community-based program designed to promote active living and smart choices in nutrition to the residents and employees, and encourages Smart Growth communities to developers in Fontana. She currently co-represents the Community Services Department on the city’s Development Advisory Board, where she gives input on new development that brings walk ability and connectivity throughout the City. She is also the Chairperson for the Network for a Healthy California-Desert Sierra Region. Her creativity and determination awarded the Healthy Fontana Program the California League of Cities, Helen Putman Award for Excellence in Health and Wellness for 2008.

Dede is a graduate from the University of Maine at Farmington with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics with a concentration in Sports Coaching and Management.” She lives in Oak Hills, CA with her husband, David and their two children, Wyatt and Abby.

Dede Benson

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Wendy Felshaw, Community Policing Technician (CPT), Fontana Police Department

Community Policing Technician Wendy Felshaw has been employed with the Fontana Police Department since 1998. Following certification as a specialist in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in 2006, Ms. Felshaw has been reviewing all development projects on behalf of the Police Department. Applying C.P.T.E.D. principles to over six hundred residential, commercial, industrial and public sites within the City of Fontana, Ms. Felshaw has significantly increased the safety and security of the built environment. She is also responsible for all alcohol licenses within the city. This responsibility includes crafting conditional use permits, being the Police Department’s liaison to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for licensed premise inspections and enforcement, as well as tobacco and lottery minor decoy enforcement. Ms. Felshaw is an active member of a regional ABC Task Force, and is a certified instructor for Fontana Police Department’s Responsible Beverage Sales and Service program entitled, “E.R.A.S.E. – Ensuring Responsible Alcohol Sales Education.” To encourage and support a safe and healthy community for youth, Ms. Felshaw works closely with local not-for-profit organizations. This united effort was successful in crafting and enacting a Social Host ordinance in Fontana, and is pursuing a Deemed Approved ordinance.

Wendy Felshaw

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Joe Field, GIS Administrator, City of Fontana

Joe Field has been the GIS Administrator for the City of Fontana for the past ten years. He graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BA in Geography. Mr. Field is skilled in using a variety of programs such as ArcGIS/ArcInfo, and exerted his abilities as a consultant while he worked with Thomas Bros. Maps prior to being employed by the City of Fontana. One of his major accomplishments with the City was to implement a Full GIS component with the Public Works Department to map out all of the assets that the City maintains. Mr. Field is currently a member of an Inter-Department Workgroup with the City of Fontana in which he plans to use his background and experience with GIS to help create a healthier and safer community.

Joe Field

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Paul Gonzales, Associate Planner, City of Fontana

Paul Gonzales has been employed with the City of Fontana since October 2003, and currently holds the position of Associate Planner. Mr. Gonzales works in the Current Planning Division within the Community Development Department. Assigned current planning cases, Mr. Gonzales has served the public by processing commercial, industrial and residential projects. Paul dual majored in Environmental Studies and Geography and received both Bachelors of Arts from California State University of San Bernardino in 2003. Interested in the planning field, he also completed a Planning Certification Program and eventually entered the Planning Field.

Paul Gonzales

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Kathy Raasch, Assistant Engineer

Kathy Raasch is an Assistant Engineer for the Department of Engineering, Traffic Section for the City of Fontana where she has worked since early 2007. A large portion of her duties include reviewing plans presented for new development applications submitted through the Development Advisory Board process from a traffic circulation perspective. In addition, she designs and reviews new traffic signals, pedestrians signals, signing and striping improvements and traffic control plans for City Capital Improvement projects and new developments.

Prior to her employment with the City of Fontana, Kathy worked for Lake Havasu City, Arizona, as a Senior Project Coordinator for the Public Works, Engineering Division for 17 years. Her duties there included design, construction and inspection of City infrastructure projects. Her passion has always been to improve the existing infrastructure where she resides as growth presents itself and help build a safe community.

Kathy Raasch

9:40 a.m.–10:20 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President and a Principal of Lewis Operating Corporation

Randall Lewis is Executive Vice President and a Principal of Lewis Operating Corp., a member of the Lewis Group of Companies. The Lewis Group is one of the nation’s largest privately held real estate organizations focused on developing planned communities, multifamily projects and shopping centers throughout California and Nevada. The Lewis Group of Companies is currently involved in developing more than a dozen master plan communities that will include over 60,000 homes at build out.

Randall has received the SANBAG 2011 Exemplary Achievement Award, and is a member of the Legend of Marketing the Institute of Residential Marketing and is a recipient of the Max Tipton Award. Randall was named in the Los Angeles Times 2006 “West 100” list as one of the top 100 influential people in Southern California. He has also received the California Business Properties Association Champion of the Industry Award, and has been inducted into the California Building Industry Association Hall of Fame. Randall is a past trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and is currently a Governor of the Urban Land Institute Foundation. He serves on several executive boards, including the Loma Linda University Medical Center Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Institute Advisory Council, UCLA School of Public Affairs, and the USC Price School of Public Policy. He also serves as the Co-Chair for the San Bernardino County Alliance for Education. Randall serves on the Executive Committee of the Regional Council for the Southern California Association of Governments, and is a member of the Southern California Leadership Council.

Randall and the company devote considerable resources to enhancing the quality of life in communities where they do business. They are pioneers in programs promoting healthy communities, learning communities, and sustainable communities.

Randall Lewis

10:35 a.m.–11:40 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Hasan Ikhrata, Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)

Hasan Ikhrata has served as the Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) since January 2008. His responsibilities include implementing the policies of an 83-member Regional Council and directing day-to-day operations of the nation’s largest Metropolitan Planning Organization. Mr. Ikhrata has over 25 years of public and private sector experience in Transportation Planning in the Southern California region.

Prior to joining SCAG in 1994, Mr. Ikhrata worked for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for four years. While there he developed a comprehensive Transportation Control Measure/Transportation Demand Management program for the MTA and 88 cities in the County. While at the MTA he also developed multi-modal performance measures for use in updating the MTA Long Term Capital Plan.

Mr. Ikhrata worked for the South Coast Air Quality Management Distric t (SCAQMD) for four years managing transportation and air quality related projects. He headed the evaluation of various components of Regulation XV, the nation’s first mandatory employer based trip reduction program designed to reduce commute related automobile travel.

Mr. Ikhrata held a Research Assistan t position for six years with the University o f Southern California (USC) and University o f California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While there his research included work in three diverse areas: land use and transportation planning; harnessing the energy of tidal waves; and p ile foundations under dynamic loads.

Mr. Ikhrata holds a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Civil and Industrial Engineering from Zaporozhye University in the former Soviet Union; a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from UCLA, and a PhD Candidacy in Urban Planning and Transportation from USC.

Hasan Ikhrata

10:35 a.m.–11:40 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Charles Stoll, Director of Land Use and Transportation Planning SANDAG

Charles Stoll, more commonly known as "Muggs", is the Director of Land Use and Transportation Planning for the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) in San Diego, California. He directs a team of over 30 professionals in developing critical land use and transportation planning initiatives for the San Diego region, such as the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and the first Sustainable Communities Strategy pursuant to Senate Bill 375 in the State of California. Previously, Stoll was the TransNet Program Manager and interim Communications Director for SANDAG. Stoll joined SANDAG in April 2007 after spending over twenty years with the California Department of Transportation in their San Diego District Office where he gained experience in many functional units including project development and environmental analysis. Stoll received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Civil Engineering in 1983 and a Master's degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.) in 1985. Both degrees were earned at San Diego State University. He has been a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California since 1988 and is active in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) as Chair of the TRB Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee (ADC10). He has been married to his wife Julie for over 27 years and has one 20 year-old son who is a junior at Loyola University in Chicago and another 17 year-old son who is a senior in high school.

Charles Stoll

10:35 a.m.–11:40 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Lianne Dillon, Research Scientist

Lianne Dillon, MPH, is a Research Scientist with the Public Health Institute, and staffs California’s Health in All Policies Task Force at the California Department of Public Health. Ms. Dillon coordinates collaborative multi-agency efforts to increase active transportation, promote sustainable development through housing siting, advance urban and community greening, and incorporate health and health equity into state guidance documents. Previously she worked for the Institute for Local Government and San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency partnering with local, regional, and state government and non-profit organizations to generate policy and programmatic solutions in response to community health, climate change, and transportation needs. Ms. Dillon received a BA in American Multicultural Studies from Sonoma State University and an MPH in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences from San Diego State University.

Lianne Dillon

1:05 p.m.–1:50 p.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Shannon McElvaney, Industry Manager for Community Development at ESRI

Shannon McElvaney is the Industry Manager for Community Development at ESRI and a geodesign evangelist working on developing tools, processes, and techniques that will enable people to design, build, and maintain livable, sustainable, healthy communities. He has more than 18 years applying geospatial technologies across a variety of industries and has recently authored a new book called "Geodesign: Case Studies in Regional and Urban Planning."

Shannon McElvaney

2:00 p.m.–2:40 p.m. | Centennial Complex

Kevin Mickey, Director of Geospatial Technologies Education

Kevin Mickey is the Director of Geospatial Technologies Education for The Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He holds adjunct teaching positions in the Loma Linda University School of Public Health Department of Environmental Engineering and in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. He is also a senior instructor for FEMA’s National Emergency Training Center. Mickey has over 23 years of experience in the application of geospatial technologies in a variety of fields including emergency management. He is particularly recognized as a national expert in FEMA’s Hazus loss estimation methodology through his work in the design and instruction of introductory through advanced courses in flood, earthquake, and hurricane modeling as well as applied research and services for a variety of state, federal, and local organizations.

Mickey has managed and/or supported dozens of spatial technologies projects since joining The Polis Center in 1990. His responsibilities in these projects have included design, development, testing, implementation, and analysis of complex GIS applications, models, and databases. He has delivered dozens of presentations on geospatial topics at conferences and other forums around the world.

Mickey currently serves on the Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) Board of Directors and has chaired the IGIC Education and Outreach Committee since 2000. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the National Institute of Building Sciences Multihazard Mitigation Council and on the URISA workshop committee.

Kevin Mickey

2:00 p.m.–2:40 p.m. | Centennial Complex

Victor Becerra, Director of the Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC), University of California, Irvine

Victor Becerra is Director of the Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) at the University of California, Irvine, where he has worked since 2001. Located in the School of Social Ecology, and driven by its moniker of discovery-engagement-transformation, COPC activities link scholarship to community needs by translating research into practical forms, which support community development efforts to build communities and neighborhoods that are socially desirable, economically just, and environmentally responsible. Mr. Becerra’s leadership and dedication to public scholarship and community engagement have been recognized both institutionally and by Orange County community partners. In 2006 he received the Good Neighbor Award from the Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County, in 2010 was the recipient of the Chancellors’ Living Our Values staff award, and in 2012 was granted the UCI Community Engagement Staff Leadership Award. Mr. Becerra sits on the Governing Council of the UC Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, and also serves on the Board of Directors for Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD). Mr. Becerra has a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from UCLA with a specialization in Social Policy and Community Development and Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara.

Victor Becerra

2:00 p.m.–2:40 p.m. | Centennial Complex

Susan Harden, Vice President, Planning & Design RBF Consulting’s Urban Design Studio

Susan has a broad background in community development and planning. With RBF’s Urban Design Studio, she leads a team of talented group of planners and urban designers. Susan has a particular focus on community-based planning processes, developing innovative public participation programs for a myriad of project types, including downtown and neighborhood revitalization, healthy communities, comprehensive planning, mobility plans, and urban design projects. Before joining RBF’s Urban Design Studio, Susan volunteered with the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa and with the AmeriCorps National Service Program in Kansas City. Additionally, she led several neighborhood-based planning projects for a Kansas City-based not-for-profit environmental organization involved in local sustainable development, transportation, and environmental justice. Susan has also worked with the State of Arizona as a community planning specialist, providing technical planning support and assistance to Arizona’s rural and tribal communities.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts in both Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Environmental Planning from Arizona State University. She is a registered planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), a LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Main Street Manager (CMSM) through the National Main Street Center, She has a Professional Certificate in Neighborhood Revitalization from NeighborWorks America and a Certificate in Dialogue, Deliberation, and Public Engagement from Fielding Graduate University. Most recently, she received an accreditation from the Congress for the New Urbanism, CNU-A. Susan has taught urban planning courses at CalPoly Pomona University, CalState Fullerton University Extension Education program, and University California-Irvine where she continues to teach a Healthy Communities practicum course in the graduate planning program. She is also on the faculty of the NeighborWorks Training Institute where she teaches several courses on neighborhood revitalization to community development professionals from around the country.

Susan is the co-author of an APA Planners Advisory Service Report entitled Placemaking On A Budget: Improving Small Towns, Neighborhoods, and Downtowns Without Spending a Lot of Money and has presented at numerous conferences, including the American Planning Association National Conference, National Town Meeting on Main Street, New Partners for Smart Growth, Neighborhoods USA, and Arizona Governor’s Rural Development Conference. Susan serves on the Board of Directors for Jamboree Housing, a not-for-profit affordable housing developer. She also currently serves on the Equity and Affordability Technical Advisory Committee for ICLEI’s STAR Community Index, a performance-based sustainability management system. Her passion has always been and continues to be to directly involve communities in protecting and improving their physical, natural, and social environments.

Susan Harden

2:00 p.m.–2:40 p.m. | Centennial Complex

Solomon Nimako, GIS/Fire Analyst, City of Rancho Cucamonga

Solomon Nimako is a GIS/Fire Analyst for the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Through his work with various city departments, Solomon has collaborated on the development of several award winning projects that have been enhanced through GIS applications. He also collaborates on the development and advancement of mobile GIS applications for use by city leaders and local residents alike. He received his Master’s Degree in GIS from the University of Redlands in 2005.

Solomon Nimako

2:00 p.m.–2:40 p.m. | Centennial Complex

John Gillison, City Manager, City of Rancho Cucamonga

John Gillison has served as the City Manager for the City of Rancho Cucamonga since September 2011. He also served as the Assistant City Manager as well as Deputy City Manager for the Administrative Services Department for Rancho Cucamonga.

Before coming to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, John enjoyed a fifteen year career in local government, including service in the San Gabriel Valley area as well as the South Bay area of Los Angeles County, working at four different cities including small, medium and large agencies, both charter and general law, full-service and contract agencies, and was also the City Manager for the City of Sierra Madre for several years.

Mr. Gillison has been a leader in the development of Rancho Cucamonga’s Healthy RC initiative. He directed the recent update to the City’s General Plan which was framed around the theme, “Healthy Mind, Body and Earth.” The City’s General Plan is one of the few to integrate healthy cities principles throughout all elements, in contrast to adding a single health element.

Mr. Gillison has led and implemented a wide variety of policies, ordinances and development projects to enhance community health by increasing the availability of healthy and affordable food, creating more opportunities for physical activity and encouraging the development of walkable communities for children and families.

He has a Master of Public Administration from California State University Fullerton and a Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law and is a Licensed California Attorney.

John Gillison

2:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Laura Roughton, Mayor, City of Jurupa Valley

Since 1990 Laura and her husband Bryce have lived in the Jurupa Valley area and raised their family while Laura served in the community as a volunteer with organizations such as The Jurupa Unified School District, Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council, American Red Cross, and Jurupa Citizen Corps. She was selected as the Jurupa Valley Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year 2010. After participating in community meetings which began in 2006, Laura was one of three founding members of the Jurupa Valley Incorporation Research Committee (JVIRC) which went on to guide Jurupa Valley through the incorporation process. At the March 8, 2011 special election the voters elected to become The City of Jurupa Valley, California's newest city. Tradition suggests that the top vote-getter in a new city election becomes the first mayor and after receiving that honor, Laura was chosen as the first mayor by the new city council. The term of Mayor is a position that rotates among the Council on an annual basis. Mayor Roughton likes to tell her story in a nut shell; from Marriage to Mom to Mayor.

Laura Roughton

2:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Acquanetta Warren, Mayor, City of Fontana

Acquanetta Warren was appointed to the Fontana City Council on December 17, 2002 and elected in 2004. She served as a City Council Member through November 2010 when at that time she was elected as Mayor. Mayor Warren’s term will expire in 2014.

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Warren served as Co-Chairperson of the City of Fontana General Plan Advisory Committee and Chairperson of the Village of Heritage Development Landscape Committee. She also participated with the Fontana Public Works Department on the development of the landscape specifications and new program standards to lower costs and increase quality.

Ms. Warren is Deputy Director of Public Works-Operations in the Public Works Department in the City of Upland. As the Deputy in charge of infrastructure maintenance she handles streets, sewers, storm drains, trees, sidewalks and facilities. She joined the City of Upland as a consultant in Housing Programs and later became a City employee in Fire, Building, Police, Code Enforcement, and Integrated Waste Management Departments. She is a member of the California Recreation Parks Society, Street Tree Seminar, Inc., Maintenance Supt. Association, and Municipal Assistants of Southern California. Previously she worked in banking as Vice President / Group Product Manager for Cash Management Services. Ms. Warren also worked for City of Los Angeles 8th District Councilman Robert Farrell focusing on the delivery of city services for youth and senior citizens.

Prior to her work in the City of Los Angeles, she worked for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office as a member of the District Attorneys Youth Advisory Board developing community outreach programs. She received her B.A. in Political Science/Urban Studies from Occidental College.

Ms. Warren has three children Anthony, Jamaal and Aajee.

Ms. Warren has been recognized as the 63rd Assembly Districts Woman of Distinction, Top Ladies of Distinction, and Inc. as Heroine of the Community and received several recognitions for her efforts to increase healthy lifestyles for all citizens throughout the Inland Empire as founder of Healthy Fontana Program. Ms. Warren currently serves as Fire Commissioner for the newly formed San Bernardino County Fire Department, Fontana Fire Protection District. She was recently granted an Honorary Doctors Degree in Theology from Next Dimension Bible College.

Ms. Warren’s involvement with civic and community organizations, includes:

• Oldtimers Foundation
• Casa Colina Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Boards
• Former Governor appointed State Park Commissioner for the State of California
• Fontana Rotary Club
• City Representative for the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA)- Regional Sewage Program Policy Committee

Acquanetta Warren

2:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Eduardo Garcia, City of Coachella

Mayor Eduardo Garcia, a lifelong resident of the City of Coachella, was elected to the City Council in November 2004. In 2006, he became Coachella’s first elected Mayor. In 2008, Mayor Garcia was re-elected by eighty percent of the popular vote. Mayor Garcia was elected to his third term in November of 2010

Since joining the City Council, Mayor Garcia has been a strong advocate for the renovation and expansion of city parks, repairing and resurfacing streets, and building a better infrastructure throughout the city. During his tenure as Mayor, investment in public works projects in these categories has exceeded $100 million. This year the Mayor is leading the effort to implement an aggressive capital improvement list of projects that totals $35 million dollars. Mayor Garcia has personally been instrumental in guiding and participating directly in efforts to secure major outside grants and regional funding for several high profile capital improvement projects from both the state and federal government.

Mayor Garcia has been an advocate for more effective smart growth planning for future residential and commercial development to encourage responsible and sustainable development that also protects land designated for commercial and industrial uses that will generate high paying jobs for city residents. Currently, the Mayor is leading the effort to update the City General Plan and ensuring that health and wellness policies are integrated to promote and build a healthier Coachella.

Mayor Garcia is an advocate for his community, represents them as a very involved leader in several important, high profile regional organizations and joint powers of authorities which include:

• Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) Executive Committee, including the appointment of Chairman for the 2008/2009 fiscal year
• CVAG Transportation Committee
• CVAG Energy and Environment Committee
• CVAG Public Safety Committee and Coachella Valley Conservation Commission

  Other regional responsibilities include representation of:

  • Sunline Transit Agency, past Chairman
  • Riverside County Transportation Commission Budget and Implementation Committee
  • Coachella Valley Community Trails Alliance, past Board Member
  • College of the Desert Foundation, past Board Member
  • Coachella Valley Economic Partnership Board Member
  • Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone, past Chairman

Mayor Garcia is a strong advocate of the Coachella Chamber of Commerce, for which he hosts a monthly Mayor’s Luncheon to draw attention to the activities of the city’s business community.

Mayor Garcia graduated from Coachella Valley High School and then attended College of the Desert prior to earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a minor in Native American and Chicano Studies from the University of California, Riverside. In July 2008, Mayor Garcia graduated from the “Senior Executives in State & Local Government” Public Administration Program from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mayor Garcia recently completed his Masters Degree from the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning and Development this past May.

As a citizen, family man, as well as Mayor of Coachella, Eduardo Garcia enjoys a very high work ethic as well as educational and is very supportive of all youth who are striving to achieve education and success in Coachella Valley.

Eduardo Garcia

2:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Steve Castaneda, Deputy Mayor of the City of Chula Vista

Steve Castaneda was elected to the Chula Vista City Council in November 2004. He quickly established himself as a leader on a number of vital issues facing residents throughout the city. Appointed by his colleagues to represent the city on public safety, energy, health, environmental and water issues, Castaneda has been tireless in his efforts to shape and promote effective policies and initiatives that make our neighborhoods healthier, safer and ensure our food, energy and water supplies are clean, dependable and safe. Castaneda was Chula Vista's representative to the Healthy Eating Active Communities Project, HEAC, a private statewide initiative to prevent childhood obesity. He serves on the board of NALEO, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, California Health Leadership Program a statewide effort to improve the quality of life and wellness of California's children, particularly in poor, ethnic and underserved communities.

As Chair of the Western Chula Vista Revitalization Subcommittee, Steve successfully sponsored Chula Vista's new Community Gardens Policy and the Cilantro to Stores program which creates opportunities for neighborhood access to healthy food, physical activity and low cost fresh produce.

Castaneda has successfully sponsored ordinances restricting tobacco use near restaurant entrances and dining patios, requiring healthy snacks in city vending machines and restricting alcohol use in Chula Vista City Parks, to improve the quality of life for our community's children and winning acclaim from the CA League of Cities HEAL Campaign. He has worked to include a Health Element in the City of Chula Vista's General Plan.

As Chair of the Public Safety Subcommittee, Deputy Mayor Castaneda successfully fought to declare synthetic drugs, 'Spice' and 'Bath Salts', a public nuisance to end their sale in Chula Vista neighborhoods. He sponsored policy which permits Chula Vista Police Officers to confiscate these dangerous products to safeguard our children.

Steve Castaneda

4:10 p.m.–4:50 p.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Chris Kochtitzky, Associate Director for Program Development in NCEH

Chris Kochtitzky is also the Associate Director for Program Development in NCEH’s Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services (DEEHS), the Division which houses CDC’s Healthy Community Design Initiative, the Healthy Homes Program, and the Environmental Health Services Program. Chris also is adjunct faculty in Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

Chris is a member of the American Public Health Association and the American Planning Association. Over his career, his personal areas of research interest have included health policy analysis, environmental public health law, environmental health services, emergency preparedness for vulnerable populations, and health issues within global megacities. Most recently, he has focused on analyzing the impacts of local community design and built environment choices on public health areas such as environmental health, healthy and safe indoor environments, disability-related accessibility, physical activity, aging-in-place, and injury and violence prevention. He has authored book chapters (e.g., Environmental Health and Protection in Law in Public Health Practice and Universal Design: Community Design, Public Health, and People with Disabilities in Integrating Planning and Public Health: Tools and Strategies to Create Healthy Places) and journal articles in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Aging Research, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, Journal of Environmental Health, and others.

Chris received his Master of Science degree from Florida State University in 1992, specializing in Environmental Planning. Before completing his degree, he worked in a variety of areas such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the state of Florida, and as a Research Assistant at FSU. Upon completing his degree, he came to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s Office of Policy and External Affairs as a Presidential Management Fellow.

Chris Kochtitzky

8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Dr. Anthony B. Iton, Senior Vice President of Healthy Communities

Anthony B. Iton, M.D., J.D., MPH, as Senior Vice President of Healthy Communities, joined The Endowment in October 2009.

Prior to his appointment at The Endowment, Iton served since 2003 as both the director and County Health Officer for the Alameda County Public Health Department. In that role, he oversaw the creation of an innovative public health practice designed to eliminate health disparities by tackling the root causes of poor health that limit quality of life and lifespan in many of California's low-income communities.

Iton also served for three years as director of Health and Human Services and School Medical Advisor for the City of Stamford, Connecticut. Concurrent to that, he also served as a physician in internal medicine for Stamford Hospital's HIV Clinic. In addition, Iton served for five years as a primary care physician for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Iton's varied career also includes past service as a staff attorney and Health Policy analyst for the West Coast regional office of Consumer's Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. Iton, who has been published in numerous public health and medical publications, is a regular public health lecturer and keynote speaker at conferences across the nation. He earned his B.S. in Neurophysiology, with honors, from McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec, his J.D. at the University of California, Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Anthony B. Iton

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Constance L. Jackson

Constance L. Jackson, MPH has over 25 years of corporate leadership experience in physician-centered management and marketing. Ms. Jackson’s background in developing healthcare private partnerships and collaborative relationships with physicians and government-based organizations has helped sustain medical entities in economically disadvantaged communities of Los Angeles, California. Ms. Jackson's experience continues to broaden within the health care arena, as the founding managing member of Media Health Technologies, LLC, a company that is producing a culture-centered scalable patient wellness software program. Her team of health professionals and technologists are on the cutting-edge of improving patient/provider communication and reducing multi-sectorial healthcare costs. Ms. Jackson is also a well-regarded documentary filmmaker. As President/CEO of Permanent Productions, Inc., her films address subjects relating to the historical perspective of issues on self-esteem, discrimination, and addiction/recovery. Permanent Productions is an approved continuing education provider in addiction counseling for the State of California and national addiction counseling programs (CAADAC and NAADAC respectively). As a consultant, she focuses on working with health organizations in planning strategies that will improve the health of the workforce and communities-at-large. Ms. Jackson is also the policy/advocacy chair for the Southern California Public Health Association and recently board appointed member of the American Public Health Association’s Committee on Women’s Rights. She is an invited speaker for workshops, seminars, conferences and a keynote speaker at universities and organizations on various subjects centered on becoming agents of change.

Constance L. Jackson

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Dr. Fang Ren, Assistant Professor, Geographic Information Science, University of Redlands

Fang Ren is an assistant professor of geographic information science at the University of Redlands (Redlands, USA). Her research interest focuses on addressing theoretic and substantive questions in transportation and urban geography through the integration of fundamental theories and geographic information technologies. She has conducted extensive research on the impact of the Internet on human activity – travel patterns, geovisualization of spatio-temporal phenomena, and integration of space-time measures into location modeling for service provision. She has published in geographic information science, urban planning, and transportation journals.

Fang Ren

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Karen Borja

Karen Borja was raised in Coachella, California and received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science with concentrations in Justice Education and Multicultural Studies from Saint Mary’s College in Indiana. Borja is the Eastern Coachella Valley community organizer with Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) a PICO National Network affiliate. Ms. Borja is currently leading organizing efforts with congregations in the cities of Coachella, Mecca, North Shore and the greater Thermal area on community issues of public transportation, housing, environmental justice, and equal access to water.

Karen Borja

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Margarita Luna, Program Manager for the Eastern Coachella Valley

Prior to her appointment as a program manager for the Eastern Coachella Valley in January 2009, Luna was a program associate at The Endowment during which she provided analysis of grant proposals, served on the monthly peer review committee for funding recommendations and provided technical assistance to organizations across the state seeking grant funding.

Before joining The Endowment, Luna was a senior social worker for Public Counsel - the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world - where she managed the Special Needs Advocacy Project, a client advocacy program. In addition, Luna had earlier served as a UCLA Keck-Vivian Weinstein Child Advocacy Fellow at Public Counsel during which she developed the Special Needs Advocacy Project.

Luna also served as a Pedro Zamora Fellow in government affairs for AIDS Action in Washington, DC, for which she assisted in lobbying efforts to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act.

Luna, a resident of San Dimas, is a member of the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Social Workers. She earned her B.A. in Sociology and Chicano/a Studies, M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences, and M.S.W. in Health Services from UCLA.

Margarita Luna

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Cristina Mendez, Community worker

Cristina Mendez is the community worker for the Community Equity Initiative at California Rural Legal Assistance in Coachella, promoting inclusion, just, and equitable distribution of services to farm workers and residents in disadvantaged communities.

Before joining CRLA, Mendez worked as interpreter/translator for the Building Healthy Communities logic model process. She has worked in various community organizing projects to build community capacity in various civic engaging processes and worked for the Office of Hispanic Affairs and the Office of Social Concerns for the Diocese of San Bernardino as the secretary for the Justice for Immigrants Campaign.

Mendez earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at California State University Sab Bernardino and is attending Southern California School of Interpretation to become a State Certified Interpreter.

Cristina Mendez

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Gabriel Perez, Senior Planner for the City of Coachella

Gabriel Perez was raised in the Coachella Valley and received his Master's degree from UCLA in Urban Planning. Mr. Perez has worked for Genesis LA and the Cesar Chavez Foundation before serving as a Senior Planner for the City of Coachella. Mr. Perez is currently leading the development of the new Community Health and Wellness Element on behalf of the City and serves as the City's liaison in the Building Healthy Communities effort in the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Gabriel Perez

9:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. | Centennial Complex

Miguel Vazquez, Healthy Communities Planner, Riverside County Department of Public Health

Miguel Angel Vazquez, AICP, Healthy Communities Planner, Riverside County Department of Public Health.

Miguel Angel Vazquez is a registered planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners and is the first planner hired by the Riverside County Department of Public Health. His role is to strengthen the integration of planning and health through collaboration with non-traditional partners. The focus of his work is to support the multimillion dollar Building Healthy Communities Initiative funded by the California Endowment in the eastern Coachella Valley, one the Initiative’s 14 sites in the State.

Mr. Vazquez’s professional experience spans over ten years. Prior to his current position, he provided professional services as a Community Planner and GIS Specialist for the U.S. Marine Corps. where he managed a community master plan at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, CA. Mr. Vazquez was also a contract planner for the County of Riverside Planning Department where he managed the most complex entitlement applications for the planning area that in 2008 would become Riverside County’s twenty-sixth city, the City of Menifee.

Mr. Vazquez passion for planning is reflected in his active involvement with the American Planning Association. He currently serves as the Inland Empire Section’s Historian where he leads the organization of the Annual Historical Symposiums. He also is the founder of Art VULUPS (Art as a Vehicle to Understand Land Use Planning and Sustainability), a collaborative project in which planners and artists share their talents to promote sustainable land use development choices through curiosity and civic dialog engagement.

Mr. Vazquez is also a member of the California Planning Roundtable where he recently became co-chair of the Healthy Communities Committee.

Mr. Vazquez received a B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning from California State Northridge. He was born and raised in Mexico City and lives in Riverside, CA with his wife Mary and their two sons, Alexander and Nicholas. In his spare time, he enjoys doodling, traveling and long distance running.

Miguel Vazquez

10:10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Mark Hoffman, Senior Planner for The Planning Center | DC&E

Mark Hoffman is a Senior Planner for The Planning Center | DC&E, a planning and environmental firm with an Inland Empire office in Ontario California. Mark brings years of award-winning work in comprehensive general plans, strategic planning, housing, and healthy community projects. In this capacity, Mark also leads up the Healthy Communities Practice for the firm. While spearheading a diverse range of community planning topics, Mark is striving to integrate public health in all facets of community planning. This has led to projects integrating health in topics such as housing, parks, transportation, walkability, food, crime/public safety, and many others.

Active in the Inland Empire, Mark’s work includes engagements with the Healthy High Desert Coalition, cities of San Bernardino and Upland, the Western Riverside Council of Governments, the West End Children’s Activity Resource Coalition, and First Five on a wide variety of healthy community projects. Projects have included environmental scans, health elements, policy briefs, sustainability planning, and human services planning. His work has been featured in print and media by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and ESRI as well as has received awards from the Southern California Public Health Association and the California Planning Association.

Mark is a frequent speaker on the topic of healthy communities and community planning. Recent speaking engagements include the Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention Conference, New Partners for Smart Growth, Southern California Association of Government Toolbox Tuesday, Ontario Partners for Better Health, Southern California Public Health Association, Inland Empire Hospital Benefit Collaborative, and the California Chapter of the American Planning Association. Mark holds a Bachelors in Public Administration from Biola University and Master’s degrees in Public Policy and Planning and Development from the University of Southern California.

Mark Hoffman

10:10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Cynthia Luna, Director of Latino Health Collaborative

Cynthia Luna is Director of Latino Health Collaborative, a collective of community stakeholders focused on finding solutions to increase access to care and to eliminate health disparities. Cynthia has a history of pioneering leadership in business and community development. She has held leadership positions in multinational corporations, entrepreneurial teams and community-based organizations, including community development organizations such as ShoreBank Advisory Services MetroEdge (now a division of Local Initiatives Support Corporation), and Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council. She is certified as an Integral Coach by New Ventures West in San Francisco and holds the Professional Coach Certification (PCC) from the International Coach Federation. She holds an MBA in Organizational Development and Operations from Loyola University Chicago, and serves as faculty in the highly respected coach training program at New Ventures West. She is an alumna of the Metropolitan Leadership Institute, a leadership development program for outstanding Hispanic leaders in the Chicago area. Cynthia has spoken in venues such as the L1SC Urban Forum (San Francisco and Miami), Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (New York), and "The Spirit of Business" on KEST Radio (San Francisco), among others.

Cynthia Luna

10:10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Kent Paxton

Kent Paxton has spent 33 years with the County of San Bernardino working in the areas of mental health, and child welfare and social services. He began his career working in the Department of Behavioral Health managing the development and oversight of residential treatment facilities, and intensive treatment services for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. He then moved on to become a Social Services Practitioner with the Department of Children and Family Services/Institutions Coordinator managing the emergency shelter home system and group homes. Following that he went on to work as the Children’s Network Officer for the County of San Bernardino facilitating interagency collaboration among County Departments, the non-profit sector, and the community. Presently Kent is the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety and Violence Prevention for the City of San Bernardino. His duties include management of Operation Phoenix, the Mayor’s crime reduction plan, as well as gang intervention policy, parolee reentry and homeless policies. For his work in the field, Kent Paxton has received numerous awards, including Child Advocate of the Year Award from the California Consortium for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Loma Linda Children’s Hospital and Children’s Network Life Time Advocate Award. Kent attended California State University, San Bernardino, where he earned a B.A in Sociology and English, as well as, a Master’s of Public Administration.

Kent Paxton

10:10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Evelyn Trevino, Program Coordinator

Evy Trevino is Program Coordinator for the County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health's Healthy Communities Program, a countywide strategic initiative to create healthier environments and promote healthful lifestyle choices for all county residents. The Healthy Communities Program provides support and technical assistance such as local health statistics and specific recommendations for policy and environmental strategies to improve residents' health.

Prior to this assignment Evy was a statistician for the Department of Public Health. Before entering the public sector she worked in the aerospace industry for over fifteen years in systems engineering including research, development, testing and evaluation.

Evy received her Bachelor of Science degree in Cybernetics and Master of Science degree in Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. She was awarded an honorary Masters of Public Health from Loma Linda University in 2011. She continues to update her education, especially in the healthy communities’ field, and attended the inaugural Built Environment Assessment Training Institute at Emory University and the Health Impact Assessment Practitioners Summer Training Course developed at UC Berkeley. She also has completed the San Bernardino County Management Leadership Academy.

Evelyn Trevino

10:10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Juan Carlos Belliard, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Public Health

Juan Carlos Belliard (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, M.P.H., Loma Linda University) teaches in the areas of cultural and health, traditional, complementary and alternative medicine, ethnographic research methods, health disparities, and migrant health. He is currently involved in research on medical pluralism, exploring how migrant communities utilize parallel systems of health care. Other research projects include: exploring medicinal herbal use among Latinos in San Bernardino; and health planning to address Latino health disparities as part of Loma Linda University’s Center for Health Disparities Research. He applies service-learning methods to his teaching in local communities (Southern California) and in field courses in Latin America. Dr. Belliard is also involved in various initiatives that strengthen community-university relationships, serves on the board of the Community Action Health System (SACHS), and enjoys exposing students to “real world” education through service-learning and community based research. His administrative duties include his position as Assistant Vice-President for Community Engagement and Diversity at Loma Linda University and director of the Institute for Community Partnerships.

Juan Carlos Belliard

10:10 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Andrejs Galenieks

Having a strong background in traditional and sustainable architecture and urban design principles, Andrejs has contributed to a number of small and large-scale design projects throughout the country as well as overseas. He has taken a part in numerous public charrettes and workshops, working on projects ranging from town and neighborhood planning to conceptual designs of transit-oriented developments to form-based codes, as well as general and specific plans at many scales. His experience is not limited to design only as he has also contributed to a number of public health elements in planning work. Andrejs has also participated in and contributed to award-winning projects such as The North End Plan for Michigan City, (IN), among many other projects including the General Plan for Tehachapi (CA), International Boulevard TOD Plan (CA), the Lancaster Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan (CA), and Pasadena City Guidelines (CA). His passion is to merge his urban design background with an MPH degree and further contribute to creating health-promoting, safe, walkable, and enjoyable environments we enjoy.

Andrejs Galenieks

10:55 a.m.–11:35 a.m. | Damazo Amphitheater

Michael Topmiller, GIS Data Specialist at HealthLandscape, LLC

Michael Topmiller is a GIS Data Specialist at HealthLandscape, LLC, a collaboration of two nonprofits that develops, administers, and markets geospatial analysis software tools and professional services. In addition, Michael is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Cincinnati, where he is currently finishing a dissertation project that combines qualitative and participatory methods with GIS in order to better understand access to a planned urban greenway.

Michael’s research interests include qualitative and participatory GIS, health and the built environment, and Latino health issues in non-traditional destinations. He has expertise in GIS and research methods, and has past experience conducting interviews, analyzing qualitative data, and working as a GIS specialist as part of community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects in Mexico, North Carolina, and Cincinnati. Michael's educational background includes a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from San Diego State University and Bachelor of Arts in both Mathematics and Secondary Education from the University of Kentucky.

Michael Topmiller

2:20 p.m.–3:20 p.m. | Esri

Dr. Samuel Soret, Chair, Department of Environmental Health & Geoinformatic Sciences, School of Public Health

Dr. Soret is the Chair of Environmental Health & Geoinformatic Sciences Department. He is also Associate Professor of Earth and Biological Sciences at the LLU School of Science and Technology. In addition, he serves as Director of the School’s Center for Health Geoinformatics. He received a doctorate in Biology from Loma Linda University, an MS in Biological Sciences from the University of Valencia (Spain) and an MPH from the University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health. He has over 20 years of experience as a GIS specialist, including positions as a Staff Research Associate at UCR’s GIS Laboratory, and as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California’s Statewide Air Pollution Research Center. He is currently a co-investigator of the Adventist Health and Smog (AHSMOG) Study. His research interests focus on air pollution exposure modeling and on the use of geospatial technologies and methods for enhancing public health science and policy. His health GIS research includes the improvement of exposure assessment methods in air pollution studies; the potential enhanced susceptibility of kidney transplant recipients to community air pollution; the development of a methodological framework for assessing the geographic “consequences” of health policy pertaining to access to organ transplantation; and the investigation of the patterns of deployment of the environmental public health workforce. In addition, he is studying the linkages between dietary patterns and climate change with respect to agricultural practices. A member of the Delta Omega Honor Public Health Society, he frequently provides GIS expertise to local, state and national health organizations.

Samuel Soret

2:20 p.m.–3:20 p.m. | Esri

Gary Madden, Director of United Way’s 211 San Bernardino County Community Information Center

Gary Madden is the passionate and dedicated Director of United Way’s 211 San Bernardino County Community Information Center. In the 9 years of involvement with 211, in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, then statewide, Gary brought his background of Information Technology into the arena of Information & Referral, pioneering new ways of utilizing 211 with community partners. He has been an outspoken champion for the radical evolution of 211, urging the inclusion of outcome strategies, recognition of the value and potential of 211 resource and caller data, and the development of a common data platform as an essential step in the sustainability of 211 in California and across the nation. His 24-hour call center performs after-hours services for other 211s, covering a total of 6 counties and almost a fifth of the state’s population during the night and weekends. 211 San Bernardino is one of three AIRS Accredited 211s in California. (AIRS, the Alliance of Information & Referral Services, is the nationally recognized entity setting I&R standards.)

Gary previously served as a volunteer rape crisis counselor and advocate for a local rape crisis center and has served on the board of CAIRS (California Alliance of Information & Referral Systems) from 2004 to 2010 and on the board of 211 California since its inception in 2009. He also serves on the San Bernardino County Interagency Council on Homelessness, the board of VTrans, a local CTSA (Consolidated Transportation Service Agency), the HMIS (Homeless Management Information Systems) Advisory Committee, and numerous other committees and workgroups.

Madden lives in Banning, California with his wife of 40 years and the youngest of their six children.

Gary Madden

2:20 p.m.–3:50 p.m. | Esri

David Early, Expert on Smart Growth and Sustainable Development

David Early is renowned throughout California as an expert on smart growth and sustainable development, with work in the fields of comprehensive planning, plan implementation, public participation, urban design, transportation and environmental review. His work spans diverse fields such as downtown revitalization, transit-oriented development, bicycle planning, greenhouse gas reduction and agricultural preservation. Mr. Early is an expert facilitator, and he has helped numerous groups achieve consensus on difficult development and conservation issues. He also has extensive knowledge of GIS planning concepts and has overseen the application of GIS to a number of major projects.

Mr. Early is particularly interested in the juncture of planning and public health, and has led numerous planning projects that focused on public health, including the City of Chino General Plan Update, which was the first General Plan in the state to focus specifically on public health.

Mr. Early has over 25 years of experience in planning and design, and has masters degrees in both Architecture and City Planning from UC Berkeley. He is a member emeritus of the California Planning Roundtable, whose mission is to promote creativity and excellence in planning by providing leadership in addressing important planning issues in California.

David Early