North Bay Business Journal

SSU articles related to the conference

Download a PDF publication of articles by university experts that appeared in the Business Journal on Feb. 28.

Conference highlights

11:19 a.m.: The best impact is when you you infuse money into infrastructure. You need infrastructure to draw businesses to the area —Ferguson

11:09 a.m.: Counties continue bracing for state cuts in addition to dealing with their own internal deficits

10:57 a.m.: All speaker PowerPoints and an audio recording of today’s conference will be available online

10:55 a.m.: Can the state give us a hybrid plan option? —Hymel

10:53 a.m.: Marin is 2yr into a 5yr long term restructuring plan

10:46 a.m.: Matthew Hymel of Marin, Nancy Watt of Napa and Veronica Ferguson of Sonoma discuss county issues

10:43 a.m.: As far as pensions if someone is retired, give it to them If they are 15yr into a 30yr career you need to put it on the table —Nation

10:27 a.m.: This is a problem across the country, not just CalPERS, Marin, Sonoma county —Nation

10:24 a.m.: CalPERS, as of today, is roughly $102 billion in the red —Nation

10:12 a.m.: Joe Nation talks on pension and pension reform

9:32 a.m.: 50% of all healthcare dollars are spent in the last 30 days of peoples lives —Sobel

9:24 a.m.: Because of term limits, and 3rd party people in Sacramento, much legislation is being written by people not employed by us –Sobel

9:14 a.m.: Brian Sobel, principal consultant of Sobel Communications, speaks on the political climate

9:06 a.m.: Deadline for entries for the 2011 Seed Round Business Competition March 11. www.northbayihub.org

9:03 a.m.: The state, while challenged, is showing signs of recovery and we need to take advantage of that —Eyler

8:44 a.m.: Dr. Robert Eyler: How will we keep our local entrepreneurs local and not heading south for funding?

8:26 a.m.: 16 percent of the local employment is engaged in the public sector

7:26 a.m.: Annual Sonoma State University conference, The Public Sector: Opportunities and Realities about to kick off at the Sheraton in Petaluma

Jenna V. Loceff, Staff Reporter