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USC Holds Discussion on Sacramento-Washington Budget Struggles, Thursday

April 28, 2008 By USC Gould School of Law
From the University of Southern California Law News Service
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2538
Contact: Gilien Silsby (213) 740-9690 or (213) 500-8673 (cell)

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WHO: Kitty Felde, a correspondent with KPCC, will moderate a discussion on the financial and budgetary struggles facing Sacramento and Washington D.C. with USC Vice President and Law Professor Elizabeth Garrett, School of Policy, Planning and Development Professor Elizabeth Graddy and Harvard Law Professor Howell Jackson. The trio co-edited "Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy,” published by Cambridge University Press.

WHAT: The discussion will provide timely and rigorous analysis that could help shape the laws that will be enacted in the next few months and are at the forefront of the presidential campaign. California's fiscal crisis will be addressed as well as a discussion of what reforms might help avert similar budget crises in the future and the likelihood that a responsible budget will be enacted this year.

WHEN: The event will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1. The event is free and open to the public.

WHERE: The event will be held at USC’s Town & Gown.

PARKING AND INFORMATION: Please call Gilien Silsby of USC Law at (213) 740-9690.

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