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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 14, 2003

BAY AREA LEADERS TO GATHER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMIT

Mayors, legislators, police chiefs, social service and education officials plan cooperative strategies to improve public safety during these times of budget cuts.

Berkeley, CA – Top leaders from throughout the Bay Area will gather on Friday, October 17^th to share strategies for improving public safety throughout the region.  With violence on the upswing and fewer resources available, leaders and policy experts will discuss the impact of state funding cuts, and identify regional strategies make our communities safer.

Summit attendees include Assembly Members Loni Hancock and Mark Leno, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, Richmond Mayor Irma Anderson, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, Oakland Police Chief Richard Word, and others.

“Crime and other social problems do not respect city and county borders. We cannot solve these problems alone,” said Mayor Tom Bates.  “This summit will highlight our cooperative accomplishments so far, and look to ways to improve our work in the future.”  

"In these tough economic times, we must develop smart regional plans to prevent crime and violence," said Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Chair of the East Bay Public Safety Corridor. "The Summit provides us an extraordinary opportunity to pull together leaders from around the East Bay and develop a regional response to violence."

WHAT:             Multi-County Public Safety Summit

WHO:             Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Assemblyman Mark Leno, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, Richmond Mayor Irma Anderson, Oakland Police  Chief Richard Word, Supervisor John Gioia, Supervisor Nate Miley, Contra Costa County Office of Education Director of Educational Opportunities Bianca Bloom, and Alameda County Health Care Services  Director Dave Kears.

WHEN:             8 AM – 11:45 AM
Friday, October 17, 2003

WHERE:             Children’s Hospital and Research Center At Oakland
Basement Level Auditorium
744 – 52^nd Street (at Martin Luther King Way), Oakland
(Enter at the Children’s Hospital Outpatient Clinic, left of the garage.)

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2003 Corridor Public Safety Summit Itinerary

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Coffee and Registration

(Media Note:  Attendees available for interviews)

Summit Overview

8:30 a.m. Executive Director of the EBPSCP Henry Gardner,

Acknowledgements & Welcome

8:35 a.m. Assemblywoman 14^TH District Loni Hancock,

Panelists Discussion

8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Mayor Irma Anderson, City of Richmond

Mayor Tom Bates, City of Berkeley

Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia

Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley

Oakland Police Chief Richard Word

Contra Costa County Office of Education, Dr. Bianca Bloom

Alameda County Health Care Services Director, Dave Kears

Keynote speaker

10:00- 10:15 Assemblyman Mark Leno

(Media Note:  Mr. Leno is Chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Group Sessions
10:15 - 11:20 Group Session, Break out spaces

Concluding Comments
11:20 - 11: 30 Report Back, Acknowledgements, Wrap Up.

11:45 SUMMIT ENDS

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