August 12, 2010
Demographics and Diversity

What is California's current demography? What are the percentages of whites, Latinos, Asian-Pacific Islanders, African Americans, now and projected to be in 2020? 2050? How will these changes in demographics affect California's social structures and economy in future years?

August 19, 2010
Government's Role, and Electoral Reforms

With regard to the Role of State Government and Electoral Reforms: What are the core responsibilities of our State government? What are your thoughts on term limits? Would you make any changes to how districts are drawn? Does California need a Constitutional Convention? Should campaigns be publicly financed?

August 26, 2010
Labor and the Economy

What do you think is the role of California's state government in stimulating the economy?
What specific recommendations do you have for boosting future economic performance? What steps should we be taking now to prepare the workforce our state will need in the future?

September 2, 2010
Budget, Taxation and the State's Infrastructure

What are the three to five root causes of California's current fiscal crisis? What is the projected size of the budget shortfall on June 30, 2011, absent corrective action? Would you support Proposition 13's repeal? Are there modifications regarding either residential or commercial property taxation that you support? Do you support Proposition 13's two-thirds vote requirement to enact a budget or any tax increases?

What changes, if any, would you make to the current state spending patterns?
a. K-12 and Higher Education
b. Social Service/Safety Net
c. Corrections

Thinking about California's current and future population needs, what are your investment priorities in infrastructure - i.e., transportation, public buildings, water and natural resources?

What, if any, changes would you propose for the state's public pension system?

September 9, 2010
K-12 Education

What things do you think are necessary to help students succeed in school?

What can we do to help close the persisting achievement gap in our schools?

September 16, 2010
Higher Education

What capacities and skills should California students have developed to prepare for living and working constructively? Is California's 50-year-old Master Plan for Higher Education, and its pledges for universal access, affordability and quality still working? If not, what changes would you make? Is funding for Cal-Grant awards adequate? What of the role of California's independent universities and colleges?

September 23, 2010
Aging and Retirement

What is the percentage of Californians over 60 now and projected to be in 2020? What public policies would you advocate to address the expansion of older adults?

September 30, 2010
Public Safety, Prisons and Corrections

What is your blend of incarceration, prevention and rehabilitation to maximize public safety and reduce prison costs? Would you support amending California's current "Three Strikes" law so that its life-time sentence provision is incurred only if the third strike is violent or serious? How would you propose California comply with the standing federal court order regarding prison over-crowding?

Is the "War on Drugs" - a cost-effective strategy, especially with regard to the personal possession of currently illegal drugs? Do you have an incarceration or a public health approach? Do you support the therapeutic use of marijuana? What is your stand on the November ballot initiative to legalize and regulate and tax marijuana?

October 7, 2010
Environmental Issues

What role should the state of California have in the prevention of environmental degradation and the protection of natural resources for future generations? What are the most important provisions in our current environmental protection laws and regulation? Are these provisions too much, too little or about right?

Do you support implementation, repeal or modification of AB 32, the state's landmark greenhouse gas emissions reductions act? If in favor of modification, how?

October 14, 2010
Social Services, Health and Human Services

Are current expenditures adequate to maintain a safety net for our least advantaged Californians? What changes would you make to California's Welfare-to-Work Program? How do its levels of support compare to the federal poverty index and those of foster care?

How can California's In-Home Supportive Services program operate cost-effectively while ensuring that the state's elderly frail have a care alternative other than nursing homes?

October 21, 2010
Immigration

What is your view of immigration policies in California? Do you support amnesty programs or paths to legalization?

October 28, 2010
Partisanship

Political campaigns are typically designed to create and promote divisions to "sell" concepts to key constituents. This exacerbates the increasingly partisan divide in our state legislature and the lack of progress on key issues facing our state. If you have the opportunity to shift from being a candidate to being elected Governor, how would you heal these divisions, reduce partisanship and rally an effective coalition for results?

Humanistic Psychology and Self-esteem

Do you believe that humans arrive in life tending toward the bad and requiring "taming' or tending toward the good?

Are you familiar with -- and do you support -- the findings of the 1987-1990 California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility?