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The Eighth Annual
Regional Housing Summit

The Reality of Housing
Market Uncertainty:

Navigating the Course

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Mission Inn Riverside
3649 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
(951) 784-0300

Click here to download the Annual Housing Summit Program (703 KB).

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Please join us for the Eighth Annual Regional Housing Summit on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the Mission Inn in Riverside. This year’s Summit theme, "The Reality of Housing Market Uncertainty: NAVIGATING THE COURSE" will discuss the coming update of local housing elements, the impact of the mortgage lending crisis on local government and the efforts to navigate through this difficult housing market period.

The Summit will include the 2nd Annual Compass Blueprint Recognition Awards Luncheon. The Award program will feature plans and projects that demonstrate excellence and innovation and work towards improving the mobility, prosperity, livability and sustainability of our region.

Featured speakers include: Lynn Jacobs, Director, State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and Lawrence Parks, Senior Vice-President, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of San Francisco.

Seating at this event is very limited. To secure your place, please register using the form below and mail your payment by May 16th. Please make your check payable to "SCAG" and mail it to the address below.

SCAG
Attention: Angie Chen
818 West Seventh Street, 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017

For further information please contact Angie Chen at (213) 236-1941 or by email at chenae@scag.ca.gov

Our Sponsors: CDFI, WRCOG
Image: Housing Summit Program Cover: The Reality of Housing Market Uncertainty, Navigating the Course

Our Keynote Speakers

Lynn L. Jacobs,
Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

Lynn L. Jacobs was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as the Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) that operates under the aegis of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency in Sacramento effective, April 2006.

Lawrence H. Parks,
Senior Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, Federal Home Loan Bank of SF

Lawrence H. Parks is Senior Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs. In this position, Mr. Parks works with Congress, the Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Board, member financial institutions, and national housing and community development advocates to shape the future legislative, regulatory, and policy environment in which the Bank operates.
PROGRAM
8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Welcome

Hon. Ron Loveridge, Mayor, City of Riverside
9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks

Hon. Kathryn McCullough, Councilmember, City of Lake Forest and Chair of Housing Summit Steering Committee
Hon. Jon Edney, Mayor, City of El Centro and Chair of the Community, Economic and Human Development Committee
9:20 a.m. Morning Keynote

"Updating Local Housing Elements and Finding a Permanent Source for Affordable Housing"
Lynn Jacobs, Director, California Department of Housing & Community Development
9:45 a.m. Challenges Facing Today’s Housing Market - A View from the Trenches

Moderator:
Joe Carreras, Program Manager, Southern California Association of Governments

Robert Kleinhenz, Deputy Chief Economist, California Association of Realtors
Hunter Johnson, President and CEO, LINC Housing
Lucy Dunn, President and CEO, Orange County Business Council
John Mealey, Executive Director, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Offers of Help Amid the Mortgage Crisis

Moderator:
Hon. Jon Edney, Mayor, City of El Centro and
Chair of the Community, Economic & Human Development Committee

Hon. Ron Loveridge, Mayor, City of Riverside
Hon. Deborah Robertson, Councilmember, City of Rialto
Hon. William Fulton, Deputy Mayor, City of Ventura
11:45 a.m. Exhibitors and Sponsors Forum
12:15 p.m. Luncheon

Keynote Speaker:
Lawrence Parks, Senior Vice President, Federal Home Loan Bank, San Francisco

Compass Blueprint Recognition Awards
2:15 p.m. Closing


SCAG Online Event Registration
Registration fee is $75 per person. The fee is waived for Elected Officials that attend the event. Persons attending on behalf of an Elected Official or accompanying one to the Summit will have to register and pay the $75 registration fee. Thank you.

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