Sandy Smith, Professor at Cal Lutheran University, Master's program, public policy. 

What does good local government look like? 

* How can we benchmark our elected officials in an objective way to measure if they have been effective and successful?

* What issues do we normally see in local government?

* How does social media play a role with local government now, are people more engaged?

* What does good engagement look like?

Learn more about Sandy Smith by going to sespeconsulting.com

Non-Profit Spotlight

Ventura County Civic Alliance does a bi-annual state of the region report.  VCEDA focuses on 3 main things: economy, environment and social equity.

Learn more online at http://www.civicalliance.org/