PublicCEO Report

How will an academic public policy theory actually advance society? Frank Zerunyan, professor at the University of Southern California , council member at Rolling Hills Estates and executive board member for the California Contract Cities Association , is chatting with Ryder Todd Smith on how academic theologies can become real, actionable policies for public agencies.

If you're focusing your public agency's efforts on renewable energy, looking for additional revenue streams, searching for control over local energy rates OR all of the above, joining a community choice aggregation (CCA) might be a good fit. Jason Caudle, city manager of the City of Lancaster and executive director of California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice) , sits down with Ryder Todd Smith...

Nextdoor is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing social media networks. The neighborhood-focused platform offers public agencies a unique way starting conversations with their residents. Joseph Porcelli, global public agency lead at Nextdoor, sits down with Ryder Todd Smith to chat about how public agencies can use Nextdoor to gain invaluable information about their residents and enact c...

Has your agency ever built a playground? Constructed a road? Thrown a festival or concert? Then you've had to deal with a city's liabilities and considered the potential losses with every project. Jonathan Shull, chief executive director of the California JPIA , sits down with Ryder Todd Smith to chat about the many, and sometimes unfair, risks public agencies face each day while providing necessa...

Are you part of one of hundreds of public agencies that has to redistrict in the coming year? During a pandemic? With a shortened timeline? With new outreach laws?? We're here to help. Doug Johnson, president of National Demographics , and Christopher Skinnell, partner at Nielsen Merksamer , chat with Ryder Todd Smith about the various challenges public agencies are facing while having to redistri...

Wouldn't it be productive to have the insights and perspectives of the state government, local government and the private sector working together? Meet Juan Garza. Former Bellflower City Council member, past president of the Cal Cities LA Division AND principal at Six Heron LLC, Garza offers a unique perspective on how local governments can work with state legislators to accomplish policy goals an...

With waning budgets, increasing pressure on California's electrical grid and unprecedented threats to public health and safety, what's an agency to do? In the latest Report, Ryder speaks with Ashley Cascio and Tyler Girtman of Climatec , a leading building technologies firm renewing energy infrastructure across the state to help local agencies address these challenges head on. They discuss COVID-k...

Last year, we learned that unicorns in a pandemic are personalized, reusable, American-made N-95 masks. Nevertheless, we found one and we're bringing you intel on this market in our newest episode of the PublicCEO Report. Learn how witnessing his brother extend the life of a reusable mask with disinfectant spray during the mask shortage inspired Jesse Chang to launch My Mask Movement , a project s...

Good data, bad data and pizza? Kevin Lyons, FlashVote co-founder and CEO, dives deep into representative data: what it is, the ways it's gathered and how it can be used to determine everything from whether your agency should take on an initiative to the type of pizza you should order for family dinner.

Ken Pulskamp, former city manager and California City Management Foundation executive director, shares his thoughts on the ins and outs of the city management profession today.