California's Problems Need Regional Solutions

In this Mercury News special, speaker of the California StateAssembly Robert M. Hertzberg announces the formation of the Speaker'sCommission on Regions. The commission will address issues such aspopulation growth, community planning and economic development with aregional perspective. Hertzberg traces the historic development ofCalifornia's fractured and bureaucratic government and reveals hiscommitment to identify how government can work more effectively and tosupport regional collaboration among government agencies.