California Clean Innovation Conference 2009

CACI 2009 Keynote Speaker

	_________________________________________ Jerry Sanders mayor, City of san diego _________________________________________
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Website: sandiego.gov

Jerry Sanders is the 34th Mayor of San Diego. Since being elected to office in 2005, Mayor Sanders has implemented a series of reforms to make the City more efficient and more accountable. He is dedicated to community involvement, open government and returning the City to a sound financial footing with the capability of meeting all of its municipal responsibilities.

Over the course of his 30-year career, Sanders has proven skillful at transforming organizations so that they become more effective and efficient. Sanders served as San Diego's Chief of Police from 1993 until 1999, capping a 26-year career with the Police Department. He streamlined the department and helped make San Diego's neighborhood-oriented policing a national model, reducing crime by 49 percent.

After leaving the Police Department, Sanders became the CEO of United Way, taking over an organization that had lost some of the trust of its donors and the agencies it supported. He slashed bureaucracy, restored the organization's effectiveness and increased fundraising by almost 20 percent. In 2002, Sanders was appointed to the American Red Cross board after, amid controversy, the CEO and board of directors had been removed. He made finances transparent, oversaw major staff changes and restored the organization's credibility and trust.

Now, as Mayor, Jerry Sanders is applying his experience and skills to transform City government. He has successfully pushed to finish and release the City’s long overdue financial reports. He has also put in place a broad-ranging Business Process Reengineering effort for City functions. Mayor Sanders has developed and implemented a five-year financial plan and the City Council has adopted the balanced budgets he has presented every year since taking office. He has permanently cut more than 700 full time positions from the City’s workforce since taking office and has initiated the voter-approved managed competition process that will help to improve City services while saving costs in the future.