ADVISORY/Relationships between Defense Installations, Programs and the State's Communities Will Be Examined at 'Partnership for Preparedness' Summit.

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ADVISORY...for Wed. and Thurs. (April 16 and 17)

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Partnerships for Preparedness Summit -0-

WHO:    Lon Hatamiya, Secretary, California Technology and Trade
        Agency.

        William Jefferds, Ed.D., Major General (RET), USA, Senior
        Military Advisor to Governor Gray Davis and Director, Office
        of Military Support.

        Rear Adm. David R. Ellison, Superintendent, Naval Postgraduate
        School

        The Honorable Dan Albert, Mayor, City of Monterey

WHAT:   More than one hundred state, community, military and business
        leaders from across California will convene at the
        "Partnerships for Preparedness Summit" in Monterey to discuss
        issues affecting relationships among the state, local
        communities, the defense industry and Department of Defense
        assets in California.

        Co-sponsored by the Office of Military Support (OMS), within
        the California Technology Trade and Commerce Agency, and the
        Office of Economic Adjustment under the Department of Defense,
        the Summit will consider the effect the civilian and military
        defense industry has on California's economy, land use and
        operational effectiveness.

        The Summit marks the culmination of five regional workshops
        held across the state over the past nine months and is part of
        a Strategic Encroachment Study being developed by OMS.

WHEN:   Wednesday and Thursday, April 16 and 17, 2003

WHERE:  DoubleTree Hotel, Monterey
        2 Portola Plaza
        Monterey, CA 93940
        831/649-4511