Welcome to CalFLAG
The California Former Legislators Alumni Group
Who We Are:
We are a bipartisan team of former California State Legislators possessed of decades of experience and knowledge, enduring relationships and networks. Together with an unwavering commitment to the people and State of California, we are dedicated to the development of trust, common purpose, collegiality, dialogue, learning, partnership and collaboration in the operation of the California Legislature and our state government.
Our Mission:
To become a resource for current and future California Legislative Leaders and Members in their efforts to sustain collaborative success through developing working partnerships based on trust and common purpose while furthering a sense of collegiality in California's Capitol.
Our Goal:
Recognizing the growing complexity of challenges facing California in these times of profound change, globalization, and competition, we seek to assist the Legislature and Governor in their efforts to deepen and sustain the collaborative spirit successfully practiced in the 2006 Legislative Session as they seek to assure the quality of the legislative processes and results in this era of term limits.
Our Role:
t Collaborating with Legislators and Constitutional Officers toward deepening a sense of common purpose and collegiality, trust and dialogue, partnership and collaboration.
t Participating with the Legislature in its orientation program for newly elected Legislators, especially regarding building a sense of collegiality and the ways and means of increasing productivity through partnership and collaboration.
t Creating the California Former Legislators Alumni Group (Cal/FLAG) – a network of former California State Legislators committed to becoming a resource for the current Leadership and Members.
t Hosting social gatherings for current members of the Legislature to help build a more deeply experienced sense of collegiality.
t Offering individual mentoring upon request - especially to newly arrived members of the Legislature.
t Developing a “tool box” for developing a sense of collegiality and creating a collaborative processes.
t Developing a booklet relating success stories of real life collaborative efforts from the past in the California Legislature.
t Leading a brainstorming process with current in search of particular ways to foster more collegiality and partnership.