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: Settle It Now Negotiation BlogMediators Give California Budget Crisis Advice
By Victoria Pynchon
From the Sacramento Bee's Political Editor Amy Chance, Q&A: Mediators brainstorm on how to fix the state budget process
As California's longest budget stalemate in state history ground to a close, six professional mediators met with The Bee's Capitol Bureau last week to offer their thoughts on building a more functional state budget process.
Their advice in a nutshell: Improve lawmakers' communication skills, train them and their aides in mediation techniques, set up a structured negotiation process long before budget deadlines approach, agree on common goals, build trust by reaching incremental agreements – and don't expect perfection.
– Amy Chance, Bee Political Editor
For full Q&A, click here.
Full post as published by Settle It Now Negotiation Blog on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).
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