[LWVNM Action] League Days at the Legislature - February 2 and 3

[Richard Mason]

More details to follow

*League Days at the Legislature 2022*



*Wednesday, February 2, 5:30-7:30 pm*

*LWVNM Legislative Reception *

*Rio Chama Restaurant, 414 Old Santa Fe Trail*

 (two doors north of the Roundhouse)



We will be honoring


*Edward Chavez, Former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice *Justice Chavez is
a former Justice and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. Chavez
was born in Santa Fe. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor
Bill Richardson and served from March 10, 2003 to March 2018. Justice
Chavez oversaw the litigation concerning the New Mexico House Redistricting
maps in 2011. He received his undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico
University in 1978 and his J.D. <https://ballotpedia.org/J.D.> from the
University of New Mexico School of Law in 1981. Justice Chavez was the
co-Chair of the 2020 New Mexico First Redistricting Task Force. The
findings of that task force were the basis for the 2021 Redistricting Act
that Justice Chavez helped write. The Redistricting Act created the Citizen
Redistricting Committee that was chaired by Justice Chavez.






*Thursday, February 3, 2019 Program at New Mexico State Land Office 310 Old
Santa Fe Trail Just down the street from the Roundhouse on the same side*

*Across from the El Sendero*


*9:45                              **Welcome* from Stephanie Garcia
Richard, State Land Commissioner



*10 -10:15*                     Explanation of packet contents, answer
questions from League members



*10:30 – 11:15              * *Speaker on key issues for the session – to
be determined*



*11:15 – 12:00              Taxes and Funding for Essential Services -
Amber Wallin, Deputy Director, New Mexico Voices for Children*  Ms. Wallin
oversees New Mexico Voices for Children’s research and policy work.  She
also manages the KIDS COUNT program and does policy research on education,
tax and budget, hunger, and economic issues.  She joined NM Voices in 2012
as a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Fellow, after which she was a
Research and Policy Analyst and later KIDS COUNT Director.  Wallin has
worked in the public sector at the municipal, state, and federal levels,
working in the government department at New Mexico State University and the
budget department at the city of Las Cruces prior to joining the Voices
team. She received her MPA from NMSU.


*Accommodations*: The Desert Inn is now El Sendero and is the most
convenient, most affordable place to stay since it is on the same block as
the State Capitol, the New Mexico Land Office and the Rio Chama Restaurant.
The hotel is not offering a special rate this year so you can book on your
own. Please note that in addition to any rate you are quoted there is a $10
parking fee.
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