5. Schedule

A evidentiary hearing is necessary. The parties have agreed to the following schedule:

July 12-13, 2005	The Commission's Consumer Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) will conduct a workshop in San Francisco, the time and location for which will be announced by CPSD. The workshop will be conducted either by a professional facilitator or by a CPSD staff member, pursuant to an agreement developed at the PHC.
July 26-27, 2005	CPSD will conduct a workshop in Los Angeles, the time and location for which will be announced by CPSD.
August 15, 2005	CPSD will file and serve a Workshop Report stating accords, if any, reached by the parties on Proposed Rule 94 and briefly summarizing the positions of the parties. Parties may file and serve comments on the Workshop Report within five working days of its issuance.
August 30, 2005	Parties will serve the written testimony and exhibits of witnesses they expect to call at the evidentiary hearing. Testimony will be in question-and-answer format where practical, with a copy to the Assigned Commissioner and the ALJ.
September 27, 2005	Parties will serve their written reply testimony and exhibits, with a copy to the Assigned Commissioner and the ALJ.

October 18-20, 2005

Evidentiary hearing will be conducted beginning at 10:00 a.m., October 18, 2005, in the Commission Hearing Room, State Office Bulding, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California

Briefs and reply briefs are to be filed after receipt of transcripts on dates to be determined at hearing.

At least two weeks prior to the first workshop, any party proposing to offer an expert presentation will serve the expert's written presentation to the other participants in the workshop. No such presentation shall exceed two hours, including time for questions.

It is my goal to have a resolution of this matter at or shortly after the end of the year. The submission date will be the date that final briefs are due.