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PROPOSITION 71, the stem-cell initiative approved by voters last November, envisaged a rapid start-up of the massive $3 billion research project.
But speed should not come at the expense of careful deliberation by the appointed 29-member Independent Citizens Oversight Committee as it begins to set a long-range trajectory for the initiative.
The ICOC will meet for the second time Thursday in Southern California. But it is functioning without a staff. As a result, ICOC members have not received background materials to help them make decisions on a range of issues.
Almost by default, the California Cures & Research Coalition, a nonprofit organization established by ICOC Chairman Robert Klein, has provided some direction during these early and often confusing weeks. The organization itself morphed out of the campaign organization Klein established to convince voters to approve Prop. 71.
Starting next week in San Francisco, Klein's nonprofit organization will sponsor a series of four public symposia on stem-cell research, which will identify, in part, best practices for medical research, and supply those to the ICOC. There's a danger that the line between...
But speed should not come at the expense of careful deliberation by the appointed 29-member Independent Citizens Oversight Committee as it begins to set a long-range trajectory for the initiative.
The ICOC will meet for the second time Thursday in Southern California. But it is functioning without a staff. As a result, ICOC members have not received background materials to help them make decisions on a range of issues.
Almost by default, the California Cures & Research Coalition, a nonprofit organization established by ICOC Chairman Robert Klein, has provided some direction during these early and often confusing weeks. The organization itself morphed out of the campaign organization Klein established to convince voters to approve Prop. 71.
Starting next week in San Francisco, Klein's nonprofit organization will sponsor a series of four public symposia on stem-cell research, which will identify, in part, best practices for medical research, and supply those to the ICOC. There's a danger that the line between...