Panelist Materials · Confidential
The minute-by-minute flow for event day. Speakers: find your segment and your stage cues below.
Event Day
2026 Housing Solutions & American Success Summit
On the Night
Event Program
The printed program for the evening - welcome, agenda at a glance, featured speakers, both panels, and our sponsors. Use it to see how the night unfolds and where your session fits.
Event Program - full PDF
The complete event-day program booklet.
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The Research
Summit Report
The companion report from the Center for Demographics and Policy - Rebuild the Homeownership Ladder: California's Housing Crisis - Market Failure in Attainable Homeownership, by Karla López del Río - is now available.
Download your copy to dig into the data and policy ideas behind the Summit conversation.
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Come Prepared
Guiding Questions
The afternoon opens with a stage-setting presentation, then two panels - each built around three guiding questions. Find your session and come ready to speak to these; they're the backbone of the conversation.
Guiding Questions - one-page PDF
Print it or keep it on your phone for the panel.
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Stage-Setting Presentation · The Demand
A presentation that sets the stage: why demand for homeownership is still strong even as the building system delivers far more rental units. We explore the implications - how that affects building the middle class and creating upward mobility - why this market failure needs to be addressed, and who is working on solutions. This sets up the two panels that follow.
PresenterKarla Lopez del Rio
- How is limited access to ownership reshaping the middle class?
- What are the long-term implications of a "forever renter" trajectory for economic mobility and wealth creation?
- What are the long-term implications for California and the future of the American Dream?
Panel 1 · The Delivery Problem
Why the system produces rental more easily than ownership.
ModeratorJoel Kotkin
Panelists
Claudia ZakerNoerena LimonChad LonskiDavid CisnerosElizabeth Hansburg
- Why is the housing system not delivering ownership opportunities despite strong demand?
- Which structural and policy constraints most limit the production of for-sale housing?
- How does this misalignment affect California's competitiveness and ability to retain middle-income households?
Panel 2 · Innovation Within Constraint
What is working, and why isn't it scaling?
ModeratorRichard Green
Panelists
Judson BrownRyan SearsJoel FarkasNora MendezNora Guerra
- What solutions are currently expanding access to homeownership, and where are they working?
- What barriers prevent these models from scaling across regions?
- What conditions are required to deliver sustainable, long-term homeownership opportunities that can rebuild the middle class?
Schedule
Run of Show
Run of Show - full PDF
The complete event-day flow with stage & AV cues. Best printed in landscape.
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4:00 PM30 min
Set Up
Production team
Stage, AV, signage, registration. AV team mic-check; lighting cues set.
4:45 PM15 min
Speaker Briefings
All speakers + Marshall Toplansky
Walk speakers through their segment, mic placement, and stage entry/exit.
4:50 PM10 min
Seating Call
Front of house
Presentation cued on screen.
5:00 PM5 min
Welcome & Housekeeping
Marshall Toplansky (Emcee)
Marshall to lectern. Introduce Lisa Ansell at close.
5:05 PM1 min
Stage transition
Lisa Ansell to lectern.
5:06 PM5 min
Gold Sponsor Remarks
Lisa Ansell - Director, USC Casden Institute
Hand back to Marshall.
5:11 PM1 min
Stage transition
Lisa exits, Marshall returns.
5:12 PM2 min
Introduce Elected Official
Marshall Toplansky
Marshall at lectern. Hand off to Elected Official.
5:14 PM1 min
Stage transition
Elected Official to lectern with proclamation.
5:15 PM5 min
Proclamation - National Homeownership Month
Elected Official (TBD)
Recognition of the Center for Demographics and Policy. Photo op at conclusion.
5:20 PM1 min
Stage transition
Elected official exits stage right; Marshall returns.
5:21 PM2 min
Introduce Karla Lopez del Rio
Marshall Toplansky
Marshall at lectern. Cue Karla's slides standing by.
5:23 PM1 min
Stage transition
Karla to lectern. Advance to Slide 1.
5:24 PM10 min
Presentation: Housing Solutions, Middle Class & American Success
Karla Lopez del Rio
5:34 PM5 min
Audience Q&A - 2 questions for Karla
Marshall Toplansky
Two roaming mics in the house. Marshall calls on raised hands. Hard stop at 5 min.
5:39 PM1 min
Stage transition - seat Panel 1
Strike lectern slides; bring up 6 stools/chairs. Lav mics on all panelists. Bottled water set.
5:40 PM2 min
Introduce Joel Kotkin
Marshall Toplansky
5:42 PM1 min
Stage transition
Marshall exits; Joel takes moderator chair.
5:43 PM40 min
Panel 1 - The Delivery Problem
Moderator: Joel Kotkin
Panelists: Claudia Zaker, Noerena Limon, Chad Lonski, David Cisneros, Elizabeth Hansburg
Panelists: Claudia Zaker, Noerena Limon, Chad Lonski, David Cisneros, Elizabeth Hansburg
20 min moderated discussion + 20 min audience Q&A.
6:23 PM1 min
Stage transition - clear panel, set presentation
6:24 PM2 min
Introduce Anders Engnell
Marshall Toplansky
Marshall returns to the lectern.
6:26 PM1 min
Stage transition
Anders to the lectern.
6:27 PM10 min
Presentation: California Forever
Anders Engnell
6:37 PM5 min
Audience Q&A - 2 questions for Anders
Marshall Toplansky
Two roaming mics in the house. Hard stop at 5 min.
6:42 PM1 min
Stage transition - seat Panel 2
Strike lectern; reset 6 chairs. Lav mics on Panel 2. Water reset.
6:43 PM2 min
Introduce Richard Green
Marshall Toplansky
Marshall introduces Richard Green.
6:45 PM1 min
Stage transition
Marshall exits; Richard takes moderator chair.
6:46 PM40 min
Panel 2 - Innovation Within Constraint
Moderator: Richard Green
Panelists: Judson Brown, Ryan Sears, Joel Farkas, Nora Mendez, Nora Guerra
Panelists: Judson Brown, Ryan Sears, Joel Farkas, Nora Mendez, Nora Guerra
20 min moderated discussion + 20 min audience Q&A. Stage manager flashes 5-min warning at 35-min mark.
7:26 PM1 min
Stage transition
7:27 PM3 min
Closing Remarks & Invitation to Rooftop
Marshall Toplansky
Marshall thanks speakers, sponsors, attendees. Direct guests to the rooftop for sunset networking.
7:30 PM30 min
Rooftop Sunset Networking
All attendees
8:00 PM · Event Concludes
Times are targets - the emcee and stage manager keep the room on schedule. Highlighted blocks are the main program moments.
Here to Support
Contact
Mahnaz Asghari
Associate Director, Center for Demographics and Policy
(714) 744-7635
Hosted By
Hosted by the Center for Demographics and Policy at Chapman University, in partnership with Gold Sponsors the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and the USC Casden Institute.
Panelist Materials · 2026 Housing Solutions & American Success Summit · June 24, 2026
Center for Demographics and Policy, Chapman University · chapmanhousingsummit.com
Center for Demographics and Policy, Chapman University · chapmanhousingsummit.com