Forum on Funding Services

Experts from the worlds of finance, education and transportation will outline plans for spending billions of dollars in state bond funding for transportation, parks and schools at a meeting of the Westside Urban Forum at 7 a.m. Friday at the Regency Club, 10900 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. Moderated by David Brodsly, a vice president at investment banking firm Kelling, Northcross & Nobriga, the panel will include Joseph Edmiston, executive director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; Kathi Littman, director of new facilities for L.A. Unified School District; and Glenn Gritzner, executive director of the Southern California Transportation & Land Use Coalition. Registration is $50 at the door for nonmembers. For information, call (310) 394-0253.