POLICY AND A PINT

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* The Women In Charge: Women Who Are Training Other Women to Run for Office, and Win — Politically-savvy women give insight and advice about what it takes for women to run for political office in Election Year 2020, at the Russ Room on February 27, 2020

* Lenny Mendonca, California’s Chief Business and Economic Advisor - Mendonca, a Turlock native, talks about his work for Governor Newsom and how he plans to make Inland California the most desirable place to live in the state - at Ruhstaller on November 18. 2019

* How California Is Changing “Gig Economy” Employment - The contentious new state law that determines who’s an independent contractor and who’s an employee, and how that affects workers, businesses and consumers - at Fitsom Studios on November 12, 2019

* How to Handle Living in a High-Risk Wildfire Zone - Panelists who made big decisions about wildfires in the past couple of years talk about how living in high-risk fire zones is going to be different going forward - at Odd Fellows Hall in Auburn on September 17, 2019

* Can We Fix California’s Crazy Cannabis Market - Pros in the public and private sectors talk about what the state should do to ensure its legal cannabis market doesn’t go up in smoke - at Fitsom Studios on August 28. 2019

* State Senator Scott Wiener - The State Senator who represents San Francisco and has created a stir with bills to build more high-density housing and keep the bars and clubs open till 4 a.m. talks about his past, present and future legislation at Ruhstaller on June 26, 2019

* Wade Crowfoot, California’s New Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency - Crowfoot talks Wildfire Season 2019 and how he’s getting the Golden State ready for it - at Antiquite Midtown on June 4, 2019

* We Voted . . . Now What? - talking with election experts about the Election 2018 results — and what’s next for California in 2019 with a new governor, state legislature and the 116th Congress — at Ruhstaller on November 9, 2018

* How You Gonna Vote on Taxes: Sacramento’s Measure U - talking about a proposed one-cent sales tax increase -- and making it permanent -- for the City of Sacramento to maintain public services and invest in other big-ticket items at Antiquite Midtown on October 2015, 2018

* How You Gonna Vote on Taxes: Proposition 3 - to repeal or not repeal the Gas Tax of 2018? That is the question we discuss at Antiquite Midtown on October 15, 2018

* How You Gonna Vote on Housing: Proposition 1 - discussing the reasons for issuing $4 billion in bonds for affordable-housing-related programs and housing loans for veterans at Ruhstaller on September 12, 2018

* How You Gonna Vote on Housing, Proposition 2 - debating the use of the "millionaire's tax" to raise $2 billion in bonds for housing the homeless with mental health issues at Ruhstaller on September 12, 2018

* How You Gonna Vote on Housing: Proposition 5 - discussing the ballot initiative that gives older homeowners more property-tax benefits at Antiquite Midtown on September 10, 2018

* How You Gonna Vote on Housing: Proposition 10 - talking about statewide expansion of rent control at Antiquite Midtown on September 10, 2018

* Women Running for Office - a talk about the upsides and challenges for female candidates in California at Arcade Underground on March 30, 2018

* Affordable Housing on the Voting Ballot - talking state bills and ballots on high-density construction, rent control, etc. at the Federalist on March 26, 2018

* How Immigration Issues Are Affecting California's Food - discussing the connection between immigration and agriculture at the CLARA Auditorium on February 26, 2018

* Sexual Harassment at the State Capitol - talking #MeToo, #WeSaidEnough, sex and politics at Station 1 on January 20, 2018

* The Gas Tax and California Transportation - a talk about the new tax on the day it went into effect at Station 1 in West Sacramento on November 1, 2017

* Fixing Our Dams and Water Infrastructure - a post-Oroville-Dam-scare discussion about fixing dams and levees at Graciano's on June 1, 2017

* Reforming California's Environmental Quality Act - part 4 of our "California's Crazy Housing Market" series at Graciano's on May 13, 2017

* Is "Affordable Housing" an Oxymoron Here? - part 2 of our "California's Crazy Housing Market" series at the Brickhouse Gallery on March 17, 2017

* Pot Is Legal . . . Now What? - cannabis industry experts talk pros and cons of Proposition 64 at Ruhstaller Taproom on January 10, 2017

* Placer County's Measure M - pros and cons of this transit-oriented ballot measure at the Monk's Cellar in Roseville on November 1, 2016

* Shaking Up the Election Process - talking about new methods for campaigning and voting at Ruhstaller Taproom on October 30, 2016