S.F. Politics Preview 2026: Lurie Enters Year 2, Pelosi Exits, and More

The Commonwealth Club 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Check in with some of the city’s top political reporters to talk about Pelosi’s legacy, the Lurie administration, and Trump vs. S.F.San Francisco politics is rarely dull, but 2026 is shaping up to be particularly eventful. Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman elected U.S. House speaker, has announced her retirement after nearly four decades […]

COP30 to COP31: Will Climate Cooperation Wane Before Emissions Peak?

Perry World House 3803 Locust Walk, Philadelphia

.Ten years after the Paris Agreement demonstrated a profound collective will to address global emissions, the world's efforts to confront the accelerating climate crisis reached a pivotal moment at the UN Climate Conference (COP30) in the Amazon. Emissions continue to rise as multilateralism is met with more and more challenges.While COP30 participants acknowledged the Paris […]

Nell Bernstein and Chesa Boudin on the Fight to Close Youth Prisons

The Commonwealth Club 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Learn how a coalition of parents, activists & prison officials reformed a longstanding institution, & what other movements can learn from itOver the past 20 years, one state after another has shuttered its youth prisons and stopped trying kids as adults, slashing the number of incarcerated children by a stunning 75 percent. How did this […]

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