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SUMMARY:The Race for Governor 2026: Betty Yee
DESCRIPTION:Come meet the candidate\, hear her vision for California\, and ask your questions before you cast your vote for California’s next Governor.\n\n\nAs former state controller and budget director\, Betty Yee oversaw California’s finances—drawing on skills she first developed as a child helping run her family’s small business. Today\, she says she’s running for California governor to address the affordability crisis while bringing more transparent\, effective governance to Sacramento. \nYee grew up in San Francisco\, the daughter of Chinese immigrants who ran a dry cleaning shop. She worked her way through UC Berkeley and earned a master’s degree from Golden Gate University\, all while caring for her father during his illness—an experience she says shaped her views on health-care access. \nWhile serving as the top budget official under Governor Gray Davis\, she pushed for wage protections for home healthcare workers and helped implement California’s pioneering automobile emissions standards. During her two terms as controller\, Yee says she identified billions in wasteful government spending\, safeguarded pension funds for public employees and teachers\, and resisted federal attempts to open protected coastal areas to oil exploration. \nYee joins Commonwealth Club World Affairs as part of our “Race for Governor 2026” series of candidate forums. Come meet the candidate\, hear her vision for California\, and ask your questions before you cast your vote for California’s next Governor. \nNotes \nAttendees subject to search. No large bags or backpacks. \nSPEAKERS \nBetty Yee\, Candidate for California Governor \nModerator: Melissa Caen\, Attorney; Legal and Political Analyst \n11:30 a.m. doors open & check-in12–1 p.m. program(all times Pacific Time) \nPhoto courtesy the speaker. \nCommonwealth Club World Affairs is a public forum. Any views expressed in our programs are those of the speakers and not of Commonwealth Club World Affairs. \nAll ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/the-race-for-governor-2026-betty-yee/
LOCATION:The Commonwealth Club\, 110 The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
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SUMMARY:Discussion Over Division: Perspectives on Law\, Power\, and Policy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch-time conversation where you’ll chat in small groups about current issues in law and policy.
URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/discussion-over-division-perspectives-on-law-power-and-policy-2/
LOCATION:Antonin Scalia Law School\, 3301 Fairfax Dr\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shadi Hamid: The Case for American Power
DESCRIPTION:Hamid says that America\, as a democracy\, has the ability to correct past mistakes and change for the better—and that part is up to all of us\n\n\nIs the United States still the “indispensable nation\,” former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s term to describe America’s leading role in the world? Or is the world better off as the country turns inward and downplays its historic alliances? \nWashington Post columnist Shari Hamid has made his own journey\, moving from opposition to America’s role in the world to reluctantly embracing it. He says the alternative to American leadership isn’t a morally perfect superpower—it’s the brutal authoritarianism of countries like China and Russia. He explores this topic in his new book The Case for American Power\, and he comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to make the case for America to embrace its power as the only moral option in a world beset by tragedy. \nDrawing on his unique perspective as both an American and a Muslim who came of age in the shadow of the September 11 attacks\, Hamid contends with the contradictions of American power: how a nation founded on moral purpose so often does not live up to its ideals. He also deals with America’s failures\, from the war in Iraq to support for authoritarian regimes across the Middle East. But he says that because America is a democracy\, it has the ability to correct past mistakes and change for the better—and that part is up to all of us. \nSPEAKERS \nShadi Hamid\, Columnist\, The Washington Post; Author\, The Case for American Power \nIn conversation with Steven Saum\, Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Content\, Saint Mary’s College \n5:30 p.m. doors open & check-in6–7 p.m. program7 p.m. book signing(all times Pacific Time) \nPhoto by Paul Morigi; courtesy the speaker.
URL:https://politicaljar.com/event/shadi-hamid-the-case-for-american-power/
LOCATION:The Commonwealth Club\, 110 The Embarcadero\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
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SUMMARY:The U.S. Military\, the Opposition & Venezuela
DESCRIPTION:Explore Venezuela’s crisis\, U.S. strategy\, and regional impacts on energy\, security\, and democracy with expert insights from Dr. Francisco M\n\n\nAbout the Event \n6:30 – 7:00 PM Registration and Networking7:00 – 8:00 PM Program \nAs Venezuela’s political and economic crisis deepens\, the interaction between U.S. military strategy\, Washington’s broader policy toolkit\, and Venezuela’s opposition movement has taken on renewed significance. We will explore how U.S. defense posture\, security cooperation\, and deterrence efforts intersect with diplomatic pressure and internal political dynamics inside Venezuela. Dr. Monaldi will examine the risks of escalation\, the limits of military influence\, and the regional consequences for energy markets\, migration flows\, and democratic stability across the Americas. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of the forces shaping Venezuela’s future and the global implications of its crisis. \nFeatured Speaker: Francisco J. Monaldi\, Ph.D.\nFrancisco J. Monaldi\, Ph.D.\, is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy and director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. \nHe is also a fellow at the Claudio X. González Center for the United States and Mexico and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice University’s Department of Economics. He is a member of the International Faculty at IESA School of Management in Venezuela and Panama\, where he was a professor and the founding director of the Center for Energy and the Environment. \nHe is a member of the International Advisory Council of Global Americans\, the Venezuela Solutions Group of the Atlantic Council\, and the Education Advisory Board of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.
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LOCATION:Junior League of Houston\, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane\, Houston\, TX\, 77027\, United States
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