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Past · November 13, 2012

A Conversation with Tom Steyer

November 13, 2012 · 12:00 pm

About the Program

Tom Steyer—businessman, philanthropist, and sponsor of the recently passed Proposition 39—talks about why he got involved in California politics and offers his take on California’s future. Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California, poses the questions in this wide-ranging conversation.

Agenda

Date: November 13, 2012
Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Location: Bechtel Conference Center at PPIC
500 Washington Street, ground floor
San Francisco, CA

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
PPIC hosts businessman and philanthropist Tom Steyer, sponsor of Proposition 39 on the November 6 ballot. He will join PPIC President Mark Baldassare for a wide-ranging conversation about California’s future—from climate change to fiscal reform to the role of the initiative process in policymaking.

AGENDA

12:30 p.m. Welcome

Lauren B. Dachs, president and executive director, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

12:35 p.m. Conversation and Q&A
Tom Steyer, founder and co–managing partner, Farallon Capital Management, LLC

Mark Baldassare, president and CEO, PPIC

1:30 p.m. Adjourn

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