Our events feature viewpoints across the political spectrum, promoting constructive, thoughtful, and respectful dialogue on the issues that matter most to California.
Past Events
2023 Speaker Series on California's Future — In-Person and Online · January 26, 2023
A Conversation with California’s Legislative Leadership
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · December 1, 2022
A Conversation with US HHS Secretary Becerra and California HHS Secretary Ghaly
Virtual Event · November 30, 2022
English as a Second Language at California’s Community Colleges
2022 Annual Water Conference — In-Person and Online · November 18, 2022
Surplus and Shortage: California’s Water Balancing Act
Virtual Event · November 10, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being
Virtual Event · November 3, 2022
The Effects of COVID-19 on Transfer-Intending Students in California’s Community Colleges
Virtual Event · November 1, 2022
Solar Development in the San Joaquin Valley
Virtual Event · October 27, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Virtual Event · October 13, 2022
Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · October 6, 2022
2022 Election Preview
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · October 4, 2022
Homelessness in California’s Cities
Virtual Event · September 29, 2022
How Hospital Discharge Data Can Inform State Homelessness Policy
Virtual Event · September 23, 2022
The Importance of CalFresh in Unstable Times
Virtual Event · September 15, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
Virtual Event · August 16, 2022
The Impact of COVID-19 on Science Education
Virtual Event · July 28, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
Virtual Event · July 26, 2022
Farmland in Transition: The San Joaquin Valley
Virtual Event · June 23, 2022
Health Care Access among California’s Farmworkers
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · June 1, 2022
Responding to the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Virtual Event · May 26, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
In-Person and Online · May 24, 2022
Understanding the Effects of School Funding
Virtual Event · May 12, 2022
Setting the Stage for Universal Preschool
Virtual Event · April 28, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Education
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · April 26, 2022
Building California’s Future
Virtual Event · April 21, 2022
Farming in a State of Extremes
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · March 30, 2022
COVID in California: What Have We Learned about Ensuring an Equitable Recovery?
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · March 29, 2022
COVID in California: What Have We Learned about Education?
Virtual Event · March 24, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · March 23, 2022
COVID in California: What Have We Learned about the Economy?
Virtual Event · March 3, 2022
Equity in Voter Turnout after Pandemic Election Changes
Virtual Event · February 3, 2022
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
2022 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · January 24, 2022
A Conversation with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Virtual Event · December 9, 2021
Community College Math in California’s New Era of Student Access
Virtual Event · November 18, 2021
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Economic Well-Being
Three-Day Virtual Conference · November 15, 2021
Seizing the Drought: Water Priorities for Our Changing Climate
Virtual Event · November 4, 2021
Policing in California
Virtual Event · October 28, 2021
Achieving Digital Equity for California’s Students
2021 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · October 21, 2021
A Conversation with Chief Justice of California Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye
Virtual Event · October 7, 2021
Targeted K–12 Funding and Student Outcomes
Virtual Event · September 30, 2021
Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley
Virtual Event · September 23, 2021
Improving California’s Water Market
2021 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · September 2, 2021
California’s 2021 Recall Election
Virtual Event · August 26, 2021
Improving Career Education Pathways into California’s Workforce
Virtual Event · August 18, 2021
Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting
2021 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · August 10, 2021
Reopening K–12 Schools: A Conversation with Linda Darling-Hammond
Virtual Event · July 29, 2021
Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
Virtual Event · June 24, 2021
Health Coverage and Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California
Virtual Event · June 16, 2021
California’s Safety Net in Recession and Recovery
2021 Speaker Series on California's Future — Virtual Event · June 11, 2021
Reopening California: A Conversation with HHS Secretary Mark Ghaly
Virtual Event · May 26, 2021