Governance in California: From Greatness to Gridlock in 50 Years (3/8/2010)

Duration

47:10

William T. Bagley, Former California Assemblyman and UC Regent; Author, California’s Golden Years

Tracing what he sees as the downfall of the art of governance, Bagley describes the causes and effects of gridlock in Sacramento. He’ll detail personal participatory knowledge of the creation of California’s golden era, before “political reform,” when non-ideological legislators produced what might be the state’s most significant gains in education, civil rights, infrastructure, environmental protection and more.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on March 8, 2010.

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