Dear Friends and Supporters,
On Wednesday, February 19th, Pacific Research Institute held its 2nd Annual California Ideas in Action Conference in Sacramento. Dozens of attendees enjoyed a stimulating afternoon discussion on how free-market ideas can best address the major problems facing California in the new decade.
 The Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the D.C. Circuit and former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, was the keynote speaker for this year's conference.
In her address, which you can watch here, she discussed the threats to the U.S. Constitution and American democracy because of current cultural trends such as identity politics, political correctness and speech codes.
Other presentations and panel discussions focused on:
- How the Governor could use his executive powers to help the state prevent future wildfires and mass power blackouts;
- How embracing entrepreneurship is one of the most important things California policymakers could do to lift people out of poverty and help more people join the middle class;
- How school choice can help students with special needs; and
- How California’s growing homeless crisis is impacting nearly everyone, especially those living in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento.
Click here to watch a YouTube playlist featuring all of the talks from this year's Sacramento conference.
Below are a few photos from the conference:
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PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes poses with conference keynote speaker, The Hon. Janice Rogers Brown. Click on the photo to watch her speech.
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The Hon. Dan Kolkey, PRI board member and California Reform committee chair, gives a presentation on how the Governor can utilize his executive authority to help the state prevent future wildfires and mass power blackouts. Click on his photo to watch his presentation.
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(l to r) Lorraine Salazar, John Kabateck, and PRI's Damon Dunn speak as part of a panel discussion on how entrepreneurship can help lift people out of poverty and into the middle class. Click on the photo to watch the panel discussion.
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Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI's Center for Education, moderates a panel discussion on how school choice can help serve students with special needs. Click on the photo to watch the panel discussion.
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Members of the audience chat with (l to r) panelists Joseph Tartakovsky, Christopher Rufo, and Kerry Jackson following the panel discussion on homelessness in California. Click on the photo to watch the panel discussion.
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