November 19: Brown Bag Speakers Forum with Loni Hancock

 

Bring your bag lunch and join us for our monthly Speakers Forum on November 19 at 12:30 p.m. This month’s speaker is California Assemblywoman Loni Hancock. Loni Hancock has had a remarkable public service career, spending more than three decades as a forceful advocate for open government, educational reforms, environmental protections, health care, economic development and social justice. She has served at the local, state and federal levels, including under Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. 

Now serving in her third term as the representative of the 14^th Assembly District, Assemblywoman Hancock chairs the Committee on Natural Resources and is a memberof the Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, where she helped expand health care programs for children, increased funding for foster youth programs and fought cuts in Medi-Cal stipends and proposed cuts to programs for seniors and people with disabilities. 

In addition to issues of the environment, education and health care, Assemblywoman Hancock is strongly committed to campaign finance reform, and she authored AB 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act, to provide full public financing for all statewide races in California.

Assemblywoman Hancock has lived in Berkeley since 1964 and is married to Tom Bates. They have four children and seven grandchildren.

This free drop-in series is a collaboration between the Albany Library and the Albany YMCA.  The Albany Library is located at 1247 Marin Ave. and is a branch of the Alameda County Library. If you have questions, call Julie Winkelstein at (510) 526-3720 ext 17.