Upcoming political events in the Bay Area.
MONDAY
Climate change and health: The health and social consequences of climate change and how new technologies can mitigate their effects. Panelists include Milana Boukhman Trounce, Stanford emergency medicine department and director of Stanford biosecurity and infectious disease disaster response; Kari Nadeau, professor of pediatrics at Stanford and director of the Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research; aned Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering and of applied physics at Stanford and co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. Free. 4 p.m., Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building at the Hoover Institution, 435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford University. More information is here.
Paying for affordable housing: Fay Darmawi, who has been helping finance community development projects for over 20 years, talks with Bay City Beacon writer Mike Ege about how affordable housing projects can be funded. $5. 6 p.m., SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market St., San Francisco. More information is here.
WEDNESDAY
Covering refugee crises: How politics complicates journalists’ job of covering migrant refugee crises. A discussion with Giovanna Dell’Orto, associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication and affiliated faculty at the Center for German and European Studies and department of political science. $20 for non-World Affairs Council members, $7 for students. 6:30 p.m., 312 Sutter St., Suite 200, San Francisco. More information is here.
THURSDAY
Valerie Jarrett: Former adviser to President Barack Obama discusses her book “Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward,” in a Commonwealth Club event. $35 for nommembers, $10 for students. Noon, Marines Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco. More information is here.
Women’s equality in California: Authors of “Paving the Way: Women’s Struggle for Political Equality in California” talk about their work. Free. 4 p.m., Institute of Governmental Studies library, 109 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley. More information is here.
Women at the Supreme Court: Panel discussion with women litigators who have made more than 50 appearances combined before the U.S. Supreme Court. Free. 6 p.m., UC Berkeley School of Law, Warren Room, 295 Simon Hall, 2745 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. More information is here.
FRIDAY
Trump-Russia hoax: A socialist analysis of the Mueller report and the need to build a movement for social justice. $3-$10. 7 p.m., 2969 Mission St., San Francisco. More information is here.
SUNDAY
Eric Swalwell: East Bay Democratic congressman holds a constituent catch-up meeting. 2 p.m., Dublin High School, 8151 Village Pkwy., Dublin.
APRIL 16
Young women in politics: Political and Proud CA celebrates young women who are leaders in the greater Alameda community. Discussion panels on Effective Organizing and Leadership, moderated “Rad Women” series author Kate Schatz, and on Young Women Paving the Way in Male-Dominated Fields, moderated by Alameda school board President Mia Bonta. Free, registration encouraged. 6:30 p.m., Encinal Junior and Senior High School Student Center, 210 Central Ave., Alameda. More information is here.
Tech’s effect on S.F.: “Silicon City” author Cary McClelland and journalist Kim-Mai Cutler in a conversation about the changes the digital economy has brought to San Francisco. $15. 6 p.m., Manny’s, 3092 16th St., San Francisco. More information is here.
“Charm City”: Screening of a documentary about violence in Baltimore and how a group of police, citizens, community leaders and government officials tried to combat it. Followed by a roundtable discussion. Free. 6:30 p.m., Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave., Oakland. More information is here.
APRIL 17
Sean Spicer: Former press secretary for President Trump talks about media bias and the threat it poses to the U.S. Sponsored by Berkeley…
