September 30 Roundtable Luncheon re California Politics and Recall To Feature Bill Press, Dan Lungren, and Bruce Cain -- Volume 10, Bulletin 27 -- September 25, 2003

The next Golden State Roundtable Luncheon will be held on September 30 and will feature a unique panel of experts -- Bruce Cain, Dan Lungren, and Bill Press -- discussing the Gubernatorial recall effort and the continually changing California political environment. The event will be held Tuesday, September 30, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Eisenhower Lounge at the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street, SE, Washington, DC. There is a charge for the event, as detailed below.

Bill Press is co-anchor (with Pat Buchanan) of "Buchanan and Press", a nightly political show on MSNBC. He served as co-host of CNN's Crossfire from 1996-2002, and he is the winner of four Emmy awards. Previously, Press was chair of the California Democratic Party, and he served as a top aide to Governor Jerry Brown. Now a partner with the law firm of Venable LLP in Washington, DC, Dan Lungren served as a Member of Congress from 1979-1989 and as California's Attorney General from 1991-1999. He was the Republican nominee for Governor in 1998. Early in his career, Lungren served as a U.S. Senate staff member and an attorney in Southern California, after attending both Georgetown and USC Law Schools. Bruce Cain is Robson Professor of Political Science at the University of California Berkeley, serves as Director of Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies and is a frequent contributor in the state's political media. After studying as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard, Cain taught at Caltech for 13 years.

Lunch cost is $30 for California State Society members and Congressional/federal staff, $35 for non-CSS members, and complimentary for members of the California Congressional Delegation. Companies and others are encouraged to buy tables of 8 for $240.

Seating is limited. To attend, send email to castatesociety@yahoo.com , or call 202-997-0274. Checks, payable to the California State Society, may be mailed in advance to California State Society, 419 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20003. Please note -- anyone who RSVPs for the lunch and is unable to attend will still be billed for the full cost of the lunch. Golden State Roundtable lunches, sponsored by the California State Society, provide an opportunity to hear about issues and policies affecting California from prominent business leaders, policymakers, journalists, and academicians.

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