Speakaries question, you can do so in either the chat or Comment Section of the live stream youre watching. The Commonwealth Club has suspended in person event but to keep you informed were going full speed ahead with a full sleighed slate of live online program. Mose conversations are free to the public so we ask you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us out Commonwealth Club. Org something or text donate to 415 3294231 during this program. You can find this information in the description becomes. Now, please join me in we canning shawnking and jane kim. I served as a supervisors here in the city and county of San Francisco, and most recently as the california and National Regional mit political director for sanders 202. And im mealed to be here today. Im so excited, shaun, what an incredible feat. Congratulations on writing your first book. Thank you. Only there are not too many things that scare me more than writing a book. And so i would love t
The chat on the lights in your watching. The common with clovis tempora suspended in personal events but to keep you informed during this pandemic we were going full sd ahead with a full slate of live online programs. Most of these conversations are currently free to the public so we ask that you consider donating to the club to help us continue our work. Please visit us at commonwealthclub. Org online tool and more and you can also text the word donate to 415 3294231 drink this program. You can find this information in the description box below. Now please join in welcoming shaun king and jane kim. Welcome to todays Virtual Program with inforum and the come with club. My name is jane kim. I serve as supervisor here in the city of San Francisco and most recently as the california and National Regional political director for bernie 2020 2020si got to work very close with shawn campaigning for senator sanders. And really pleased be here today. So excited. What an incredible feat. Congrat
My story about being born lower, middle class in akron, ohio. During the military at 17 years old to get a chance to see the world, to do a lot of Different Things. It is the journey about serving in the army in the era but also deploying to iraq, deployed overseas. And how i basically learned to love america. And then came out as conservative in order to help save it. That is what always a soldier is all about. He got the military memoir aspect of it, meet crushing it through basic training, me getting to know 70 different types of people that i had never been exposed to before. And then i get out of the military, i was a leftist for a few years in new york city. That it couple of years ago i came out as a conservative and got a lot of blowback about tha that. It is all about loving American Fighting for america as a republican that i am now. Host usurper five years the u. S. Army including two tours in the middle east. During iraqi freedom your awarded the Army Commendation medal and
A mix of excitement and reluctance of support in the bay area for oakland native Kamala Harris, joe bidens pick for Vice President. The game plan just changed in san jose for teachers at the last minute. And a homicide here. Ill tell you what we know. A stretch of toasty triple digit days ahead. Ill have more on the heat coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a historic decision. Joe biden choosing bay area native and california senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. If elected, harris would be the first woman Vice President and the first black or Indian American candidate. Biden tweeted the news saying, i have the great honor to announce that ive picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest public servants. And harris tweeting in response, im honored to join him as our partys nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our comm
Kamala Harris Actually began her career at the Alameda County d. A. s office and elected San Francisco District Attorney. So for better or for worse, people here in the bay area know her policy, style, and work very well. Oakland native senator Kamala Harris is stirring up mixed emotions across the bay area after locking down her position as joe bidens running mate. I talked to my mom tonight. Reporter Christine Pelosi is chair of the democratic chair house caucus. Her mother is nancy pelosi. We talked about how great it was for the country. Reporter pelosi and harris met as law students. Ive seen her grow and develop over the years, but also taking that same approach of trying to mentor young women, trying to lift up other people. I know its a lot of controversy around kamala, especially with her as the d. A. Of San Francisco. Reporter Felicia Jones is the founder of the justice for mario woods foundation, who was shot and killed by San Francisco Police Officers in 2015. We attempted