Antonio Villaraigosa kicks off School of Social Ecology's speaker series on Oct. 16
EVENT: Antonio Villaraigosa, former Los Angeles mayor and state Assembly speaker, is the first candidate for governor to participate in the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology’s “Conversations for California’s Future” series featuring gubernatorial candidates and leaders. School of Social Ecology Dean Jon Gould will converse with Villaraigosa for this inaugural event.
WHEN/WHERE: 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in the Crystal Cove Auditorium of the UC Irvine Student Center, 311 W. Peltason Drive (bldg. 113, grid D5 on this campus map: https://web.communications.uci.edu/assets/email/dfa-tds/TDS-Website/maps/Main_UCIrvine-Map.pdf)
INFORMATION: The event is free and open to the public. Please register here: https://socialecology.uci.edu/event/conversations-californias-future. Parking is located in the Student Center Parking Structure (SCPS, grid D5 on campus map). Community members can prepurchase $16 parking passes at https://apps.parking.uci.edu/parkbyplate/s/purchase.cfm? using code FIRESIDE@UCI. Media planning to attend should contact Cara Capuano at 949-501-9192 or ccapuano@uci.edu; she will arrange complimentary parking. For advance interviews, media should contact Mimi Ko Cruz at 714-932-8589 or mkcruz@uci.edu.
BACKGROUND: Antonio Villaraigosa has worked with Democrats and Republicans to balance state budgets, investing in schools and public safety and providing tax relief for Californians while creating a $13 billion budget surplus to prevent reductions in vital services. As the 41st mayor of Los Angeles, he presided over a historic expansion of public transportation, building more light-rail than any other city in America. Villaraigosa decreased violent crime by 48 percent, turned around failing schools, and led the city’s economic recovery from recession. He also delivered billions in federal investment and hundreds of thousands of jobs as head of America Fast Forward for the Southland.
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