Housing and the cost of living
Rent, first-time homebuying, housing supply, repairs, and the pressures facing working households.
EVENTS AND LIVESTREAMS
Community conversations, beginning in Southern California.
Community discussions and outreach begin in Southern California. This page is the place for confirmed dates, participation details, and event changes.
Dates, venues, online links, registration requirements, and accessibility details will appear here when an event is agreed. Please do not travel or make arrangements based on an invitation that has not been confirmed.
Rent, first-time homebuying, housing supply, repairs, and the pressures facing working households.
Affordability, appointment delays, diagnosis, staffing, and what a national coverage proposal needs to deliver.
Wages, training, public education, small businesses, and the practical barriers to getting ahead.
These are suggested discussion topics, not scheduled events. Community groups can suggest a different issue or format.
Start with your city and the kind of conversation you want to host. A neighborhood group, student organization, workplace group, community venue, or local interviewer can suggest an invitation.
Use the event invitation checklist below to organize the dates, format, venue, access needs, recording plans, and reply contact. The preparation guide explains how to turn those details into a focused discussion. Send the invitation through Get Involved; a booking requires separate confirmation.
Suggest a Southern California event →Format, availability, length, and recording arrangements are agreed individually. No venue partnership or appearance is implied by this list.
Each listing should make it easy to decide whether and how to attend: date and local time, city and address or online format, registration or admission details, accessibility information, and a contact route for questions.
Changes and cancellations belong with the affected listing. Check the confirmed details before leaving. A public listing should not expose a private home address or an individual’s personal contact information.
Southern California is the initial outreach focus. You can still suggest an online discussion or send an invitation from elsewhere. Sending an invitation does not confirm travel, a venue, or an appearance.
Send an invitation → · Read campaign updates →These guides describe how a future conversation could be organized. They are not announcements of scheduled gatherings, agreed appearances, or venue partnerships.
Bring a clear purpose and one practical outcome: a better understanding of a proposal, a list of local obstacles, or questions that need a researched answer. Explain who would moderate, how audience questions would be selected, whether attendance is public, and who controls any recording. A focused discussion is easier to prepare than an open-ended request to cover every issue.
Ask about access before selecting a venue. Include step-free entry, seating, sound, captions for an online format, and the route for accommodation questions. Requirements and availability must be agreed with the organizer.
Use questions that can be answered specifically. Identify the proposal, describe the concern, and ask which decision or evidence would resolve it. Make room for disagreement without treating a personal story as a complete national dataset. Avoid asking participants to disclose medical, financial, or immigration records in public.
If an answer is not available, record the question as unresolved. Distinguish a suggestion made in the room from a change adopted by the campaign.
A useful recap separates the topics discussed, public resources mentioned, unanswered questions, and any next step actually agreed. Confirm permission before publishing someone’s name, image, or personal story. A proposed follow-up is different from a confirmed second event.
If a published recap gets a fact wrong, send the exact wording and the correction through Get Involved. Include a recording timestamp or public source when available.
Use the affected event’s confirmed information as the reference point. A replacement date, venue, or online link needs fresh confirmation. Organizers should make clear who will notify attendees and where the current details will appear. Until an event is agreed, this page’s suggested formats should not be used as travel or booking information.
This is a suggested format for an invitation, not a scheduled event. The organizer and Ethan would need to agree the topic, timing, access arrangements, recording, and moderation before announcing anything.
A smaller gathering might focus on one question; an online discussion may need additional time for access and technical checks. The format should serve the conversation rather than require every group to follow the same script.
Use this outline when suggesting a discussion. It is a preparation aid, not a booking or an invitation to an already scheduled event. Leave uncertain details marked “to confirm.”
Describe the purpose, audience, suggested dates and time zone, location or online format, approximate attendance, accessibility needs, and who would handle logistics. Identify any cost or recording request before commitments are made.
A useful recap would separate what participants raised from what the campaign agreed to do. Note unanswered questions and any agreed follow-up. Obtain permission before identifying attendees or publishing their stories, images, or contact details.
Download the event brief (TXT)
PROPOSED EVENT BRIEF — NOT A CONFIRMED BOOKING
Purpose and discussion topic:
Organizer / reply contact:
Suggested dates, time zone, and duration:
Venue or online format (to confirm):
Expected audience and approximate size:
Access needs / step-free access / captions:
Costs and responsible party:
Recording or photography request:
Questions to discuss:
Confirmation still needed:
AFTER-EVENT NOTE
Date and format:
Main issues raised (no private attendee details):
Questions answered / left open:
Agreed next step, owner, and timing:
Permission for any public quotation or image:
SAMPLE DISCUSSION PLAN — NO EVENT, VENUE, OR APPEARANCE IS CONFIRMED
Purpose: Gather focused questions about housing affordability for later policy review.
0–5 minutes: Welcome, explain the purpose and agreed recording arrangements, and identify how people can request access assistance.
5–15 minutes: Introduce one published proposal and the decisions it leaves open. Provide the page link so participants can read the full context.
15–40 minutes: Moderated questions. Use a queue or agreed submission method. Ask each participant to identify one issue; allow differing views without requiring disclosure of private records.
40–55 minutes: Responses and clarification. Separate an answer supported by the published plan from a question requiring research. The moderator should not treat a suggestion as an adopted campaign position.
55–60 minutes: Recap unanswered questions and any next step actually agreed. Give the official page where a confirmed follow-up would appear.
PREPARATION CHECK
Before announcing anything, confirm the date and time zone, organizer, location or online format, costs, capacity, cancellation route, step-free access where relevant, seating, sound, and captions or other agreed access arrangements. Ask about access needs without collecting medical details.
SAMPLE RECAP — FICTIONAL
Main issue raised: How would repairs avoid displacing existing tenants?
Answer available: The housing proposal discusses preservation and affordability conditions.
Question left open: The detailed temporary-relocation process has not been established.
Next step: Only record a research task, responsible person, or response date if someone actually agrees to it. This sample assigns no work and promises no response date.
Publication check: Remove attendee contact details. Confirm permission for names, quotations, photographs, and recordings before publication.
The following is an organizer’s planning guide for a possible event. It adds logistics to the invitation brief above; no appearance, service, funding, or venue arrangement is confirmed by these examples.
Before confirmation, identify who can authorize use of the venue, who will open and close it, and who will handle capacity, seating, sound, and directions. Record a primary logistics contact and a backup rather than assuming the moderator will manage every problem.
A short setup plan can include arrival and departure windows, microphone placement, a quiet place to discuss access needs, and a route that remains clear for entry and exit. Ask the venue about its own safety and operating requirements before announcing the format.
Choose how questions will be received: a visible queue, written cards, an agreed online tool, or a combination. Explain time limits and follow-ups at the beginning. A moderator can group duplicate questions while preserving a substantive disagreement instead of turning the discussion into repeated speeches.
Offer a way to contribute without speaking publicly where the agreed format permits. Do not make sharing a personal medical or financial story a condition of asking a policy question. Separate a request for a private follow-up from material intended for a public recap.
Agree who hosts, admits participants, manages sound, and handles disruptive access. Test the joining instructions, captions or other agreed accommodations, and the backup contact route before sharing a confirmed link. Do not publish host credentials or meeting controls.
Decide what happens if the connection fails: pause, reconnect, continue without video, or reschedule. The organizer and participants should know where an actual change will be announced. A recording should never be promised unless permission, technical capability, and publication arrangements have been agreed.
If registration is needed, explain why the information is requested and who manages it. Do not ask for identification documents or details about how someone intends to vote as a routine part of an invitation. Keep access requests out of a publicly shared attendance list.
Agree whether photographs will be taken and how someone can raise a concern about being pictured. Attendance alone should not be described as an endorsement, membership, or permission to publish someone’s story. A venue booking likewise does not establish that its owner supports the campaign.
The final recap can name the question discussed, the source that answered it, and the point still requiring work. If no follow-up owner or date was agreed, leave it unassigned rather than filling the gap with an implied promise.
For a future follow-up invitation, explain what is new: a response to an unresolved question, a revised proposal, or another confirmed discussion. Repeating an earlier gathering’s promotional language is less useful than showing what the next conversation will address. Use Get Involved to propose the next step.
