The 2008 presidential election has seen an unprecedented surge in the registration of young voters, a group that has often been disengaged from politics. Will young people remain engaged in politics beyond this election cycle? What can be done to encourage young people to stay involved in politics? What difference might it make for the country? Panelists: Mike Connery: Author of Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority he also blogs full-time about progressive youth organizing at Future Majority. Meghan McCain: McCain is a well known blogger and author: thedailybeast.com and mccainblogette.com, she is the daughter of John McCain and experienced first hand the campaign trail during this last election cycle. Randi Zuckerberg: The face of facebook, Randi Zuckerberg is the spokeswoman for Facebook and worked closely with CNN on their integration with Facebook for the inauguration, even serving as a guest anchorwoman for CNN broadcasts from Facebook on the day of the inauguration. ...

Moderator: Isaac Martin, Department of Sociology, UC San Diego John Kirlin, Director, Delta Vision, "Fiscal Constraint and Fiscal Adaptation: Thirty Years' Experience Grappling with Wicked Problems" Jean Ross, Executive Director, California Budget Project, "Proposition 13 Thirty Years Later: What Has It Meant for Governance and Public Services?" Jon Sonstelie, Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barbara, "Proposition 13 and California's Public Schools" Kirk Stark, Professor of Law, UCLA, "Proposition 13 as Fiscal Federalism Reform" ...