Summary: Willie Brown, Former Mayor, San Francisco; Former Speaker, California State Assembly Former San Francisco Mayor Brown gives his annual lecture on national and regional political trends. A two-term mayor of San Francisco, powerful speaker of the California State Assembly and widely regarded as one of the most influential African-American politicians of the late 20th century, Brown has been at the center of California politics, government and civic life for an astonishing four decades. Most recently, a myriad of celebrities gathered to celebrate the naming of the western portion of the Bay Bridge in his honor. This program was recorded at The Commonwealth Club of California on May 8, 2014
