Zócalo, in partnership with the Berggruen Institute, the Public Policy Institute of California, and the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, held the event "Is This What Direct Democracy Looks Like? With Shirley Weber" on May 11, 2022. The panelists were California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, Public Policy Institute of California president Mark Baldassare, and Initiative & Referendum Institute president John Matsusaka. Moderated by Berggruen Institute co-founder Nathan Gardels.

Initiative & Referendum Institute president John Matsusaka explains the fundamental challenge to direct democracy: how to get the people sufficiently informed.

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