Planning and Conservation League - 2007 Symposium: Driving Directions

2007 Symposium Proceedings

On Saturday, April 14, 2007 the Planning and Conservation League (PCL) and PCL Foundation hosted an Environmental Legislative Symposium. This annual event brought together over 230 activists, business leaders, policy and decision makers, environmental non-profits and attorneys.

In order to continue to provide you with current and relevant information on the environment the following Symposium Proceedings has been made available via the PCL website. PCL staff members look forward to working you to solve some of our most critical environmental problems legislatively and otherwise!

PDF files of Power Point presentations and handout are linked below for download.

8:45 – 9:15 Morning Keynote	Peter Douglas, California Coastal Commission Keynote Speech (27K PDF file)
9:30 – 11:30 Policy Panels	RECENT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PRACTICE (MCLE)
	Jan Chatten-Brown, PCL Board of Directors Ellison Folk, Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger Jim Moose, Remy, Thomas, Moose and Manly Handout – Recommendations by the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) on how to Analyze Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Climate Change in CEQA Documents (103K PDF file)
	APPROACHING A BOILING POINT: SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING
	Tim Warman (1.98MB PDF file) Rafael Aguilera – Global Warming at the Grassroots Level Pastor Thompson – Moral Dimensions to Climate Change Mike DeAngelis – Renewable Energy: A Prime Response to Climate Change (1.62MB PDF file) Jasmin Ansar – Climate Smart and Other PG&E Initiatives to Address Global Warming (1.23MB PDF file)
	*SOLVING CALIFORNIA'S LAND USE PUZZLE*
	Steve Frisch - Improving Land Use Planning David Mogavero (3.62 MB PDF file) Dawn Weisz - Marin County’s General Plan Handout - Input on Strategies to Reduce Global Warming Emissions (16K PDF file)
	TAKING OUR COMMUNITY TEMPERATURE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE
	Dwight Acey – Citizens Against the Dump Expansion (1.48MB PDF file) Debbie Davis – Environmental Justice and Water Policy in California (1.23MB PDF file) Caleen Sisk-Franco – The Earth is Our Mother: A Tribal Perspective on our Responsibility to the Water and the Environment Sandra Meraz – What’s in Your Water?
	MAKING STRATEGIC WATER INVESTMENTS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
	Martha Davis – Integrated Water Planning in the Chino Basin David Owen – Climate Change, CEQA, and Water Supply Otis Wollan - The WEAP Climate Change Model
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch and Keynote	Congressman Jerry McNerney Senator Dianne Feinstein Senator Barbara Boxer
1:00 – 2:30 “How To…” Workshops	ENFORCE LEGAL RIGHTS AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER CALIFORNIA'S "GOVERNMENT-IN-THE-SUNSHINE" LAWS (MCLE) (171K PDF file)
	Thomas Curry Rick Frank Charity Kenyon Terry Francke
	NAVIGATE CALIFORNIA’S CAPITOL CORRIDOR
	Tina Andolina Chuck Mills
	MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE MEDIA (2.44MB PDF file)
	Eric Antebi
	WORK FOR SMART GROWTH INITIATIVES AT THE BALLOT BOX (1.01MB PDF file)
	Cliff Staton
	ORGANIZE A WINNING LAND USE CAMPAIGN (1.40MB PDF file)
	Autumn Bernstein
2:45 – 4:15 “How To…” Workshops	COLLECT ATTORNEY’S FEES IN CALIFORNIA: WHAT EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY SHOULD KNOW (MCLE)
	Tamara Galanter Richard Pearl Handouts: Petitioner’s Reply and Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Reasonable Attorneys’ Fees and Costs July 1, 2004 (2.11MB PDF file) Petitioner’s Reply and Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Reasonable Attorneys’ Fees and Costs April 23, 2004 (1.52MB PDF file) Order Awarding Attorney Fees September 24, 2004 (1.02MB PDF file) Decision and Award on Attorneys’ Fees Claim April 8, 2004 (1.30MB PDF file) Court of Appeal of California May 6, 2006 (58K PDF file) Declaration of Tamara S. Galanter in Support of Petitioner East Bay Regional Parks District’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses June 7, 2006 (3.83MB PDF file) Declaration of Richard Toshiyuki in Support of Petitioner East Bay Regional Parks District’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses June 7, 2006 (498K PDF file)
	MAKE CEQA WORK FOR YOU (498K PDF file)
	Mark Wolfe
	*ENGAGE, TARGET, AND WIN YOUR FIGHT: THE POWER OF EFFECTIVE MESSAGING* (1.29MB PDF file)
	Catherine Lew, Lew-Edwards Group
	ORGANIZE THE COMMUNITY 101
	Jane Williams
	RUN A SUCCESSFUL REFERENDUM
	Bill Yeates Handout: Running a Successful Referendum (227K PDF file)
5:30 – 7:30 Awards Banquet and Evening Keynote Awards Ceremony	Secretary Linda Adams Awards Presentations (227K PDF file)

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