PCL - 2010 Symposium: Proceedings

2010 Symposium Proceedings


	Curt Johansen (photo credit Aaron Guzman)

On Saturday, January 30, 2010 the Planning and Conservation League (PCL) and PCL Foundation hosted an Environmental Legislative Symposium. This annual event brought together over 300 activists, business leaders, policy and decision makers, students, 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 develop innovative solutions to some of our most pressing environmental issues.

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

2010 Symposium Program (1.98M PDF file)

Saturday, January 30, 2010
8:15 – 9:00	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15	Introduction
9:15 – 9:45	Keynote: Senator Alan Lowenthal
9:45 – 10:00	Break
10:00 – 11:15	Session 1
		The Pros and Cons of Desalination (MCLE/CM)
		Marco Gonzalez, Coast Law Group (940 KB PDF File) Steve Kasower, SEA Company Handout: Desalination: Not All Bad, Not All Good (237K PDF File) Kevin Wattier, Long Beach Water Department (1.29 MB PDF File) Handout: National Seawater Desalination Research and Development Project Long Beach, California (2.47M PDF File)
		Planning for the Effects of Global Warming (CM)
		Kurt Malchow, Dept. of Natural Resources (350K PDF File) Sydney Coatsworth, Ascent Environmental Inc. (2.3M PDF File) Dr. Shankar Prasad, Coalition for Clean Air (37K PDF File) Handout: Assembly Bill 1405 (705KK PDF File)
		Transition Towns: Global Issues and Grassroots Solutions (CM)
		Ken Smokoska, The Green Job Corps (54 K PDF File) Scott McKeown, Transition Sebastopol (2.6M PDF File) Mayor Reinette Senum, Nevada City
		Delta: The Next Generation (CM)
		Charlotte Hodde, The Planning and Conservation League Tim Brick, Metropolitan Water District (3.55M PDF File) Senator Lois Wolk, California Legislature
		How To… Develop a Winning Communications Plan
		Mary Gutierrez, SEIU (78 KB PDF File) Handout 1: Strategic Communications Planning (3.85M PDF File) Handout 2: Developing Relationships with Reporters (1.4M PDF File) Handout 3: News Releases (1.7M PDF File)
11:15 – 1:15	Lunch and Awards Ceremony (2M PDF File)
1:15 - 1:30	Break
1:30 - 2:45	Session 2
		Protecting Wildlife in an Uncertain Climate (MCLE/CM)
		Brian Nowicki, Center for Biological Diversity Dr. Cary Lowe, Attorney at Law Handout 1: CA Government Code, Section 66030-66035 (27K PDF File) Handout 2: The Escalation of Unmanaged Land Use and Environmental Conflicts (2.46M PDF File) Handout 3: Mediating Land Use Disputes – Pros and Cons (Login Required) Dr. Holly Doremus, University of California, Berkeley (639K PDF File)
		Funding Watershed and Conservation Efforts in a New Era (CM)
		Bettina Redway, California State Treasurer’s Office (264K PDF File) Izzy Martin, The Sierra Fund (3.74M PDF File) Traci Verardo-Torres, California State Parks Foundation (377K PDF File)
		From Seedling to Spruce: Growing Green Jobs (CM)
		Authur Haubenstock, BrightSource Energy (2.95M PDF File) Rafael Aguilera, The Verde Group Tim Rainey, California Labor Federation (155K PDF File)
		How to… Find Common Ground
		Carol Witham, California Native Plant Society (2.55M PDF File) Susan Sherry, Center for Collaborative Policy (304K PDF File)
		How to... Reach the Future Today: Engaging Youth in the Environmental Movement
		Miguel Luna, Urban Semillas (7.98M PDF File)
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 – 4:15	Session 3
		Who is Minding the Grocery Store? A Dialogue About Central Valley Land Use (MCLE)
		Mike McKeever, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (5.89M PDF File) Handout: Blueprint Then\|Now\|Next (981K PDF File) Alvin Sokolow, University of California, Davis Handout 1: Optional Policies and Tools for Farmland and Open Space Protection in California (199K PDF File) Handout 2: Major Agricultural Easement Programs in California (190KX PDF File) Handout 3: Top Agricultural Easement Programs in the U.S. with Cropland Emphasis, as of 2008 (561K PDF File) Eric Parfrey, The Sierra Club (1.2 MB PDF File)
		Strengthening Land and Sea Connections: New Strategies for Coastal and Marine Resource Protection
		Doug George, Ocean Protection Council (580K PDF File) Ximena Waissbluth, Surfrider (4.07M PDF File) Shivaji Deshmukh, Orange County Water District (1.3M PDF File) Handout: Groundwater Replenishment Sytem (832K PDF File)
		Water Justice (CM)
		Debbie Davis, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water Handout 1: About the California Water Summit (534K PDF File) Handout 2: California Water Policy Recommendations (1.09M PDF File) Conner Everts, Southern California Watershed Alliance Rev. Lindi Ramsden, Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, CA Video: Right to Water
Canceled		How To… Navigate the Social Media Landscape: Picking the Right Tools
		Apollo Gonzales, Natural Resources Defense Council
		How to… Create a Transit Oriented Development
		Steve Lawton, City of Hercules (8.26M PDF File) Jeff Hobson, Transform (2.1M PDF File) Handout: Building Great Communities in the Bay Area and Beyond (1.02M PDF File)
4:15 – 4:30	Break
4:30 - 5:00	Afternoon Keynote: Curt Johansen, Triad Communities LP (2.88M PDF File)
	Closing
5:00 - 6:00	Cocktail hour

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