California Environmental Law & Policy Center

Thursday September 17, 2020 -Noon to One - Grab some Lunch and Zoom in to hear SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera give his talk "Impact Litigation to Protect the Environment, Public Health & Civil Rights: The View From the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office" https://ucdavislaw.zoom.us/j/93953857395

Suma Peesapati, Assistant General Counsel for Enforcement, CalEPA & Guest Professor for Environmental Justice at King Hall ~~ Centering Racial Equity in Environmental Law Enforcement~~ We hope you can Zoom in and join us September 10th 12pm-1pm Register in advance for this meeting:... https://ucdavislaw.zoom.us//tJEqf-uopjotEtyLSKVJdwKTdIBKAn

Reminder- Please wear a face mask in King Hall. Thank you. Roadmap to Recovery - For more information - https://www.yolocounty.org//novel-coro/roadmap-to-recovery

Film about the Sacramento River featuring Professor Börk to screen online May 14th, 7pm Get your FREE tickets here-https://yubariver.salsalabs.org/fanfaves/index.html

News Posted on May 11, 2020 Prize for student-authored environmental law paper goes to Marissa Fuentes '20 UC Davis Law’s environmental law faculty selected Marissa Fuentes ’20 as the recipient of the 2020 Doremus/Anthon Environmental Law Writing Prize for her paper Rising Sea Levels Will Become California’s Greatest Land Use Challenge. The paper contends that the California government should take a more active role in local land-use policy in response to the looming threat... of sea level rise, and explores the feasibility of adopting coastal land-use management techniques used by other nations. Fuentes will be recognized formally at the Environmental Law Certificate ceremony, which will take place at the time of the postponed commencement ceremony for the 2020 class. The $400 Doremus/Anthon prize is awarded annually for the student-authored paper that makes the most significant scholarly contribution based on originality of thought, importance and difficulty of topic, depth of research, and quality of writing and analysis.

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Please join CELPC tomorrow 2-26 as we welcome Jennifer Hernandez from Holland & Knight as she discusses: Civil Rights, CEQA and Climate Change - Noon to One Room 1002 King Hall

Professor of Environmental Practice Rick Frank spoke to NBC Bay Area for a story about current Bay Area construction projects in areas that scientific computer models predict will be surrounded by water in 30 years

"We can choose to be affected by the world, or we can choose to affect the world." ~ Heidi Wills

CEQA at 50: Assessing the History & Charting the Future of the California Environmental Quality Act Friday, April 17, 2020 You can register here- https://law.ucdavis.edu/news/event.aspx?id=8082

Another Great Lineup of Guest Speakers for the Spring.