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At Castellón & Funderburk LLP, we represent some of the leading, most sustainable corporate and Environmental stewards in the world. Occasionally, our clients disagree with the government’s position or with that of community groups. We fight where the merits are justified (mostly the work of Rubén Castellon my partner of 28 years); we settle where the clients business interests are served by eliminating litigation and we try to align settlements with the interests of the co...mmunity (sometimes Ruben more often me in regulatory disputes). To mitigate risk, we try to monitor groups that may not be in the line of site of chief sustainability officers or the C suite. We develop litigation risk management protocols to cost efficiently address risks in coordination with a deep bench of reputable scientists with known reputations for being intellectually homiest. On stormwater compliance we pioneered flat fee billing of packaged technical, legal and regulatory services 30 years ago. In the climate space, we alerted clients twelve months ago that various activist and education groups were gaining widespread traction in the political middle. One of the direction action groups pulling business enterprises to the political center on climate was Extinction Rebellion. Sure enough, they’ve been a potent force. Our advice: whether on #decarbonization, #stormwater Capture or other organizational compliance, treat environmental costs as investments whether OpEx or CapEx. Align them with key performance indicators in the CFOs office to make durable change. Don’t just do the minimum even if 100% seems economically daunting and unachievable. Don’t just paper your file without action, goals and timelines. Competing in America as a manufacturer is hard but successful companies innovate and use the competitive advantage of cultural dexterity that few others nations have because of their homogeneity.

Thank you Joanne Lipman.

Excellent overview of sustainability in a Post COVID-19 world by Christine Harada from i(x) Investments and Special Guest, Climate Crisis Conversations (Sept. 19, 2019). USC Sol Price School of Public Policy https://youtu.be/Mzt74mQKYDQ

How many times do we get to publicly thank those who helped get us to where we are? My abundant gratitude goes to Ruben, Mel, family, friends, and most of all Mom and Dad for supporting me in fighting for the underdog. Seems like such a long long time ago.... #climateemergemcy #smallbusiness #cambioclimatico #climateadaptation #resourceallocation William Funderburk Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Adivsory to clients: it's not the end of the world, but actions like these require that prudent businesses plan and incorporate dependencies in their project models that modify opex and capex to adapt to #climate impacts.

Don’t get in the way of Mary Nichols, the Queen of Green, as she takes on the titans of the auto industry in the fight to reverse climate change. CARB goes on the offense. State of California Air Resources Board Gavin Newsom California boycotts Trump-aligned automakers in escalating emissions fight https://www.latimes.com//california-emissions-fight-trump-

Is anyone going to UNFCCC COP 25 in Madrid, Spain? I'm a delegate with Climate Action Reserve To connect, PMIs anyone going to UNFCCC COP 25 in Madrid, Spain? I'm a delegate with Climate Action Reserve To connect, PM

I will be moderating a panel for the Los Angeles County Bar Association Environmental Committee tomorrow. If you’re in or near Century City, please come to hear the latest on community air monitoring, forever chemicals like PFOS and PFAS and clean energy policy and climate leadership. Thank you to Symposium Chair for the invitation to support this event.

In an era of disruption and tossing out of traditional norms, this book by former HuffPost columnist and founder of Bipartisan Bridge Bradford Kane is must reading to understand the trends and policies in domestic and foreign affairs. This can also be a helpful Rosetta Stone to impulsive tweets by the President. Mr. Kane nails it. We have been honored to have his input as well at the Climate Crisis Conversations.

Evidence based policymaking and solutions temper overburdening regulation but protect the public from untrammeled market forces. I never fully comprehended this report by the National Climate Assessment. As someone whose parents and grandparents were small business owners (albeit under dehumanizing conditions in some cases), I have fought against efforts to push around the small guy and gal who make up the backbone of the country’s workforce. Climate seemed to distant even t...hough the science behind CO2 and the Keeling Curve seemed sound. Serving the city on the LADWP Board with exemplary corporate fiduciaries was the most satisfying work I’ve committed to in my life. I’m not a climate denier or a climate alarmist. But I do listen to science. I look forward to the day when there’s bipartisan action and just transition to decarbobuze. The NCA report is accessible but not widely publicized. Read it. Then comment. Sobering information in this overlooked 1000 page report from National Climate Assessment. They’re mandated at least every four years. I wonder if the next one will come out in fewer years. https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/d/NCA4_2018_FullReport.pdf #climate #piblichealth #jobs #adaptation #finance #resilience

New CA SB 205 levels the playing field for industrial #stormwater permittees. http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fac/billTextClient.xhtml