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Saving Public Transit: Strategies for an Era of Shrinking Budgets (November 2, 2012)

Part I:

Public transit in California and the nation—including the shuttles, buses, and passenger rail that serve our communities—has been b​attered by recession and dwindling public sector budgets. At the same time, ridership in many areas has spiked. This conference highlighted the challenges facing transit and explored solutions to overcome them and develop a world-class transit system.

Part 1 featured speakers:

  • Welcome by Cara Horowitz​, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Executive Director, UCLA Law Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment
  • Keynote by Art Leahy, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles Metro
  • Panel on the "Future of Transit Finance," moderated by Steve Weissman, Energy Director for the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment at the UC Berkeley School of Law​

Panelists included:

  • Scott Bernstein, President and Co-Founder, Center for Neighborhood Technology
  • Stuart Cohen, Executive Director, TransForm
  • Annie Nam, Manager of Goods Movement and Transportation Finance, Southern California Association of Governments


Part II: 


Part 2 featured speakers:

Panel on "Improving Transit and Land Use," moderated by Ethan Elkind, Bank of America Climate Policy Associate at the UC Berkeley / UCLA Schools of Law​

Panelists included:

  • Amanda Eaken, Sustainable Communities Deputy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Dan Rosenfeld, Senior Deputy, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
  • Mott Smith, Civic Enterprises Associates & California Infill Builders Association

Panel on "Technology and Transit," moderated by Sean Hecht​, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Center at the UCLA School of Law​

Panelists included:

  • Laura Stuchinsky, Sustainability Officer, City of San Jose Department of Transportation
  • Jason Conley, Director of Government Relations, Avego.com
  • Steve Gutmann, Director of Business Development, Getaround

Conclusion by Ethan Elkind

 

 

Washington DC Policy Briefing on Electric Vehicles (September 2012)

Please click here for a video of a Capitol Hill lunch briefing (for the September 10, 2012 release of the Electric Drive by '25 report)

Featured Speakers:  

  • Jay Friedland, Plug In America
  • Colleen Quinn, Coulomb Technologies
  • Tracy Woodard, Nissan

Local, Clean, and Green Conference at U.C. Berkeley (December 2011)

LOCAL, CLEAN, AND GREEN:
Innovative Climate Policies for California’s Local Governments

Conference held at UC Berkeley - December 2, 2011

California's cities and counties can grow local green jobs while promoting initiatives that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The UC Berkeley and UCLA Schools of Law presented a free public conference at UC Berkeley, where some of the state's top policy, business, and environmental leaders reported on promising ways to address climate change and clear the path to a local clean energy future.

Conference Simulcast Videos

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5


Conference PowerPoints

Planning Infill: How to Encourage Sustainable Land Use
Meea Kang, President, California Infill Builders Association & Principal, Domus Development
Jeremy Madsen, Executive Director, Greenbelt Alliance

All Aboard: How to Finance Public Transit Improvements
Steve Kinsey, Supervisor, Marin County
Jessica Zenk, Transportation Policy Director, Silicon Valley Leadership

Saving Energy: Local Policies to Promote Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Annie Henderson, Program Director, Renewable Funding
Virginia Johnson, Executive Director, Ecology Action (Joint Presentation)

Local Clean Energy: Siting Renewables in Our Backyard
Susan Munves, Energy and Green Building Programs Administrator, City of Santa Monica
Seth Israel, Vice President, Site Acquisitions and Permitting, Recurrent Energy


Sacramento Lunch Discussion on Renewable Energy (May 2011)

 

 

Getting to 33%: Policies to Help California Meet the 2020 Renewable Portfolio Standard

Watch this video to see a lunchtime presentation in Sacramento, California, on the future of renewable energy in California.

The event took place on May 23, 2011 and featured a keynote address by Ken Alex, Senior Advisor to Governor Brown and Director, Office of Planning and Research. In addition, a panel presentation included:

  • Obadiah Bartholomy, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
  • Joe Desmond, Ice Energy (now with BrightSource Energy); former California Energy Commission chair
  • Manal Yamout, Special Advisor to Governor Brown on Renewable Energy (now with NextEra Energy Resources)

Video Duration: 1:23:35

For more information about these workshops, please contact Climate Policy Associate Ethan Elkind at eelkind@law.berkeley.edu