RSVP now to our 2025 symposium exploring promising strategies to reduce car and truck pollution in the second Trump administration.  

There’s no going back. Federal climate policies face deep uncertainty, but California remains committed to cutting air pollution and climate emissions from transportation and is obligated to do so by statutes like the Clean Air Act. States and localities are once again at the forefront of transportation and electric vehicle strategies. California has unique authority to create more ambitious motor vehicle emissions standards than the federal government, but even those powers are under attack. Given all this, what are the most promising — and durable — state and local strategies to focus on?   

This all-day symposium will explore a range of creative approaches available to cities, counties, and states to cut pollution from cars, trucks, and other transportation sources in light of threats to tailpipe emission standards. We’ll also examine ways to ensure that the transition to cleaner vehicles benefits disadvantaged communities.  

California Attorney General Rob Bonta will be this year’s lunchtime keynote speaker. UCLA School of Law's Ann Carlson, former Acting Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will give opening plenary remarks.

Panelists and moderators include Madeline Brozen, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs; Alfonso Directo, Jr., Alliance for Community Transit – Los Angeles; Jessi Hafer Fierro, California Air Resources Board; Brian Goldman, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom; Joe Lyou, Coalition for Clean Air; Brennon Mendez, UCLA Law; Adriano Martinez, Earthjustice; Bryn Moncelsi, Climate Resolve; Alex Nieves, Politico; Craig Segall, Craig Segall Consulting LLC and formerly of Evergreen Action; Amy Turner, Columbia Law School.  

Three panel discussions: 

1. Powering cars more cleanly and efficiently: Where do we stand?  
2. Place-based approaches to transforming fleets: The Role of Indirect Source Rules and ZEV-only zones   
3. Transportation for all: Promising strategies for boosting public transit  

This day-long event at the UCLA School of Law is free and open to the public. UCLA School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This event is approved for 3.75 hours of MCLE credit total.