Please join the Environmental Law Society for lunch and an exciting panel on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and urban development with experts from the field! One of the most effective ways that cities can minimize carbon emissions and improve local environmental conditions is by increasing housing density and shifting to public transit. CEQA is key to meeting this challenge because of its provisions addressing infill development, transit projects, and more.
State legislators, academics, and organizations have advanced ideas to improve CEQA's permitting process to encourage dense housing plans while reducing harmful environmental impacts from urban projects. This panel will explore how cities can address their climate adaptation and mitigation goals using CEQA and other housing policies, as viewed from development, environmental justice, and academic perspectives.
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Speakers include:
Sean Hecht, former UCLA Law professor and current managing attorney of Earthjustice's California Regional office
Jen Ganata, environmental and housing attorney with Communities for a Better Environment
Brian Garcia, Visiting Scholar at the UCLA Department of Urban Planning
Jonathan Zasloff, UCLA Law professor of land use, environmental law, and more
Since 1986, the Melville B. Nimmer lecture series has served as a forum for leading scholars in the fields of Copyright and First Amendment Law. This year's topic will be on fair use defenses in disruptive technology cases, presented by Professor Pamela Samuelson.
November 16, 2023, 6:00PM | Room 1430 (UCLA School of Law) and Live Stream
Event Recording: https://uclalaw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=71146ce3-406b-4ee0-b687-b092012d424f
UCLA School of Law is a State Bar
of California approved MCLE provider. This session is approved for 1
hour of general MCLE credit.
MCLE readings
Contact Us For Questions: ziffreninstitute@law.ucla.edu
Overheated: What to watch for, and ignore, at the UN climate talks
This event is on Zoom. Register here.
We will be streaming the event live for UCLA law students/staff/faculty in room 1457. Register here
At the end of November, climate scientists, negotiators, policymakers, and lobbyists will converge in Dubai as the United Arab Emirates hosts the latest United Nations-sponsored climate talks. The climate talks, known by the acronym COP28, come at a crucial time in the effort to reduce planet-warming emissions.
A delegation from the UCLA Emmett Institute will also be in Dubai to participate in events and engage in dialogue with environmental law colleagues from around the world.
Join four of our faculty experts, including several who will be on the ground in Dubai, for a panel discussion that previews the top challenges and opportunities for international negotiation, including fossil fuel phase-out, methane regulation, and the risks of climate overshoot. The conference has already faced criticism thanks to the host country’s status as a major oil producer. We’ll hear how that dynamic could affect the outcome of the talks.
Mary Nichols, Distinguished Counsel
Ted Parson, Faculty Director
Alex Wang, Faculty Co-Director
Moderated by Cara Horowitz, Executive Director
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that addresses inequities in California’s complicated groundwater adjudication process.
Assembly Bill 779 by Assemblymember Lori Wilson aims to level the playing field for small water users and disadvantaged communities. It’s one of the only bills passed this legislative session focused on improving California’s management of groundwater.
A state bill that aims to address inequities in groundwater adjudications is sitting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature.
Adrianne Davies, Owen McAleer and Gabi Rosenfeld are 3L UCLA Law students who worked on Assembly Bill 779 by Assemblymember Lori Wilson. The bill was also recently highlighted by the Los Angeles Times.
The threat of flooding and erosion is increasing throughout the United States as a warming atmosphere makes precipitation events more extreme and contributes to sea level rise. This Pritzker Brief examines California’s existing real estate disclosure practices and suggests mechanisms to improve them to account for the accelerating risk of sea level rise, or SLR.
Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic Director Cara Horowitz and Shapiro Fellow Ruthie Lazenby submitted an amicus curiae letter in support of a petition to review the Court of Appeal’s decision in Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. State Water Resources Control Board.