Conference to Explore Smart Growth Solutions for California; Key Panels to Deal with Legal and Planning Aspects of Smart Growth Implementation.Business Editors BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 The impact of California's continuing housing shortage, expected population growth and aging infrastructure continues to prompt debate and a search for solutions among policy-makers, legislators and business leaders. A conference on Friday and Saturday, March 21-22, 2003, titled "Smart Growth: Whither whith·er adv. To what place, result, or condition: Whither are we wandering? conj. 1. To which specified place or position: Though Goest California," will bring together prominent opinion leaders and experts at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, in a dialogue about the perspectives, approaches and practical aspects of smart growth in overcoming these challenges. Scheduled to participate in the seminar's first discussion, "A California Framework," are Sen. Tom Torlakson and Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown. On Saturday, March 22, attorneys from Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , a California law firm with one of the nation's largest concentrations of attorneys specializing in the real estate industry, will participate in two key panels discussing the "nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] " of implementing smart growth. Deborah Rosenthal will be a panelist in "Smart Growth and the Law" at 1:30 p.m., discussing legal impediments to smart growth, including California Environmental Policy Act review, brownfields liability, regulatory and other issues. Rosenthal, senior counsel in the Firm's Orange County office, devotes her practice to land use and environmental law and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . In addition to her law degree, Rosenthal holds a master's degree in regional and city planning from the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners The American Institute of Certified Planners (or AICP) is the American Planning Association's professional institute. AICP certifies professionals in the United States in the field of Urban planning and assists planners in the areas of ethics, professional development, planning . Robert Doty will moderate a panel on "Smart Growth and Planning Practice," at 2:45 p.m., addressing the planning and greenspace preservation aspects of smart growth. Doty, a partner in the Firm's San Francisco office and also a member of the conference planning committee, focuses his practice on environmental law, particularly brownfield redevelopment projects and related litigation, for public and private sector clients. Speakers participating in the panel are: Peter Calthorpe, Calthorpe Assoc.; Jeff Lambert, director of planning and builder services, city of Santa Clarita, Calif., and immediate past president, California chapter of the American Planning Assn.; and Tom Steinbach, executive director, Greenbelt Alliance. The event, presented by the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California and the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal , Department of City and Regional Planning, offers up to 9 1/2 hours of MCLE MCLE Minimum Continuing Legal Education MCLE Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education MCLE Mandatory Continuing Legal Education MCLE Minnesota Continuing Legal Education MCLE Manitoba Council for Leadership in Education (Canada) credit. For additional information, visit www.calbar.org/enviro or call 415/538-2508. For more information regarding Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, visit www.coxcastle.com. |
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