2022 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite

31st Annual

2022 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite ®

Program Materials

We have placed the program materials online for you to peruse and/or print before the Conference. This site will be available for use before and after the Conference. In the event that we receive supplemental program materials - we will post these materials to the website after the Conference. Thank you for taking part in our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Session 1: Federal Action on Environmental Justice: A Conversation with EPA’s Martha Guzman

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Session 2 - Permitting the Future of Renewable Energy.pdf

Session 3 - What is Environmental Justice (or How to Be an Anti-racist Environmentalist) – Part 1 of 3.pdf

Session 4 - Modernizing California Water Rights Law.pdf

Session 5 - Land Back Action and Collaboration to Facilitate the Return of California’s Indigenous Lands to Indigenous Communities.pdf

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Session 6 - Legislative Update.pdf

Session 7 - How California’s Ports Can Be Good Environmental Neighbors While Helping Resolve the Global Supply Chain Crisis.pdf

Session 8 - A Hot Topic! Extreme Heat in the San Joaquin Valley.pdf

Session 9 - California Cannabis Enforcement An Overview of Current Enforcement Efforts.pdf

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Session 10 - Saturday General Session Clean Water Act at 50.pdf

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Session 11 - Recent Environmental Law Developments in SCOTUS, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the California Supreme Court.pdf

Session 12 - The State of Housing in California.pdf

Session 13 - Restoring Beneficial Fire in California.pdf

Session 14 - All-Electric Buildings The Latest on California’s Efforts to Phase Out Natural Gas.pdf

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Session 15 - CEQA Update.pdf

Session 16 - The EJ Toolkit (State & Federal EJ Policies and Initiatives) – Part 2 of 3.pdf

Session 17 - A CERCLA Case Study on the Interface Between Law and Environmental Justice at the Exide Site and its Nearby Neighborhoods.pdf

Session 18 - Where is the Money for Zero Emission Transportation Is Money Enough A 2022 Roadmap for California’s Transition to Zero Emission Transportation.pdf

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Session 19 - Sunday General Session Lawyering to Make a Difference.pdf

9:15 AM – 10:45 AM

Session 20 - Colorado River at the Crossroads.pdf

Session 21 - The Environmental Justice Roundtable – Part 3 of 3.pdf

Session 22 - Coastal Treasure Protecting the Shoreline Public Trust.pdf

Session 23 - Litigating Wildfire Liability Claims – Bucket Brigades of Lawyers and Litigation.pdf

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Session 24 - CEQA Litigation Pane lRoundtable.pdf

Session 25 - Cal Cannabis Today the DCCs Program, CEQA and Water.pdf

Session 26 - Unhoused Encampments, Environmental Quality, and the Human Right to Water.pdf

Session 27 - The Future of Climate Within Corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Efforts.pdf

Please note: There may be limited access to power sources.

Points of view or opinions expressed in these pages are those of the speaker(s) and/or author(s). They have not been adopted or endorsed by the California Lawyers Association and do not constitute the official position or policy of the California Lawyers Association. Nothing contained herein is intended to address any specific legal inquiry, nor is it a substitute for independent legal research to original sources or obtaining separate legal advice regarding specific legal situations.

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