Meeting January 23, 2020 The PG&E Debacle!

Steven Weissman

The PG&E DEBACLE
Speaker: Steven Weissman
Former Administrative Law Judge of the CPUC & UC Berkeley Lecturer
Thursday, January 23, 2020
6:00 PM Networking
6:30 PM Buffet Dinner
7:00 PM Program
RSVP to Brodie Hilp
What better person to explain the debacle of PG&E than Steven Weissman, a former Administrative Law Judge at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC)? We are very happy to have such a knowledgeable person to be our speaker.

Currently, Steven Weissman is a Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, in addition to being the Senior Policy Advisor to the Center for Sustainable Energy. Previously, Weissman created and directed the Energy Law program at Berkeley Law, where he taught numerous energy law and policy courses from 2006-2015. He came to UC Berkeley from the California Public Utilities Commission where he was an administrative law judge. He also served as policy and legal advisor to three different commissioners at the PUC. He is an energy and environmental attorney, and an environmental mediator. Prior to his appointment as an administrative law judge in 1988, he was a staff attorney at the CPUC, working on renewable energy and energy efficiency proceedings, as well as cases involving implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act.

He is a former Principal Consultant to the California State Assembly’s Committee on Natural Resources, where he wrote and reviewed legislation concerning energy, air quality, and solid waste management. He is a member of the mediation panel for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, and creator of the California PUC’s alternative dispute resolution program. In addition, he served as Legal Director for the Local Government Commission, an environmental and social policy think tank providing assistance to local governments. At the Local Government Commission, he wrote policy guidebooks concerning toxic air pollutants, recycling, and land use. He drafted the Ahwahnee Principles, a description of important elements of transit-oriented and pedestrian-oriented development, prepared in collaboration with some of today’s most influential architects and planners.

In the City of Berkeley, Steve Weissman has chaired the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the Solid Waste Commission. In addition, he was a member of the Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee, which worked with the university to create a new development plan for downtown Berkeley. He is Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Publication Committee for the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. He also teaches energy courses at Vermont Law School and at Lewis and Clark. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship which enabled him to teach during the Fall of 2013 at Universitat Rovira i Virgili near Barcelona.

Matt Lardner

How To Be a Census 2020 Ambassador
Matt Lardner
Census Outreach Coordinator
It is important that everyone be counted in the 20202 Census. If a person is not counted, our district might lose $1000 in funding each year. The Census next year will be a bit different. The federal government will send you a code. You can use that code to go online and be counted, or make a phone call. So it is really important to educate our citizens.

In addition, there is the issue of hard to reach community members. People who speak a different language, or mistrust the government because of their background might miss being counted. Even Danville and San Ramon has hard to reach individuals. Let’s make Census 2020 for Contra Costa County a successful one. Learn what you can do.

Besides being a Contra Costa County Census Outreach Coordinator, Matt Lardner serves on the Cannabis Commission for the city of Berkeley. He is an Administrative Management Fellow for East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club. He has also worked as a Research Associate at the Alameda County Public Health Department. He graduated with a B.A. in Communication with an emphasis in Public Relations from California State University, Fullerton. He received his Masters in Public Policy from Mills College.

We gather at 6:00 PM for networking and socializing; 6:30 is the Buffet Dinner and the Program begins at 7:00 PM.

Members & Invited Guests: $30
Non-members: $35 ($30 for dinner and $5 requested donation to help offset program costs)

Please email Brodie Hilp at btilford@pacbell.net that you are coming by Thursday, January 16 (we need a ‘head count’ for the dinner). Thank you for your help.

RSVP: To make certain you have a dinner, please RSVP.
Mail checks, made out to Brodie Hilp, to 130 Bridgeside Circle, Danville, CA 94506.