Erin Coutts
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First @theAAG annual meeting together since she was a baby. Very grateful for the affordable ($6/hr) childcare! Seriously. It’s the only way I can participate.
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Thanks for the endorsement @streetsforall
Streets For All@streetsforall
Excited to endorse @WestwoodForward for @OfficialNWWNC! If you're a stakeholder and care about safer streets, vote for: @nuha__________ @AndrewDLewis @arciniega_ea @CathSark17 @evanjfarrar @vig_senthil @ErinCoutts John Sischo Rachel Gonzalez Kevin Crummy streetsforall.org/nc-endorsements
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Watch our South #LosAngeles Virtual #AB617 Community Steering Committee Meeting Thursday afternoon at 4pm on Zoom and Facebook Live. More info: aqmd.gov/AB617
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Chk out our #events this wk, inc. @USGBC_LB #networking; #lunchandlearn w. @Allsteel on "How to Support Remote Work and Considerations for the Future Workplace"; and #WomenInGreen "Women in the Workplace: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World"
usgbc-la.org/events/
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.@Cal_OPR's Integrated #Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program #ICARP has released the Beta version on its Adaptation Clearinghouse of the online Adaptation Planning Guide. Begin exploring and provide feedback on the Guide at dev.resilientca.org.
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Insurance-based approaches to climate risk mitigation!
Being truly sad I missed this = even nerdier
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Thanks to Kimberly Clark from @SCAGnews for a great review of TIFs (in all its forms) and why they're challenging to establish in CA. Look out for a whitepaper coming this summer.
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.@ProfDowellMyers says the housing isn't just expensive, but the shortages are worse than many current estimates.
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Housing affordability has become a serious threat to SoCal quality of life, & housing supply has a long way to go. How do we square SoCal's changing demographics (& corresponding housing needs) with housing supply trends? @USCPrice @ProfDowellMyers @CAREALTORS @CARResearchInfo
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Given the likely undercount of children, we're looking at a decade of underfunded schools
#Census2020
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Young children are the most likely to be undercounted on #Census2020 AND young children are most likely to be living with noncitizens, increasing the undercount further
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Lots of talk about babies at the demographic workshop – birth rates are declining in CA and young children are undercounted on the census
#Census2020
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Excited to rub elbows and nerd out with data wonks and policy makers at this @SCAGnews event
Southern California Association of Governments@SCAGnews
The 30th Annual Demographic Workshop will be kicking off soon. We'll be talking population & economic trends, major implications for the housing crisis, and how it all ties in to #Census2020 and #ConnectSoCal. Let's make it count! 🔢 📊
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Moving into our final panel of the day, moderator Julia Stein has put together a fabulous lineup to talk about the links between housing, transportation, and equity: @godiva877 from @Cal_OPR, @louismirante from @cayimby, and Jennifer Ganata from @CBECal.
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Best Panel Title goes to @Emmett_UCLALaw for the title:
"We'll launch our own damn satellite": California As A National and Global Force
#caenviropolicy
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There are many climate solutions and technologies. The biggest challenge is how to move them to scale in time through policy, in systems that hate change. Paraphrasing Ken Alex in another great panel organized by @Emmett_UCLALaw #CAenviropolicy #LeadonClimate
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@Emmett_UCLALaw @acslaw @mjhankins Ann Carlson of @UCLA_Law touts heath and air quality improvements that resulted from laws pushing the switch to unleaded gas.
As a new LA resident, I worry the air is still unhealthy. Would love to hear what the smart lawyers in this room should work on next.
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Ann Carlson outlining CA's long history reducing car emissons thanks to the Clean Air Act's special waiver provision for CA. See her @acslaw issue brief co-authored with @mjhankins and Julia Stein on current Trump Admin threats to CA's waiver:
acslaw.org/issue_brief/sh…
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.@CaraHorowitz is kicking off our day long conference on California's environmental legacy wih opening remarks introducing clean air hero @MaryNicholsCA
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After a beautiful lunch in the Shapiro Courtyard, we're back for our second panel moderated by @Emmett_UCLALaw's own William Boyd with @StateImpactCntr's @djhayes01, @BerkeleyLawCLEE's Ken Alex, and @UCLA_Law's Ann Carlson
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Bill Moomaw tells @MassDOER to remove forest bioenergy subsidies and "stop paying to make climate change worse"
GDAE at Tufts@GDAEatTufts
GDAE co-director Dr. William Moomaw testified to the #MA state legislature for bill H 853, an Act to assure the attainment of #greenhouse gas emission goals in the alternative portfolio standard. Read his testimony here: bit.ly/2W7w8Hh
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