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DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday June 16, 2009, at the WILPF general meeting, Gary Patton, Santa 
 Cruz attorney with a long record of local, regional, and state public 
 service, including 20 years on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors,  
 will speak on a hot topic:  Global Climate Change and Transportation--What 
 is happening , and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint. The 
 meeting will be held at 7 p.m. as usual at the Quaker Meeting House, 225 
 Rooney St., in Santa Cruz.\n\nAs a former Executive Director and General 
 Counsel of the statewide Planning and Conservation League (2005-2008), Gary 
 has the extensive experience to inform us about the ongoing implementation 
 of AB 32, the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act. Signed into law in 
 2006, AB 32 states that “Global warming poses a serious threat to the 
 economic well-being, public health, natural resources, and the environment 
 of California,”  making the need for effective action more and more 
 pressing.\n\nGiven the current state of the economy, implementation of AB 
 32 is challenging at both the local (city and county), regional and state 
 level.  Updates on our local efforts in Santa Cruz County will be discussed 
 at the meeting, with a focus on transportation as a component of the effort 
 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as social justice concerns 
 about the impacts of climate change.  Information on how individuals can 
 reduce their carbon footprints, as well as give political support to 
 institutional changes that need to be made at the governmental level, will 
 be provided......and new ideas are welcome!\n\n Gary Patton is currently 
 practicing law as “Of Counsel” to the Santa Cruz law firm of Wittwer 
 and Parkin, which specializes in public agency law.  Mr. Patton is also 
 still serving as “Special Counsel” to the state Planning and 
 Conservation League.  A California native and long-time Santa Cruz 
 resident,  he has two degrees from Stanford University (B.A., J.D.).  His 
 long public service includes serving as the Executive Director of LandWatch 
 Monterey County (1998-2005), as well as service on numerous local, regional 
 and state public agencies.  In Santa Cruz County Gary Patton was 
 instrumental in achieving environmental protection in our community as 
 author of an initiative measure to preserve and protect Lighthouse Field 
 (June1974); author of Measure J, the Santa Cruz County Growth Management 
 Referendum (June 1978); and author of Measure C, Santa Cruz County  
 “Decade of the Environment Referendum” (June 1990). \n \nWe’re so 
 pleased to have him speak - please join us! Free, open to all, donations 
 always appreciated!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/15/18601822.php
SUMMARY:Gary Patton will speak on Climate Change and Transportation
LOCATION:Quaker Meeting House, 225 Rooney St., in Santa Cruz.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/15/18601822.php
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