Strengthening the Great Blue Wall: The West Coast Response to Offshore Oil Drilling

Evening Speaker October 7, 2018      
Respect for the World in Which We Live
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  • Welcome: Michael Robinson-Dorn, UCI Law
  • Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, California
     

Welcoming Remarks October 8, 2018  (view video)                                         

  • Dean L. Song Richardson, UCI School of Law (0:35)
  • Chris Lobo, Juaneno Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (05:52)

Background: How Did We Get Here?

  • Linda Krop, Environmental Defense Center (10:04)
     

Panel 1 – State Government Legal Tools  (view video)                             
Moderator: Michael Robinson-Dorn, UCI Law

  • Jennifer Lucchesi, California State Lands Commission
  • Andy Lanier, Oregon Dept. of Land, Conservation and Development
  • Hilary Franz, Washington, Commissioner of Public Lands
     

Panel 2 – State Legislative Action
Moderator: Melissa Kelly, UCI Law   (view video)                                     

  • Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, California
  • Sen. Kevin Ranker, Washington
  • Charlie Plybon, Surfrider Foundation (Oregon)
     

 Panel 3 – Aboriginal, Tribal & Treaty Rights            
Moderator: Deborah Sivas, Stanford Law School  (view video)      

  • Gina James, Quinault Indian Nation
  • Chad Bowechop, Makah Tribe
     

Panel 4 – Local Government Approaches
Moderator: Alejandro Camacho, UCI Law  (view video)                                    

  • Crystal Dingler, Mayor, City of Ocean Shores, WA
  • Onno Husing, Director, Lincoln County Dept. of Planning & Development, OR
  • Dan Haifley, O’Neill Sea Odyssey
     

Panel 5 – Campaign Strategies & Coalition Building
Moderator: Elizabeth Taylor, UCI Law    (view video)                                    

  • Mariel Combs, Oceana
  • Sandy Aylesworth, NRDC
  • Letise LaFeir, Resources Legacy Fund
  • Charlie Plybon, Surfrider Foundation
     

Panel 6 – Community Impacts         
Moderator: Chad Nelsen, Surfrider Foundation (view video)  

  • Bob Keefe, E2
  • Dale Beasley, Coalition of Coastal Fisheries
  • Marce Graudiņš, Azul
  • Angela Mooney D'Arcy, Sacred Places Institute

Panel 7 – Federal and State Litigation
Moderator:  Angela Howe, Surfrider Foundation (view video)                       

  • Miyoko Sakashita, Center for Biological Diversity
  • Brettny Hardy, Earthjustice   (16:25)
  • Linda Krop, Environmental Defense Center  (33:02)
     

5:00 – 5:30 pm – Next Steps:  Imperatives for Action

  • Deborah Sivas, Stanford Law School(47:43)