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EDUCATION
School of Law, University of California, Davis
J.D. awarded May 1983
University of California, Irvine
B.A. awarded June 1980 in Social Ecology
Chabot Community College, Hayward
A.A. awarded June 1978
EXPERIENCE
Association of California School Administrators
1517 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
December 1997 – September 2000
Legislative Advocate. Represent school administrators before the Legislature, State Board and Department of Education on issues including the state budget, facilities, accountability, labor, alternative education, English Language Learners and governance. Work with ACSA's Board of Directors and policy committees on the development of policy. Represent ACSA on the Education Coalition technical committee and the Education Management Group.
League of California Cities
1400 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
October 1990 – December 1997
Legislative Representative. Represented cities before the Legislature, state agencies and the governor's office on issues including: housing, California Environmental Quality Act, planning, local agency formation, and development fees. Staffed League of California Cities policy committees, Board of Directors and City Attorneys Legislative Committee. Provide advice and training to city officials by informal and formal mechanisms including the Planners Institute to keep clients current on legislative and regulatory changes.
Remy and Thomas
901 F Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
June 1988 – October 1990
Land Use Analyst. Provided consultation to land use attorneys, planners and consultants on adequacy of planning documents including Environmental Studies, Use Permits, General Plans, and Zoning Ordinances.
Solano County Department of Environmental Management
601 Texas Street
Fairfield, CA 94533
July 1987 – June 1988
Project Manager. Managed preparation of County Hazardous Waste Management Plan and EIR. Staffed multijurisdictional committee of city and county elected officials. Conducted extensive tri-level citizen involvement program. Coordinated staff preparation of EIRs on general plan amendments under growth control initiative.
Jones and Stokes Associates, Inc.
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95816
August 1985 – July 1987
Project Coordinator. Managed technical studies for a variety of local government planning projects. Coordinated state and local agency review of projects, and developed mitigation packages.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Office of Environmental Quality
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
April 1984 – May 1985
Environmental Specialist. Prepared and reviewed environmental documents for regional water resource development projects. Implemented public involvement regulations and executive orders on wetlands and flood plain management.
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
2044 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 95115
Legal Intern (Fall 1982). Performed legal research and factual investigation on National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act issues for Federal trial brief.
Public Employment Relations Board
1031 18th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Graduate Student Assistant (1981). Assisted counsel to Board Chairman in preparing legal memoranda re: scope of terms and conditions of employment within collective bargaining agreements.
Brown and Finney
One Maritime Plaza
The Alcoa Budding, Suite 1220
San Francisco, CA 94111
Summer Associate (1981). Performed legal research for asbestos related litigation.
Other Experience:
Former Member Carpenter's Union, Local 1622.
PUBLICATIONS
The Politics of Accountability, General Davie and Ernest Silva, Leadership, Vol. 28, No. 3, pages 6-9, February, 1998.
California Planners' Best Kept Secret: Water Planning, California Planner, July/August 1995, p. 10.
The Planning Commissioner's Handbook, technical editor, League of California Cities, Sacramento, California, 1995.
New California Environmental Quality Act Legislation Offers Modest Reform but New Pitfalls Michael Zischke and Ernest Silva, Western City, Vol. LXX No. 12, December 1994, pp. 9-12.
Mitigation Reporting and Monitoring- A New Challenge for California Agencies, Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act, 1990 ed. Remy, et al, pp. 425-438.
The Mitigation Monitoring Bill: The Missing Link or Missing the Boat? AEP Statewide News, Fall/Winter 1989, pp. 20-22.
Sliding Toward Extinction, Nature Conservancy, 1987, researched and prepared text on local, state, federal and international laws pertaining to the preservation of endangered species and their habitat.
Keeping the Five Alive, Environs, Volume 5, Number 4, June 1981.
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