Director's Report 2011.pdf - UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Luskin Center Events: The Luskin Center organized several events in early 2010. Below are highlights from three of those events. Measuring Progress Towards Transportation Greenhouse Gas Goals On March 5th, 2010, the Luskin Center convened a group of California’s top thinkers to discuss how the state can predict greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. The goal was to better inform decisions about combating climate change and improving the sustainability of California communities. The symposium occurred during a critical time. As California moves forward to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, research plays a key role in informing which policies should be implemented. California’s Senate Bill 375, a regional planning and smart-growth initiative, requires many of the state’s regions to meet a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. An important but very difficult part of this process is planners’ ability to predict how people will respond to the new development and transportation infrastructure, and resulting greenhouse gas emissions. Symposium participants included top faculty from the University of California system, influential policy makers and stakeholders, and some of the nation’s leading technical experts. Improving travel and greenhouse gas modeling will require researchers and those in the policy community to work together to develop new methods that improve our understanding of the effects that specific transportation policies have on greenhouse gas emissions. The symposium jump-started this coordination to help California move toward a more sustainable future. From left to right: Dan Sperling, director of Transportation Studies, UC Davis; Kurt Karperos, planning branch chief, California Air Resources Board; Hasan Ikhrata, executive director, Southern California Association of Governments; and Amanda Eaken, policy analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council. 20 EVENTS UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Young Professionals Environmental Policy Panel TOP: Daniel Freedman, chair of the Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative, told a full room of students, alumni, faculty, and community leaders about his career trajectory in the environmental policy field. RIGHT: J.R. DeShazo, Luskin Center director, addresses a question to Guy Lipa, legislative deputy for Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. BOTTOM: Meyer and Renee Luskin (center) with the young professionals environmental policy panelists and Luskin Center director J.R. DeShazo. On May 20th, 2010, the Luskin Center convened the Young Professional Environmental Policy Panel. This event brought together a distinguished group of professionals who are impacting environmental policy in the Los Angeles area. The panel discussion highlighted the career trajectories of these young environmental leaders and underscored the critical environmental challenges facing Los Angeles. Speakers included: • Alex Fay, associate in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Office for Economic and Business Policy and liaison to Clean Tech Los Angeles; • Daniel Freedman, founding executive board member, chair of the Los Angeles Sustainability Collaborative (LASC), and principal of Strategy Green; • Michelle Garakian, vice president of policy and programs for the Los Angeles Business Council; • Emily Kane, legislative deputy for Los Angeles City Council Member Paul Koretz; • Guy Lipa, legislative deputy for Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti; • Damon Nagami, staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. www.luskin.ucla.edu EVENTS 21
Page 1 and 2: f o r i n n o vat i o n Director’
Page 3 and 4: Luskin Center Director’s Report 2
Page 5 and 6: Meyer Luskin, benefactor of the UCL
Page 7 and 8: Introduction The UCLA Luskin Center
Page 9 and 10: Initiatives The Luskin Center achie
Page 11 and 12: Clean Tech for Los Angeles Through
Page 13 and 14: Green Chemistry for a Healthier Cal
Page 15 and 16: Sustainable Energy for California A
Page 17 and 18: Over a dozen media publications hav
Page 19: Public Appearances and Impact Luski
Page 23 and 24: Luskin Center Board Meeting On Apri
Page 25 and 26: “New knowledge and solutions have
Page 27 and 28: Luskin Center Advisory Board Adviso
Page 29 and 30: William Ouchi Romel Pascual Fran Pa
Page 31 and 32: Glen MacDonald is a UC Presidential

Director's Report 2011.pdf - UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?