Citizen Action Report 2005

Acknowledgements

CITIZEN ACTION REPORT 2005: Protecting California’s Public Health and Environment through Citizen Action is a production of the California League for Environmental Enforcement Now (CLEEN). CLEEN is a statewide coalition of environmental and public health organizations, advocates, and law firms whose membership includes:

Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain;
Brian Gaffney, Esq.;
California Environmental Rights Alliance;
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics;
Center for Environmental Health;
Center on Race Poverty and the Environment;
Communities for a Better Environment;
Environmental Law Foundation;
Ecological Rights Foundation;
Michael Freund, Esq.;
Lexington Law Group, LLP;
Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation;
Natural Resources Defense Council;
Andrew Packard, Esq.;
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles;
Physicians for Social Responsibility – SF Bay Area;
Prof. Cliff Rechtschaffen, Golden Gate University School of Law;
The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment; and
Occupational Knowledge.

CITIZEN ACTION REPORT 2005 could not have been produced without the generous support of:

The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment;
Consumer Advocacy Group; and the
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

CLEEN gratefully acknowledges Michael Green and the Center for Environmental Health for their continuing support, as well as Catherine Atkin for editorial assistance.

Contributing their remarkable depth of knowledge on private enforcement in practice were Luke Cole, Richard T. Drury, Fred Evenson, Gail Ruderman Feuer, Michael Freund, Scott Kuhn, Iryna Kwasni, Brent Newell, Andrew Packard, Cliff Rechtschaffen, David Roe, Will Rostov, Philip Shakhnis, Gina Solomon, Eric Somers, Mark Todzo, James Wheaton, and William Verick.

CLEEN also wishes to thank Tom Adams, Bill Magavern, and Pete Price for their invaluable insights on the legislative and political processes impacting private enforcement laws.

However, all views expressed in the document are solely those of the author and of CLEEN and do not necessarily reflect the views of the reviewers, contributors, or sponsors. None of the information or links provided in this Report should be regarded as legal advice. If you need legal advice on environmental enforcement or any other legal matter, you should consult an attorney.

Author

Michael Schmitz is the executive director of CLEEN. He has extensive professional and policy experience in environmental, public health, and other domestic policy issues. He graduated from Stanford University where he received his B.S., with honors, and M.S. in biological sciences, he holds a law degree from Hastings College of the Law, and an M.A. in Urban Planning from UCLA.

Research Assistant

Anita Sara Jackson holds a J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law, with a concentration on health and human rights, and is a staff member of the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) where she specializes in Pollution Prevention issues.

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