Section & Affiliate News
SacLEGAL Hosts Welcome Dinner for King Hall LGBT Students By Jeffrey R. A. Edwards
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n August 26, 2013, Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians (SacLEGAL) hosted a welcome dinner for King Hall’s LGBT law students. UC Davis School of Law Dean Kevin Johnson, Senior Assistant Dean Hollis Kulwin, and Professors Alan Brownstein, Courtney Joslin, and Brian Soucek joined local attorneys to share a meal and welcome the students. SacLEGAL members, King Hall alumni, and community allies who made the event possible included Rory Allen, Monica Baumann, Nick Clements, Theo Cuison, Jeff Edwards, Pam Jones, Kim Lucia, Mallory Lass, Eric Lunsford, Alana Mathews, Steve Muni, Arlen Orchard, Katie Patterson, Stacey Sheston,
Michael Terhorst, James Tiehm, and Amy Williams. SacLEGAL is Sacramento’s LGBT bar association, affiliated with the Sacramento County Bar Association. SacLEGAL’s mission is to promote equality for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and ally (LGBTQQIA) community through strong leadership, legislative advocacy, education, and participation in civic and social activities within the legal community and community at large. Jeffrey R.A. Edwards is an associate attorney at Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller & Johnsen.
Jeff Edwards, Mallory Lass, and Kim Lucia
Abigail Mulvihill, Alana Mathews, David Canela, Michael Terhorst, and Theo Cuison
Section & Affiliate News
Environmental Law Section News
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n September 3rd, Environmental Law Section members enjoyed an informative and detailed discussion on the implications of pending revisions to the Industrial Stormwater General Permit. This permit, administered by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), regulates water discharges associated with industrial manufacturing, processing, and raw materials storage across a wide range of industries. Katherine E. Wagner of Downey Brand outlined the legal aspects of the current, near-final revision of the permit, and Scott Bourne of Weiss Associates provided technical implementation insights.
By Lucinda Calvo
During the luncheon, members also recognized the leadership of outgoing section chair, Andrea Clark. In October, the section hosted a joint luncheon with the Real Property section. The luncheon featured a lively discussion of the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Koontz v. St. John’s River Management District, which held that in the government land use permitting process, nexus and proportionality requirements apply even when the government denies a permit and even when the demand is for money rather than property. The section’s November 5 luncheon will feature Professor Stephen McCaffrey
(McGeorge School of Law) speaking on international water law issues, specifically the Kishenganga Arbitration between Pakistan and India. The December 3 luncheon will feature the popular annual update on the California Environmental Quality Act. Luncheons are held at Lucca Restaurant in downtown Sacramento. Information on section events and luncheon registration is available at the section’s SCBA webpage at http://www.sacbar.org/Sections/Environmental.aspx. Lucinda Calvo practices in natural resources and land use and is Senior Environmental Permitting Analyst at BSK Associates. November / December 2013 Sacramento Lawyer
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