CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, APRIL 29

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Overview of Day One

John J. Flynn III, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Nossaman LLP, Irvine

Rick Zbur, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles

9:15 Legislation and Regulations
The Most Recent News

Marcia Hanscom, Managing Director
Coastal Law Enforcement Action Network (CLEAN), Playa del Rey

Susan McCabe, Principal and Owner
McCabe & Company, Sacramento

Ann Notthoff, Esq., California Advocacy Director
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), San Francisco

10:15 Morning Break

10:30 What Not to Do at the Hearing
Top Ten List
Cynthia McClain-Hill, Esq.
Strategic Counsel, Los Angeles

11:15 A Tale of Two Projects
Lessons Learned from Recent Commission Approvals

John P. Erskine, Esq., and
John J. Flynn III, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Nossaman LLP, Irvine

12:15 Lunch Break

1:30 Public Access
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land

Christi Hogin, Esq.
Jenkins & Hogin, Manhattan Beach

Susan K. Hori, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Costa Mesa

2:45 Afternoon Break

3:00 Navigating the Coastal Permit Process
Do’s & Don’ts

Cecilia Estolano, Esq., Senior Cities Strategist
Green for All, Oakland, and
Former California Coastal Commissioner

Susan McCabe, Principal and Owner

Rick Zbur, Esq., Program Co-Chair

4:30 Hot Topics
Environmental Justice, Global Climate Change, Marina Development and Other Topics
Rick Zbur, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Susan McCabe, Principal and Owner

5:15 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

5:30 Adjourn

FRIDAY, APRIL 30

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
Rick Zbur, Esq., Program Co-Chair
John J. Flynn III, Esq., Program Co-Chair

9:15 Is ESHA a Death Knell?
Using the Law to Make Your Case for Approval
John J. Flynn III, Esq., Program Co-Chair

10:00 Morning Break

10:15 Keynote Presentation
Perspectives of a Coastal Commissioner
Mary Shallenberger, Vice Chair
California Coastal Commission, San Francisco

10:45 Enforcement
Balancing Protection and Development

David Goldberg, Esq.
Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles

Jamee Jordan Patterson, Esq.
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
Land Law Section
California Attorney General’s Office, San Diego

12:00 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

12:15 Lunch Break

1:30 Vested Rights
Are They Absolute?

Rick Zbur, Esq., Program Co-Chair

Hope Schmeltzer, Esq., Chief Counsel
California Coastal Commission, San Francisco

2:30 CEQA and the Coastal Process
The Commission as a Certified Program and What That Means Under CEQA
Stanley W. Lamport, Esq.
Cox Castle & Nicholson, Los Angeles

3:15 Afternoon Break

3:30 Ethics
Ex Parte Communication
David Goldberg, Esq., and
Jamee Jordan Patterson, Esq.

4:30 Q&A Panel
Members of the Faculty

4:45 Adjourn