Professor Frank Hosts California Air Resources Board Conference Featuring Governor Jerry Brown

On January 19, Professor of Environmental Practice Richard Frank ’74 hosted and spoke at a day-long conference at UC Davis commemorating the 50th anniversary of California’s Air Resources Board (CARB). The event was co-sponsored by King Hall’s California Environmental Law & Policy Center (which Professor Frank directs), UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies, and the CARB. Other speakers at the conference included California Governor Jerry Brown, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, and CARB Chair Mary Nichols.

The conference attracted approximately 400 attendees to the UC Davis Conference Center, including UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, Dean Kevin R. Johnson, and many other luminaries. The event focused both on CARB’s many accomplishments over the past half century and on the challenges and opportunities the Board is likely to face in the decades to come.

For more information on the symposium, see coverage in UC Davis Dateline, Dean Kevin R. Johnson's Faculty Blog entry on the event.

Frank is a leader in the field of environmental law and the founding Director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center at UC Davis School of Law.

From left to right: UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May, Richard Frank, Professor of Environmental Practice and Director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center; Dan Sperling, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies; and Kevin R. Johnson, Dean of UC Davis School of Law.