David Sklansky quoted in KQED News Fix blog, May 10, 2013
“This isn’t just a criticism of the way the OPD had implemented CompStat,” notes UC Berkeley law professor David Sklansky. “It’s also a serious indictment of how the department has staffed and supervised the work of investigating crimes—or, to a great extent, has failed to staff and to supervise that work.”
Andrew Guzman quoted in Grist, May 9, 2013
“We know where people go when they lose their land: They go to cities, and they go to refugee camps,” Guzman says. “So the Bangladeshi cities that remain are going to be overrun and crumbling. Just think of the sewage system alone.” Lest you think no one has considered what might happen next, in recent years India has increased security along the border with Bangladesh…. “So how much violence are you prepared to use to keep that border secure? It’s not at all clear to me that the border can remain intact.”
Ted Mermin quoted in the Los Angeles Times, May 9, 2013
“We have seen a number of cases in which there is obvious robo-signing going on, in which the plaintiff in the lawsuit has not conducted an adequate investigation — or any investigation — into the legitimacy of the debt, or the identity of the debtor,” Mermin said.
Andrew Guzman’s book cited in The Nation, May 8, 2013
Guzman’s insights about the vulnerabilities of states and societies to the competing needs of their populations expose the other major pressure point in the generally optimistic picture presented by the three agency reports: the mounting expectations of millions of new middle-class consumers in search of the goods and amenities promised by years of mass-market advertising and flamboyant political pronouncements.
Pamela Samuelson cited in Tech Dirt, May 8, 2013
They’re starting with five witnesses, all of whom participated in the Copyright Principles Project, which we wrote about a few years ago when it came out…. Having Samuelson on the list is the key one, as she was the driving force behind the project and is one of, if not the most, knowledgeable folks concerning copyright issues around.
Holly Doremus quoted in The New York Times, May 8, 2013
As Holly Doremus, an environmental legal scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, writes, America has saved so much without ever asking “how much wild nature society needs, and how much society can accept.”
Jennifer Granholm interviewed by The Huffington Post, Fresh Dialogues blog, May 7, 2013
“If this could be seen as a job creation and climate change strategy, you would see overwhelming penetration. When the President did this for education, 48 out of 50 states raised their high school standards. That’s almost universal penetration. If you had 48 or 50 states put in place a clean energy standard, you would see a national energy strategy from the bottom up.”
David Onek quoted in Fort Mill Times, May 6, 2013
“I am extremely excited to lead NCIP as we work to exonerate the innocent and partner with law enforcement to change policies and practices that lead to wrongful convictions,” said Onek.
Holly Doremus quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 2013(requires registration)
Holly Doremus, a professor of environmental law at UC Berkeley, said the Boxer provisions go too far. “There’s a big difference between being able to stall a project forever and having environmental review so compressed and so within the control of the action agency that it might as well not happen,” Doremus said.
Barry Krisberg quoted in The New York Times, May 3, 2013
Barry Krisberg, a senior fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, who specializes in juvenile justice, said he was concerned about the city’s uneven investment in group homes over community programs. “The national trend is moving kids home to their families with enhanced, wraparound services,” he said.