· Organized the second annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference
· Conducted policy briefings for Asia Pacific Environmental Network, California League of Conservation Voters, and the California Environmental Justice Alliance.
2010:
· Organized the first annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference
· Played a leading role in the successful grassroots effort to defeat Prop 16: the PG&E power grab
· Published Community Power: Decentralized Renewable Energy in California
· Conducted a workshop on Community Choice energy for Oakland City Council
2009:
· Successfully advocated for the City of Oakland to develop a process for citizen input on the Climate Action Plan
· Successfully advocated for Oakland Public Works to propose an aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets to the City
· Successfully advocated for Oakland, Berkeley, and Hayward to join other Alameda County cities in the stopwaste.org comprehensive energy efficiency program, "Green Packages"
· Successfully advocated for Oakland and Berkeley to pass resolutions supporting SB 279, needed for robust financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the East Bay
2008:
· Developed a policy document – The 21st Century Greenprint for the East Bay – that was subsequently introduced as a source document for potential actions into Oakland’s Climate Action Planning Process
· Supported the first use of redevelopment funds in Alameda County for installing sustainable energy technologies on low income and nonprofit homes to improve affordability
· Crafted a locally-focused Community Choice energy program and successfully advocated for City Council workshops on such a program in Oakland and Berkeley