Title:
Attorney and activist for the environment, 1962-1992 : oral history transcript: opposing nuclear power at Bodega Bay and Point
Arena, managing California forests and East Bay regional parks / 1996
Creator/Contributor:
Pesonen, David E., 1934-, creator
Creator/Contributor:
Berry, Phillip S., 1937-
Creator/Contributor:
Lage, Ann.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
David Pesonen discusses his childhood, his education at the University of California, Berkeley School of Forestry, and the
Law School (Boalt Hall). Then he elaborates on various environment issues, including Bodega Bay and Harbor and the Nuclear
Power Plant proposed there by Pacific Gas & Electric, the Nuclear Safeguards Act, forestry management under Governor Jerry
Brown, being General Manager of the East Bay Regional Park District; his representation of the Sierra Club, and mediating
disputes between the Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, as well as his legal career at Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan,
and Brotsky, and being Superior Court Judge of Contra Costa County.
Date:
1996 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Environmental policy -- California
Nuclear power plants -- California -- Bodega Bay
Nuclear energy -- Law and legislation -- California
Forests and forestry -- California
Lawyers -- California -- Interviews
Environmentalists -- California -- Interviews
Judges -- California -- Interviews
Oral history
Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Californie
Centrales nucléaires -- Californie -- Bodega Bay
Histoire orale
Oral history
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear energy -- Law and legislation
Lawyers
Judges
Forests and forestry
Environmentalists
Environmental policy
Bodega Bay (Calif.)
Arena, Point (Calif.)
Sonoma County (Calif.)
Mendocino County (Calif.)
California -- Sonoma County
California -- Point Arena
California -- Mendocino County
California -- Bodega Bay
California
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Sierra Club.
Sierra Club. -- Legal Defense Fund.
Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, and Brotsky.
East Bay Regional Park District (Calif.)
Sierra Club. -- Legal Defense Fund.
Sierra Club.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
East Bay Regional Park District (Calif.)
Note:
David E. Pesonen ; with an introduction by Phillip S. Berry. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage, 1991 & 1992. Regional Oral
History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Volume includes index.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biography
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (vi, 339 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits ; 28 cm.
19 audiocassettes.
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Classification:
GE56.P48 P48 1996
333.72092
Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.