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Santa Monica, California, United States

Evaluate and assist in the implementation of traffic rules and regulations, parking policies and regulations, and other transportation and parking management measures.Review and approve development plans and engineering drawings for proposed residential and commercial parking facilities. Review and prepare analyses related to proposed traffic and circulation changes.Review and approves permits for various street use and parking.Responds to inquiries and requests at a public counter. Researches and prepares responses to community requests and complaints regarding traffic, transportation, and parking issues. Provides information to property owners, development professionals, and the general public regarding the interpretation and application of City policies, rules, standards, procedures, and ordinances pertaining to traffic, transportation, and parking.

Monitor and analyze legislation with potential impacts to interests of clients in the areas of climate change, energy, environmental justice, women’s rights, and others.Produce weekly bill reports to clients.Track, attend, and provide targeted notes for firm and clients on legislative hearings. Provide testimony on behalf of clients during legislative hearings.Participate in policy planning and strategizing for clients.

Sacramento, California, United States

Reviewed of Notices of Funding Availability for various federal and state funded programs. Published grants to the California Grants Portal.

San Francisco Bay Area

Conduct meetings in the Marin City community.Conduct outreach and engagement online and through social mediaOrganize and coordinating community events and field trips.Creation of mock website and site mapCoordinate design and development of the organization’s websiteAssist in the development of a Community Engagement Plan.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Los Angeles Clean Cities Program- Provide technical assistance and targeted outreach within the Los Angeles Region, to raise awareness and foster greater understanding of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies.- Coordinate data collection, analysis, and submission of the City of Los Angeles’ alternative fuel and fleet inventories to the U.S. Department of Energy for purposes of tracking greenhouse gas emissions produced and reduced on an annual basis. - Conduct regional quarterly fuel market research and data analysis for alternative fuels.- Assisted with the City’s effort to incorporate alternative fuels into emergency preparedness and disaster recovery plans to enhance energy resiliency and reliability. LASAN Legislative Program- Track, monitor, and analyze legislation and policies that may potentially impact City operations or programs in the areas of climate change, air quality, and renewable energies. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)- Assisted in the preparation and review of a Notice of Exemption (NOE) subject to CEQA for the City of Los Angeles’ 2019 Straws-on-Request Ordinance.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Coordinate annual State of The Environment Conferences 2018 & 2019.- Support outreach efforts by collaborating with local organizations and community groups.- Facilitate educational workshops to the public on environmental topics.- Set project timelines and keep team on task to complete milestones according to schedule.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Advanced CSULB Zero-Waste program, to reduce campus waste pollution.- Conducted Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance assessments on CSULB campus.- Coordinated outreach and education on waste and other environmental issues.- Achieved CSULB’s Silver sustainability performance using the AASHE STARS tracking system.- Assisted with data input for CSULB’s greenhouse gas emissions inventories.

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Policy & Management

Specialization: Climate Change Science & Policy

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Environmental Science & Policy

Psychology, B.S.

1 year of undergraduate education in Psychology before transferring to Cal State Long Beach for Environmental Science & Policy.

General Education, Communications, B.A.

General Education in preparation for transfer into Communications Degree Program.