Practice emphasizing representation of citizen groups and public agencies in the areas of environmental and California land use law. Mr. Petta has litigation and consultation experience including: • Brief and legal memorandum writing to support litigation under the California Environmental Quality Act, General Plan and Zoning Law, the Clean Water Act, and tribal law.• Pre-litigation action including writing notice and comment letters on proposed development and other projects affecting client interests.• Facilities district formation and drafting ordinance language for enforcement of special district fees, energy efficiency benchmarking, and stormwater permit compliance.• Conservation easement drafting and enforcement, and monitoring compliance with terms of a variety of settlement agreements on behalf of public and private clients.• Representation of clients in proceedings before state public utility commissions. • Land assembly and entitlement processes.Publications: "Charging Ahead: An Energy Storage Guide for State Policymakers," with co-authors Sky Stanfield and Sara Baldwin-Auck; Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc., April 2017, available at www.irecusa.org “Funding Public Transit in California After Proposition 26,” Public Law Journal (State Bar of California), Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2013; “honorable mention” in Public Law Journal’s annual student writing competition.Chapter 18: Exactions in California Land Use Practice (CEB), 2013–2017