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Jonathan Zasloff teaches Torts, Land Use, Environmental Law, Comparative Urban Planning Law, Legal History, and Public Policy Clinic – Land Use, the Environment and Local Government. He has practiced for at one of Los Angeles’ leading public interest environmental and land use firms, challenging poorly planned development and working to expand the network of the city’s urban park system, and serves on the Boards of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.

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That is more true than you might intend! Because the system has given the factory the entitlement, it does not…

On What Is An Externality?

I would most definitely call them externalities. As for why using the word "externality" rather than "side-effect," Milton Friedman and…

On What Is An Externality?

The last line of The Education of Henry Adams might answer your question: "Man has mounted science, and now has…

On Immanuel Kant and the California Water Crisis

I think that lots of them do. They just don't blog about it! That's my own scholarly tick....

On Immanuel Kant and the California Water Crisis

Hi Bill -- Thank you! So, two things: 1) what's the best way to get a good grey water system?…

On Immanuel Kant and the California Water Crisis

I don't think so. A lot of times professors, particularly those who already hold endowed chairs and make good money,…

On Requiem for a Bottom-Feeder

On Can the Supreme Court Provide Just Desserts?

Benoit, I would suggest looking at posts on this site concerning California's low-carbon fuel standard. That is where it really…

On Should the WTO Run International Climate Policy?

"But giving the state credit for creating a job is a stretch, unless the state actually funds the new jobs."…

On Shut Up, Texas

Thanks, Brian. The problem is that the vast majority of people who call themselves "libertarians" are just Movement Conservatives uncomfortable…

On Why Did Conservatives Support Saving Mono Lake?

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