BREATHE LA Green Salon Series

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
For Immediate Release

BREATHE LA Contact – Julia Robinson Shimizu
323.935.8050x233, jrobinsonshimizu@breathela.org

Green Salon Series Contact – Edward Headington
818.720.7181, Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com

BREATHE LA Green Salon Series Announces DWP’s David Nahai and Councilmember José Huizar to Speak at AB 32 Salon on Feb. 18th

Release of the BREATHE LA Global Warming & Asthma Report

Los Angeles, CA — BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) announced the 2009 Green Salon Series at City Hall last month to much acclaim. Sponsored by Union Bank of California , the series will begin February 18th with a panel discussion on AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. A full panel of experts and a journalist moderator have been confirmed as well as a special welcome by Salon Series supporter and city leader, the Honorable José Huizar. Please join BREATHE LA and others for this free and open public forum.

WHO – Welcome by Los Angeles City Councilmember, District 14, José Huizar
(to be introduced by BREATHE LA Board Member, Bob Berliner)

Moderator – Claudia Peschiutta,* KNX 1070 AM Reporter and Society of Professional Journalists-Los Angeles Officer

Panel of Experts – Carolyn Casavan, Valley Industry Commerce Association Environment & Energy Committee Co-Chair and CEO of West Coast Environmental & Engineering; Anita Mangels, Project Director for Woodward & McDowell and Member of the AB 32 Implementation Group; and David Nahai, CEO and General Manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

WHAT – Green Salon on the “Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) Update: Implementation, Costs & Concerns”

WHEN – Wednesday, February 18, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

WHERE – The California Endowment @ 1000 N. Alameda Street , Los Angeles , CA 90012 (Parking is hosted; 2 blocks from the Union Station Metro exit)

WHY – Hear from some of the top experts on AB 32 and its ramification; engage in Q&A; learn about BREATHE LA’s Global Warming & Asthma Report.

FYI – Free and open “green” public forum. R.S.V.P. to Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or 818.720.7181.

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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is a non-profit, public benefit organization dedicated to clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County . BREATHE LA first established in 1903 to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis is now part of BREATHE California , a statewide organization www.BreatheLA.org.

The BREATHE LA Green Salon Series, now in its second year of operation, engages all stakeholders around clean air, the environment and healthy living. An elected official delivers the welcome for each salon and a local journalist serves as moderator for panels of “green” experts. Sponsored by Union Bank of California , there will be six salons in 2009 (February 18th, April 15th, June 17th, August 20th, September 16th and November 19th). For more information, go to www.GreenSalonSeries.com.