Candidate for
Council Member; Town of Fairfax; 4 Year Term

Legal Work

The Law Office of David Weinsoff Fairfax, California (April 1996 - Present). Representing plaintiffs in environmental law - principally the California Coastal Act and federal Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts.

Touchstone Environmental/EPICS International Oakland, California (June 1991 - April 1996). Program Manager responsible for advising public sector and corporate clients on federal, state and local water quality issues, and managing the day to day operations of environmental publications prepared in collaboration with Specialty Technical Publishers.

San Jose City Attorney's Office San Jose, California (January 1990 - April 1991). Deputy City Attorney serving as counsel to the City's Office of Environmental Management, Water Pollution Control Plant and Fire Department, responsible for ensuring that the programs and activities conducted by these departments were in compliance with city, state, and federal environmental law.

California State Coastal Conservancy Oakland, California (April 1988 - December 1989). Conservancy counsel responsible for ensuring the legal sufficiency of the agency's actions to acquire conservation easements for public access, open space and habitat protection.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Trenton, New Jersey (August 1985 - December 1987). Department counsel responsible for ensuring that the state and the regulated community were in compliance with the requirements of the Federal and State Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts and the New Jersey Underground Storage Tank program.

Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York (Summer 1984). Legal Intern on a grant from the Center for Environmental Intern Programs (CEIP Fund, Boston), conducted and wrote a policy analysis focusing on the role of resource recovery and recycling as effective solid waste management alternatives to landfill dumping for New York City.

Academic Work

Dominican University San Rafael, California (1997 academic year - Present). Lecturer, Politics of Environmental Law (POL 3430); State and Local Politics (POL 3300).

University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 academic years). Lecturer, Environmental Law and Policy (ENVS 149).

Other Experience

Town of Fairfax Mayor (December 2008 - Novmeber 2009) Councilmember (November 2005 - present) Town Open Space Committee member (June 2004- November 2005) Town Planning Commissioner (September 1996 - January 2000).

Ross Valley Fire Department Member of the Board of Directors (December 2009 + present) President of the Board (January 2011 + January 2012).

Environmental Action Committee of West Marin Member of the Board of Directors (August 2012 + present).

Marin Conservation League Member of the Board of Directors (April 1998 - April 2005) Executive Committee (May 2003 - April 2005). Legal Counsel (May 2005 - January 2006).

Fairfax Documentary Film Festival Founder and Co-Director (April 1999 - 2011).

Community Action Marin Member of the Board of Directors (May 2008 - December 2012) Executive Committee (June 2010 - December 2012) Member of the Advisory Board / Rainbow Kids Program (January 2005 + May 2008).

Marin Municipal Water District Watershed Citizens' Advisory Committee Member of the Committee (October 1999 + July 2001).

Publications (co-author, editor, legal review)

Environmental Justice: A Planning Commission Hearing to Consider the Siting of a Household Hazardous Waste Facility; and The Endangered Species Act: The Case of the Yellow-Backed Rat Skunk (environmental curricula for high school students).

Toxic Program Commentaries (a 2-volume set of books providing an overview of environmental law topics for environmental professionals + 1991 through 2007 editions).

Environmental Compliance: Simplified Guides (a pair of 2-volume books providing hands-on analysis for environmental professionals + 1991 through 2007 editions).

Complete Guide to Hazardous Materials Enforcement and Liability (a 2-volume set of analysis of federal and California environmental laws for attorneys + 1991 through 2007 editions).

The Nonprofit Primer: A Guide Book for Land Trusts (legal review of the 2nd Edition of a California Coastal Conservancy book focusing on land trust management).

Academic Background

University of Bridgeport School of Law, J.D., 1985. State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A. in History, 1980.

Professional Affiliations

Admitted to the Bar in California and New Jersey.