Purpose
The Advocacy Committee is responsible for promoting awareness and provides support for green buildings to local governments, institutions, public and private sector entities and the general public; maintains a database of local government activities and initiatives; and assists in and encourages the adoption of LEED by local governments, institutions, public and private sector entities, as well as the general public. 

Action Areas
Local Jurisdictional Support
Policy Development
Local Partnerships
Strategic Information Sharing
State/National Issue Advocacy

Top 10 Advocacy Issues
1.       Local Municipal Green Ordinances
2.       Green Homes
3.       Green Schools
4.       Water Management
5.       Energy Management
6.       Waste Management
7.       Ongoing Monitoring & Verification
8.       Light Pollution Reduction
9.       California Green Building Standards Code
10.   LEED Version 3 / LEED 2009

Participation
If you would like to get more information on the Advocacy Committee, start by filling out the following interest form.  In order to most effectively perform the tasks of the committee, each committee member will be assigned according to the following key components:

1. Competency/expertise areas – what are they best at that aligns with key advocacy tasks?
2. Passion areas – what things are they most interested and motivated to intervene on?
3. Locality areas – where do they work or reside such that they can focus efforts there?

Locality is defined according to four San Diego County Quadrants: 

NW - North of CA-52 and West of I-15
NE - North of CA-52 and East of I-15
SW - South of CA-52 and West of I-15
SE - South of CA-52 and East of I-15

advocacy@usgbc-sd.org

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Landry Watson
DPR Construction, Inc.
landryw@dprinc.com
619.708.3769

Robert Thiele
Robert Thiele Architects
robert@robertthiele.com
619.688.9717

Miki Jo Resto
Conduit Careers
mjpark@san.rr.com
858.779.1155

Sean Germon
spgermon@gmail.com
858.395.6642

Marian Marum
Marum Partnership
619.992.9533
marian@marumpartnership.com

Linda Flournoy
Planning & Engineering 4 Sustainability
sustainableworld1@earthlink.net
760-943-1972

Jim Anderson
Elevate Your Message
jim@elevateyourmessage.com858.492.8549

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Playbook for Green Buildings
and Neighborhoods
San Diego Interactive Map with Landmarks
SANDAG Geographic Boundary Layer Interactive Map