Robert ‘Perl’ Perlmutter

Degrees

• AB, Harvard College, 1986
• JD, UC Berkeley School of Law, 1996, Order of the Coif

Admissions

• California

Court Admissions

State of California, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California.

Professional Societies and Organizations

Past Chair, California State Bar Environmental Law Section; Greenbelt Alliance Public Policy Committee

Representative Publications (not including ACOEL Blogs)

• Local Land Use Initiatives and Referendums (Chapter 75) in California Environmental Law and Land
• Use Practice (Lexis Nexis); Ballot Box Planning: Understanding Land Use Initiatives in
• California (Institute of for Local Self Government, the non-profit research arm of the League of
• California Cities) (2001)

Citations of Major Published Cases

Orange Citizens for Parks and Recreation v. Superior Court, 2 Cal.5th. 141 (2016); Wilson v. County of Napa, 9 Cal.App.5th 178 (2017); Potrero Hills Landfill, Inc v. County of Solano, 657 F.3d 876 (9th Cir. 2011); Banning Ranch Conservancy v. Superior Court 193 Cal.App.4th 903 (2011); Citizens for a Megaplex-Free Alameda v. City of Alameda 149 Cal.App.4th 91(2007); WaterKeepers Northern California v. AG Industrial Manufacturers, Inc. 375 F.3d 913 (9th Cir. 2004); San Francisco BayKeeper v. Tosco Corporation, 309 F.3d 1153 (9th Cir. 2002); Johnston v. Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District 100 Cal.App.4th 973 (2002); City of Carmel by-the-Sea et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Transportation et al. 123 F.3d 1142 (9th Cir. 1997)