The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego is pleased to welcome attorney Cory Briggs as our guest speaker at our February 17 Dinner Forum.  Attorney Briggs’ presentation will focus on The Citizens’ Plan Voter Initiative: What it means (and doesn’t mean) for the future of tourism, football, and infrastructure in the City of San Diego.

Cory has been an attorney for more than 20 years, with a focus on environmental law, open-government law, taxpayer-protection law, and other public-interest topics.  He has successfully represented clients in numerous cases against public agencies on matters of pollution control, failure to disclose public information, backroom deal-making, conflicts of interest, and voting-rights violations.

Some of his recent court victories include defeating the San Diego Association of Government’s environmental review of its 2050 regional transportation plan, the County of San Diego’s inadequate attempt to curb greenhouse gases, and a precedent-setting decision that invalidated the City of San Diego’s attempt to impose taxes on tourists without a public vote.

Attorney Briggs is also the author of a new initiative that will be presented to City of San Diego voters in 2016, “The Citizens’ Plan for the Responsible Management of Major Tourism and Entertainment Resources.” The plan is available for reading at www.citizensplan.org.

Cory and his wife are also very active Beth Israel Temple members.  He is a graduate of U.C. Riverside, California Western School of Law, and the Claremont Graduate School. He continued his graduate studies in law and in philosophy at George Washington University and at the University of Maryland, respectively, where he also taught jurisprudence, business ethics, and environmental ethics.

This program is open to the entire San Diego community.  A buffet dinner will be served. The dinner fee: $15 with an RSVP, $18 without an RSVP. You may RSVP below. If you wish to register via phone, contact us at 858-900-2598, or send us an email at cbimensclub@gmail.com.