Government,
Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 26, 2021
Attorney general opposes activist intervention in Prop 65 suit
In her June 20 motion, New York-based attorney Aide Poulson argued the court should let Penny Newman intervene because the state has been “less than enthusiastic” about defending the law. Not so, argued Deputy Attorney General Joshua R. Purtle in his opposition motion.
Attorney General Rob Bonta moved to exclude a veteran environmental activist from a challenge to Proposition 65, the toxic content labeling law
The proposed intervenor, Penny Newman, was a young elementary school aide in the rural town of Glen Avon in 1978 when she and her students suffered from serious health problems she attributed to the Stringfellow Acid Pits, a nearby hazardous waste dump site. She founded an environmental organ...
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