Brian E. Gray

Books

• Byen Konte, Mal Kalkile? Human Rights and Environmental Risks of Gold Mining in Haiti (New York University 2015).
• Water and the California Economy (Public Policy Institute of California 2012) (with Ellen Hanak et al.).
• Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Making the Delta a Better Place for Native Species (Public Policy Institute of California 2012) (with Peter Moyle, et al.).
• Managing California's Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation (Public Policy Inst. of California 2011) (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle & Barton "Buzz" Thompson).
• California Water Myths (Public Policy Institute of California 2009) (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount Peter Moyle, & Barton Thompson).
• West's Selected California Environmental Statutes (West Publishing Co. 1986 – 2000) (editor).

Journal Articles

• California’s Drought and the Environment: An Introduction, 23 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 51 (2017) (with Leon F. Szeptycki). FULLTEXT
• The Draft Bay-Delta Conservation Plan: Assessment of Environmental Performance and Governance, 20 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 245 (2014) (with Jeff Mount, William Fleenor, Bruce Herbold & Wim Kimmerer). FULLTEXT
• Fragmented Regulation of Multiple Stressors: A Cautionary Tale for Takings Law, 19 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 341 (2013). FULLTEXT
• Ensuring the Public Trust, 45 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 973 (2012). FULLTEXT
• Luke Cole, 16 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 246 (2010). FULLTEXT
• Myths of California Water–Implications and Reality, 16 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 3 (2010) (with Ellen Hanak,Jay Lund, Ariel Dinar, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle & Barton "Buzz" Thompson). FULLTEXT
• Dedication, 14 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 29 (2008). FULLTEXT
• Global Climate Change: Water Supply Risks and Water Management Opportunities, 14 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1453 (2008). FULLTEXT
• Hetch Hetchy and the Paradoxes of Restoration, 13 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 211 (2007). FULLTEXT
• The Endangered Species Act: Reform or Refutation?, 13 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2007). FULLTEXT
• Hetch Hetchy: To Drain or Not to Drain, 57 Hastings L.J. 1261 (2006) (panel moderator). FULLTEXT
• Symposium: Introduction and Dedication, 57 Hastings L.J. 1237 (2006). FULLTEXT
• The Uncertain Future of Water Rights in California: Reflections on the Governor's Commission Report, 36 McGeorge L. Rev. 43 (2005). FULLTEXT
• Dividing the Waters: The California Experience, 10 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 141 (2004) (reprinted in 14 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1297 (2008)). FULLTEXT
• Takings and Water Rights, 48 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Inst. 23 (2002). WL
• The Property Right in Water, 9 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2002). FULLTEXT
• The Battle for Hetch Hetchy Goes to Congress, 6 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 199 (2000). FULLTEXT
• A Model Water Transfer Act for California, 4 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 3 (1996) (with Richard E. Howitt, Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Barton H. Thompson & Henry J. Vaux, Jr.). FULLTEXT
• The Shape of Transfers to Come: A Model Water Transfer Act for California, 4 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 23 (1996). FULLTEXT
• Economic Incentives and Nonpoint Source Pollution: A Case Study of California's Grasslands Region, 2 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 185 (1995) (with Chelsea H. Congdon & Terry F. Young) (reprinted in 14 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 215 (2008)). FULLTEXT
• Introduction to the Water Rights Jungle: What Principles Should Guide the Assignment of Responsibility to Water Users for Meeting Improved Bay⁄Delta Protections?, 6 Bay on Trial 6 (1994).
• The Market and the Community: Lessons from California's Drought Water Bank, 1 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 17 (1994) (reprinted in 14 Hastings W.-N.W. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 41 (2008)). FULLTEXT
• The Modern Era in California Water Law, 45 Hastings L.J. 249 (1994). FULLTEXT
• Promises from a Distant Past, 5 Const. 60 (Spring–Summer 1993).
• Foreward: Some Thoughts on International Environmental Law from the Perspective of a Domestic Practitioner, 14 Hastings W.–Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 749 (1991). FULLTEXT
• Transfers of Federal Reclamation Water: A Case Study of California's San Joaquin Valley, 21 Envtl. L. 911 (1991) (with Bruce C. Driver & Richard W. Wahl). FULLTEXT
• "In Search of Bigfoot": The Common Law Origins of Article X, Section 2 of the California Constitution, 17 Hastings Const. L.Q. 225 (1989). FULLTEXT
• A Primer on California Water Transfer Law, 31 Ariz. L. Rev. 745 (1989). FULLTEXT
• A Reconsideration of Instream Appropriative Water Rights in California, 16 Ecology L.Q. 667 (1989) (reprinted in Instream Flow Protection in the West 181 (Lawrence J. MacDonnell et al. eds., Natural Resources Law Center 1989), and revised and reprinted in Instream Flow Protection in the West 11-1 (Lawrence J. MacDonnell & Teresa A. Rice eds., 2d ed. 1993)). FULLTEXT
• No Holier Temples: Protecting the National Parks Through Wild and Scenic River Designation, 58 U. Colo. L. Rev. 551 (1988) (reprinted in Our Common Lands: Defending the National Parks 331 (David J. Simon ed., 1988)). FULLTEXT

Chapters In Books

• The Reasonable Use Doctrine in California Water Law and Policy, in Sustainable Water: Challenges and Solutions from California 83 (Allison Lassiter ed., University of California Press 2015). URL
• Federal Power Acts, in 2 Major Acts of Congress 63 (Brian K. Landsberg ed., Macmillan Reference USA 2004). AMAZON
• Mineral Leasing Act (1920), in 2 Major Acts of Congress 275 (Brian K. Landsberg ed., Macmillan Reference USA 2004). AMAZON
• National Park Service Act (1916), in 3 Major Acts of Congress 42 (Brian K. Landsberg ed., Macmillan Reference USA 2004). AMAZON
• Yellowstone National Park Act (1872), in 3 Major Acts of Congress 293 (Brian K. Landsberg ed., Macmillan Reference USA 2004). AMAZON
• California Water Transfers: The System and the 1991 Drought Water Bank, in Sharing Scarcity: Gainers And Losers in Water Marketing 21 (Harold O. Carter et al. eds., University of California Agricultural Issues Center 1994) (with Ray Coppock & Edward McBean). CATALOG
• The Role of Laws and Institutions in California's 1991 Water Bank, in Sharing Scarcity: Gainers And Losers in Water Marketing 133 (Harold O. Carter et al. eds. 1994). CATALOG
• The Transferability of Water Provided by the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project: A Report to the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, in Legal and Institutional Structures for Managing Agricultural Drainage in the San Joaquin Valley: Designing a Future (Natural Heritage Institute 1990) (with B. Driver & R. Wahl).
• Water Transfers in California: 1981–1989, in 2 The Water Transfer Process as a Management Option for Meeting Changing Demand (Lawrence J. MacDonnell ed., Natural Resources Law Center 1990).
• On Not Knowing Who Your Friends Are: Some Thoughts on the Role of Intervention in Natural Resources Litigation, in Western Natural Resource Litigation Digest: Commentary 8 (Spring 1985). CATALOG

Newspaper & Magazine Articles

• Citizen Cruz, S.F. Chron., Apr. 9, 2015. CATALOG URL
• Judicial Sensibilities, Morning News, Mar. 18, 2010. URL
• An "Objective" Look at the Law School Exam, S.F. Daily J., May 12, 2009 (reprinted in L.A. Daily J.).
• Dispelling California’s Water Myths, S.F. Chron, Dec. 14, 2009 (with Ellen Hanak & Jay Lund). URL
• Venality Bites, Truth Out, Mar. 18, 2009. URL
• You Are Not Cool, Morning News, Mar. 24, 2009. URL
• A Federal Bailout for Prop. 8, L.A. Times, Nov. 17, 2008.
• An Endangered Species Act, S.F. Daily J., Dec. 23, 2008 (reprinted in L.A. Daily J.).
• Citizen McCain?, S.F. Daily J., Mar. 12, 2008 (reprinted in L.A. Daily J.).
• Citizen Obama, S.F. Daily J., Dec. 12, 2008 (reprinted in L.A. Daily J.).
• Inconvenient Federalism, L.A. Daily J., Jan. 7, 2008, at 6. CATALOG
• Downsizing the Great Writ, L.A. Daily J., Dec. 31, 2007, at 6. CATALOG
• Who Gets to Be Veep?, L.A. Times, July 31, 2007.

Other Publications

• Managing California’s Freshwater Ecosystems: Lessons from the 2012-16 Drought, Public Policy Institute of California (Nov. 2017) (with Jeffrey Mount, Caitrin Chappelle, Greg Gartrell, Ted Grantham, Peter Moyle, Nathaniel Seavy, Leon Szeptycki, & Barton “Buzz” Thompson). URL
• Improving the Federal Response to Drought: Five Areas for Reform, Public Policy Institute of California (2016) (with Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Caitrin Chappelle, Bonnie Colby, Richard Frank, Greg Gartrell, Douglas Kenney, Jay Lund, Peter Moyle & Leon Szeptycki). URL
• Allocating California’s Water: Directions for Reform, Public Policy Institute of California (2015) (with Ellen Hanak, Richard Frank, Richard Howitt, Jay Lund, Leon Szeptycki & Barton Thompson). URL
• California's Water: Managing Drought, Public Policy Institute of California (2015) (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Richard Frank, Greg Gartrel, Peter Moyle, & Barton Thompson). URL
• California's Water: Paying for Water, Public Policy Institute of California (2015) (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Caitrin Chappelle, Dean Misczynski, Katrina Jessoe, & David Mitchell). URL
• California’s Water: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Public Policy Institute of California (2015) (with Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, James Cloern, William Fleenor, Wim Kimmerer, & Peter Moyle). URL
• California’s Water: Water for the Environment, Public Policy Institute of California (2015) (with Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, John Eadie, Peter Moyle, Nathaniel Seavy, Leon Szeptycki, & Joshua Viers). URL
• Policy Priorities for Managing Drought, Public Policy Institute of California (2015) (with Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Caitrin Chappelle, Jay Lund, Peter Moyle, & Barton). URL
• Integrated Management of Delta Stressors: Institutional and Legal Options, Public Policy Institute of California (Apr. 2014) (with Barton "Buzz" Thompson et al.). URL
• Paying for Water in California, Public Policy Institute of California (Mar. 2014) (with Ellen Hanak et al.). URL
• Paying for Water in California: The Legal Framework, Public Policy Institute of California (Mar. 2014) (with Dean Misczynski et al.). URL
• Stress Relief: Prescriptions for a Healthier Delta Ecosystem, Public Policy Institute of California (Apr. 2014) (with Ellen Hanak et al.). URL
• Integrated Management of Delta Stressors: Institutional and Legal Options, Public Policy Institute of California (2013) (with Barton "Buzz” Thompson, Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, & Jeffrey Mount). URL
• Integrated Management of Delta Stressors: Institutional and Legal Options, Public Policy Institute of California (Apr. 2013) (with Barton Thompson et al.). URL
• Stress Relief: Prescriptions for a Healthier Delta Ecosystem, Public Policy Institute of California (April 2013) (with Ellen Hanak et al.). URL
• A Model Water Transfer Act for California (California Business Roundtable 1996).
• Institutional Arrangements for Conjunctive Water Management in California and Analysis of Legal Reform Alternatives (University of California Water Resources Center 1999) (with Ella Foley–Gannon).
• Plowing New Ground: Using Economic Incentives to Control Water Pollution From Agriculture (Environmental Defense Fund 1994).
• Water Trading: Free Market Benefits for Exporters and Importers, Rep. 058–A (California Assembly Office of Research 1985) (with P. Schifferle, T. Gossard, R. Howitt, & C. Moore).

Student Notes/Comments

• Note, Herbert v. Lando: State of Mind Discovery and the New York Times v. Sullivan Libel Balance, 66 Cal. L. Rev. 1127 (1978). HEIN