California attorney Clement Shute appointed to TRPA board
Alameda attorney E. Clement Shute, Jr., was appointed today by California Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board.
Shute is a founding partner of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP where he has represented numerous environmental organizations, including the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, since 1980, according to the governor's office.
Previously, Shute was a deputy and assistant attorney general for the California Attorney General’s Office from 1964 to 1980 and was in charge of the Environment and Consumer Protection Section from 1975 to 1980.
He is a member of the California advisory board for the Trust for Public Land and teaches environmental law courses at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
The position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no salary. Shute is a Democrat.