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What is TALC?
The Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC), funded by the California Department of Health Services, is a "one-stop" source on tobacco law and policy issues in California. TALC attorneys provide high-quality legal technical assistance free of charge for advocates, health professionals, government attorneys, and elected officials in California.
TALC's vision is to reduce the health damage caused by the tobacco industry by:
TALC offers:
TALC is part of Public Health Law & Policy (PHLP), an organization within the nonprofit Public Health Institute that provides technical assistance on a wide range of legal and policy issues.
TALC's work is guided by a team of legal advisors and a community advisory board.
TALC's vision is to reduce the health damage caused by the tobacco industry by:
- serving as a legal resource that community groups, municipal attorneys, and elected officials utilize when developing tobacco control policies
- working with local, state, and national networks of attorneys involved in tobacco control
- serving as a model for and sharing information with other public health programs providing legal technical assistance throughout the country and internationally
TALC offers:
- telephone consultation
- in-person trainings in California
- free publications
- conference presentations
- review of draft ordinances, resolutions, or policies
- model ordinances on various tobacco control strategies
TALC is part of Public Health Law & Policy (PHLP), an organization within the nonprofit Public Health Institute that provides technical assistance on a wide range of legal and policy issues.
TALC's work is guided by a team of legal advisors and a community advisory board.
Legal Advisors
The Legal Advisors include professors from UC-Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and
Yale Law School, as well as private attorneys specializing in local government law.
Adrian Adams - Adams Kessler, Professional Law Corporation
Stephen P. Berzon/Linda Lye - Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain
Maeve Elise Brown - Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA)
Michael G. Colantuono - Colantuono & Levin, PC
Liam Garland - Housing Rights Center
Robert Perlmutter - Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Robert Post - Yale Law School
Stephen D. Sugarman - Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
Adrian Adams - Adams Kessler, Professional Law Corporation
Stephen P. Berzon/Linda Lye - Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain
Maeve Elise Brown - Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA)
Michael G. Colantuono - Colantuono & Levin, PC
Liam Garland - Housing Rights Center
Robert Perlmutter - Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Robert Post - Yale Law School
Stephen D. Sugarman - Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
Community Advisory Board
The Community Advisory Board includes representatives from community organizations
and local government, who ensure that TALC is responsive to emerging tobacco control policy needs.
Serena Chen - American Lung Association of the East Bay
Carol D'Onofrio - Evaluation Consultant, Professor Emeritus, School of Public
Health UC Berkeley
Narinder Dhaliwal - California's Clean Air Project (CCAP)
Dennis Eckhart - Office of the California Attorney General
Bronson Frick - American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Tonia Hagaman - California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section
Dian Kiser / Theresa Boschert - RESPECT--California's Low
Socio-Economic Partnership
Nora Manzanilla - Office of the City Attorney, City of Los Angeles
Carol McGruder - San Francisco African American Tobacco-Free Project
& C.U.S.-Communities Under Siege-Project
Joan N. McNamara - Deputy City Attorney, City of San Diego
Donna Newton - In The Zone Tobacco-FREE Project
Stephen D. Sugarman - Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
Kimberley Weich Reusché - Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing
Serena Chen - American Lung Association of the East Bay
Carol D'Onofrio - Evaluation Consultant, Professor Emeritus, School of Public
Health UC Berkeley
Narinder Dhaliwal - California's Clean Air Project (CCAP)
Dennis Eckhart - Office of the California Attorney General
Bronson Frick - American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
Tonia Hagaman - California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section
Dian Kiser / Theresa Boschert - RESPECT--California's Low
Socio-Economic Partnership
Nora Manzanilla - Office of the City Attorney, City of Los Angeles
Carol McGruder - San Francisco African American Tobacco-Free Project
& C.U.S.-Communities Under Siege-Project
Joan N. McNamara - Deputy City Attorney, City of San Diego
Donna Newton - In The Zone Tobacco-FREE Project
Stephen D. Sugarman - Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley
Kimberley Weich Reusché - Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing
TALC Staff
| Name | Title | e-mail address |
| Marice Ashe, J.D., M.P.H. | Project Director | mashe@phi.org |
| Capricia Borrero | Administrative Assistant | cborrero@phi.org |
| Adam Grauer | Program Administrator | agrauer@phi.org |
| Randy Kline, J.D. | Staff Attorney | rkline@phi.org |
| Elisa Laird, J.D. | Staff Attorney | elaird@phi.org |
| Ian McLaughlin, J.D. | Staff Attorney | imclaughlin@phi.org |
| Robin Salsburg, J.D. | Staff Attorney | rsalsburg@phi.org |
| Carrie Spector | Communications Specialist | cspector@phi.org |
| Leslie Zellers, J.D. | Legal Director | lzellers@phi.org |
| TALC's general e-mail address: | talc@phi.org | |
