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April 17, 2008

Re: Support for MLPA Proposal 4

Dear Mayor Golding and BRTF members,

We are writing today to recommend Proposal 4 as your preferred alternative for an effective network of protected areas in California’s north central coast. Proposal 4 is a smart investment in sustainable oceans.

E2 is a national community of business professionals who support sound environmental policy based on its economic merits. Our 850 members work in a variety of sectors including venture capital, financial services, and real estate; have created over 400,000 jobs nation-wide; and represent nearly $20 billion in private equity capital.

California’s ocean generated $43 billion for the state’s economy in 2000, and the number of Californians who spend time and money watching and photographing wildlife has grown by 20 percent in the last five years. Ocean-related tourism and recreation are important to the north central region; Sonoma State Beach alone has 3 million visitors per year. The overall ocean economy has been growing rapidly, but fishing has been on a downward trend, with commercial landings in the region down by two-thirds in the past 14 years, and the number of sportfishermen declining as fish populations run into trouble. As members of the business community, we recognize that many uses of the ocean depend on healthy natural systems, and that a sound network of protected areas can help rebuild depleted marine populations and foster sustainable tourism.

Proposal 4 is a balanced proposal, based on extensive consultations with local residents, businesses and others who depend on the ocean. It fully protects 14 percent of the region’s ocean while leaving open most of the region’s prime fishing spots. It includes high-quality habitats such as nurseries and centers of productivity that will fuel more resilient systems regionwide. Significantly, its worst-case short-term economic impacts on commercial fishing are about 8 percent, an estimate that ignores the ability of most fishing operations to move elsewhere when an area is closed. We believe these potential costs are outweighed by the many benefits of the proposed network.

The state has provided critical national leadership on ocean protection, forging the way in terms of a fair and open public process and in terms of results in the water. We believe the best way to continue that leadership is to choose the proposal that best meets the science guidelines and MLPA goals, the one that will create the strongest legacy of special places and thriving oceans. The best choice for California’s future is Proposal 4.

Sincerely,

Curtis Abbott
CEO, Lucesco Lighting Inc
Maryvonne Abbott
Dan Abrams
President/CEO, Cross River Pictures
Anne Avis
Greg Avis
Founding Managing Partner, Summit Partners
Andrew Beebe
Joan Belden
Janine Bisharat
Certified Public Accountant, Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP
Maureen Blanc
Director, CHARGE ACROSS TOWN
Lori Bonn
President, Bonnventures LLC
George Brandt
Barbara Brenner Buder
CFO, San Francisco Theological Seminary
Marisa Bueno
Doctoral Student, Stanford University
Selcuk Cakir
MSD Capital
John Cheney
CEO, Silverado Power, LLC
Stacie Cheng
Director of Business Strategy and Operations, Dell
Roger Choplin
Proprietor / Owner, Our Earth Music, Inc.
Deborah Cincotta
Writer
Tom Cole
CEO, Consuming, Inc.
Ann Cooper
Lee Cooper
Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Holly Corn
Holly Corn, MD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Paul Danielsen
VP Business Development, MMA Renewable Ventures
Tim Dattels
Managing Director, Newbridge Capital
Duncan Davidson
Senior Advisor, NetServices Venture Group
Jean Davidson
Managing Director, VantagePoint Venture Partners
Peter Davis
Retired Attorney
John Dawson
Co-founder, Zentek Technology
Rick DeGolia
Partner, Exigen Capital
Andrew Deitz
Co Founder, Climate Earth
Anne Delehunt
Marketing Consultant, Delehunt-Ricketts
Marco DeMiroz
Managing Director, Selby Ventures
Mike Dierks
Chief Operating Officer, Crossbow Technology Inc.
Scott Dietzen
CEO, Pure Storage
Todd Dipaola
President, Checkpoints
Eileen Donahoe
Visiting Scholar, CISAC
Brian Dougherty
CEO, AirSet Inc.
Dave Edwards
Chief Executive Officer, Koru
Bob Epstein
Co-founder, Sybase, New Resource Bank, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Christina Erickson
Founder, Green by Design
Rob Erlichman
Founder & President, Sunlight Electric, LLC
Anne Feldhusen
Doris Firestein
Gordon Firestein
Ocean Conservation Advocate
Barry Fitzgerald
Founder, Hidden Compass Consulting
Peter Fortenbaugh
Executive Director, Boy and Girls Club of the Peninsula
Tod Francis
Founding Partner, Shasta Ventures
Aaron Gershenberg
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Brian Gilligan
Founder, Bande Services, LLC
Nancy Gail Goebner
Gardenpeach Place
Ken Goldsholl
CEO, x.o.ware, Inc.
Nancy Goldsholl
Lorena Gonda Kiralla
Marianna Grossman
President & Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley
David Groves
Representative, Angeles Medical, Inc.
Joseph Guth
Legal Director, Science and Environmental Health Network
Tom Haggin
Co-Founder, Sybase and Tilden Park Software
Vicki Haggin
Bob Hambrecht
Self-Employed
Elissa Hambrecht
Laura Hattendorf
Paula Hawthorn, PhD
Carol Hazenfield
Mark Heising
Managing Director, Medley Partners
James Higgins
Partner, Lakeside Enterprises
Jill Tate Higgins
General Partner, Lakeside Enterprises
Rick Holmstrom
Partner & Vice Chairman, Menlo Equities
Colin Horowitz
Janet Huseby
Volunteer coordinator, Berkeley High School
Tom Jacoby
CEO, Tymphany Corporation
Nancy Jo
Kristine Johnson
Director, Kingfisher Foundation
Charlene Kabcenell
Former Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Derry Kabcenell
Former Executive Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Timothy David Karsten
TDKA Group
Andy Kau
Jonathan Kaufelt
Private Investor; Former Attorney
Robert Keith
Partner, Beartooth Capital Partners
Arthur Keller
Managing Partner, Minerva Consulting
Adrienne Kentor
Eric Kentor
Steven Kiralla
Stephanie Kiriakopolos
Michele Kirsch
Co-founder, Kirsch Foundation
Steve Kirsch
CEO, Propel Accelerator
Karinna Kittles Karsten
Charly Kleissner
Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation
Stephen Koch
Portfolio Manager, AIG Global Real Estate
Gina Lambright
Managing Partner, TOZ Consulting
Nicole Lederer
Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Betty Lee
Elaine Leitner
Adjunct Professor, UC Hastings College of the Law
Ross Levy
Principal, Levy Art & Architecture Inc.
Craig Lewis
Founding Principal, RightCycle & CLEAN Coalition
Shannon Lewis
Anna Lijphart
East Bay Sanctuary
Tony Lijphart
Director, User Experience, U Grok It
Christine Luong
E2 Manager, NRDC
Tracy Lyons
Singer-Songwriter, Mythic Records LLC
Joel Makower
Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group
Drew Maran
President, Drew Maran Construction, Inc.
Emily Marciniak
Consultant, Om Direct
Christine Martin
Clinical Nurse Specialist, San Francisco General Hospital
Julia Massa
Bonnie Matlock
Nancy McCarter-Zorner
Plant Pathologist
Jim McDermott
Managing Partner, U.S. Renewables Group
Daphne Miller
Physician, Daphne Miller Family Practice
Kate Mitchell
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Carol Moné
Producer, Our Earth Productions
John Montgomery
Chairman, Montgomery & Hansen, LLP
Linda Montgomery
Liz Muller
Director of Sustainability, U.S. Biodiesel Group
Emilie Munger Ogden
Gib Myers
Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund and Founder/board of the Entrepreneurs Foundation
Susan Myers
Jeffrey Neu
President, TLE Properties
Armand Neukermans
Founder, Xros
Eliane Neukermans
Tori Nourafchan
Rick Nowels
Kathy Nyrop
Consultant
Doug Ogden
CEO, North Ridge Investment Management
Larry Orr
Managing Partner, Trinity Ventures
Alex Osadzinski
Jiali Osadzinski
Mark Parnes
Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Matt Peak
Director of Clean Technologies, Prize Capital, LLC.
Nancy Peterson
George Phipps
Kristina Phipps
Grant Ricketts
Co-Founder and VP Business Development, Saba
Kate Ridgway
Martin Roscheisen
Randy Rosenberg
Curator, Natural World Museum
David Rosenstein
President, Intex Solutions
Amy Roth
Julie Rudick
Stuart Rudick
Partner, Mindful Investors, LLC
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Diana Sanson
Field Trip Foundation
David Schwartz
Kris Seeman
Paul Seeman
Carol Sethi
Patient's Administration, Valley Medical Center, San Jose
Kuldip Sethi
CEO, SV Greentech Corp.
Cynthia Sexton
Tim Sexton
Founder & CEO, The Sexton Company
David Silverglide
Co-Founder/CEO, Mixt Greens
Liz Simons
Bill Simpson
Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Jon Slangerup
CEO, NEI Treatment Systems, LLC
Bob Smith
Former COO & CFO, Nellcor Inc.
Jennifer Solow
Author
Dan Sperling
Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis
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June Stein
Virtual Group, LLC
Lee Stein
Chairman and CEO, Virtual Group, LLC
Marc Stolman
Attorney, Stolman Law office, E2 Climate Project Leader
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Former CFO, UTStarcom
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Former Chief Financial Officer, various companies
Leslie Swallow
Gary Swart
CEO, Odesk
Kathy Swart
Cariad Thronson
CEO, Forefront Communications
Robert Thronson
VP Business Development, Vigilent
Christopher Tilley
CEO, SunLink Corporation
Sharon Tilley
Director of Product Management, Fair Isaac & Co
Jane Turnbull
Deceased- Principal, Peninsula Energy Partners And the League of Women Voters of California
Mike Ubell
Architect, Oracle
Bill Unger
Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund
Kathleen Unger
Of Counsel, Freeman, Freeman & Smiley
Stephen Unger
Managing Director, KSMU, LLC
Thomas Van Dyck
Sr. Vice President, RBC Wealth Management
Maria Vidal
Kirby Walker
Independent film/video producer
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Founder & Chairman, Mal Warwick Associates
Dave Welch
Chief Technology Officer, Infinera Corporation
Heidi Welch
Robert Wilder
CEO, WilderShares, LLC
Diana Williams
Tonia Wisman
Robert Wright
Principal/CEO, Marketing Arts, Inc.
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George Yandell
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Head of Lower School, Hillbrook
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