Pesonen, David E., 1934-

David E. Pesonen (b. 1934) was an environmental activist, lawyer, and judge in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from Boalt Hall School of Law, at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1968, he began work at a San Francisco law firm and became involved in the anti-nuclear movement. He was elected chairman of Californians for Nuclear Safeguards, and was one of the authors of Proposition 15, an unsuccessful 1976 ballot initiative to restrict nuclear power production in California. He was also involved in the successful opposition of proposed nuclear power plants near Bodega Bay, in Sonoma County, and Point Arena, in Mendocino County. In 1979, Pesonen was appointed by Governor Edmund "Jerry" Brown, Jr., to the office of Director of Forestry. In the final days of Governor Brown's term in office, he appointed Pesonen to the Superior Court in Contra Costa County. Pesonen ran unsuccessfully for re-election to the post in 1984.

From the description of David E. Pesonen papers, 1953-1987 (bulk 1961-1984). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 690014192

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