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Brian Gray

Senior Fellow

Expertise: Water policy

Brian Gray is a senior fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center and professor of law emeritus at the University of California in San Francisco. He has published numerous articles on environmental and water resources law and coauthored a variety of PPIC reports, including the 2011 interdisciplinary book on California water policy, Managing California’s Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation. He has argued before the California Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals in cases involving wild and scenic rivers, water pricing reform, takings, and water rights and environmental quality. He is a recipient of the William Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Outstanding Professor Award. He holds a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in economics from Pomona College.