PROFILE

Jeremy Sorgen
Researcher
Assistant Research Professor
Northeastern University Oakland
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Jeremy is a community-based researcher most recently focused on environmental policy, tribal sovereignty and cannabis policy in California .
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Publications

Unchecking the box: Overcoming barriers to meaningful consultation

2025

Sorgen, J., Nelson, P., Butsic, V., LaRosa, S., Gaughen, S., Crosby, E., Geary, R., Sowerwine, J.

Environmental Science & Policy

This article analyzes five key barriers to meaningful consultation through analysis of intergovernmental consultation on cultural resources and cannabis permitting on Tribal ancestral lands in California. We argue that cultural resource laws in general suffer from asymmetrical power relations, and show that meaningful consultation requires policies that support equitable Tribal-agency relations.

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Tribal sovereignty in land use decision making: Evaluating cultural resource law in California

2025

Sorgen, J., Nelson, P., LaRosa, S., Butsic, V., Gaughen, S., Starkey, A.M., McCavour, M., Geary, R., Sowerwine, J.

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

Our study underscores the need to support Tribal sovereignty in land use decision making by strengthening and enforcing protections for Tribal Cultural Resources. Through qualitative analysis of California AB 52, we found that local level consultation holds promise for strengthening cultural resource protections, even as laws are inconsistently applied across different jurisdictions.

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Policy Findings & Recommendations Regarding California Cannabis: Farming, Regulation and the Environment

2022

Polson, M., Butsic, V., Dillis, C., de Genova, H., Grantham, T., Herrera, L.R., Hossack, J., Laudati, A., Martin, J.V., Parker-Shames, P., Petersen-Rockney, M., Sorgen, J., Starrs, G.

This report presents multiple pathways for consideration by state and local governments in their efforts to improve cannabis cultivation policy.

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