 He also sponsored legislation the expand the University of California Berkeley facilities at the Richmond Field Station along with Nat Bates and Maria Viramontes.He was defeated for re-election in 2008.Also in 2008 he was part of the "Chevron 5" along with councilmembers Maria Viramontes, Harpreet Sandhu, Ludmyrna Lopez, and Nat Bates supporting massive expansion of the Chevron Richmond Refinery.