Spencer Soohoo
Spencer did not fully appreciate what the impact of light pollution could be, since he took it for granted that in the Summer, one could just step outside and see the Milky Way. He enjoys sharing views of the night skies at public star parties and on most new moon weekends, tries to hone his astrophotography skills at the LAAS dark sky site about 90 miles from the Los Angeles area. Over the past 10 years, he has noticed that the night sky at the dark sky site is getting brighter and brighter. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' approval of a proposed development of 19,000 homes near the LAAS dark sky site prompted him and another LAAS member to form and co-chair the LAAS Light Pollution Committee. Their goals are to educate the public and elected officials about the impact of light pollution and to persuade governmental officials to either enact night sky friendly ordinances or to enforce and enhance existing night sky friendly ordinances.