San Rafael, CA
Election campaigns and political law Lawyer at San Rafael, CA
Practice Areas: Election Campaigns & Political Law, Litigation ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Various provisions held preempted by state law
Representing the California Apartment Association in a challenge to provisions of Pasadena’s rent control measure, enacted in November 2022
OUTCOME: Petition for Writ of Mandate Granted
Successfully challenged a County policy increasing the notice required to initiate eviction proceedings for non-payment of COVID-19 related rent, on the ground that the policy was preempted by the Stat ... e of California's unlawful detainer statutes.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of Respondent denying writ of mandate
Representing the Arcadia City Clerk, successfully defended suit seeking to force placement of candidate on the ballot despite charter term limits provision on the ground that it applies only to candida ... tes “elected” to two terms when the candidate was appointed “in lieu” of election under Elections Code § 10229
OUTCOME: Resolved by entry of stipulated judgment
Represented the former mayor and other local residents in successfully challenging the City's adopted redistricting map for failure to comply with FAIR MAPS Act’s contiguity requirement; resulted in th ... e recission of the illegal map and adoption of new, legal map
OUTCOME: After TRO denied, action dismissed as moot
Represented San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters Melinda Dubroff in defending against a case by an unsuccessful Assembly candidate, alleging various “due process” and other miscellaneous violations i ... n connection with the recount of 2020 Assembly District 13 primary
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of defendant reversed with instructions to grant judgment to plaintiffs
Successfully represented taxpayers in challenging Rialto’s Measure U, a tax on wholesale liquid fuel storage tanks, as an illegal property tax in violation of Proposition 218, resulting in a refund due ... exceeding $10 million
OUTCOME: Trial court judgment reversed and remanded
represented appellant landlord in successfully challenging trial court’s ruling that the landlord must exhaust administrative remedies before the San Francisco Rent Board before seeking a declaratory j ... udgment that a rent increase is warranted under Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act
OUTCOME: Trial court decision affirmed; Ellis Act held to preempt ordinance
Filed Brief Amicus Curiae of San Francisco Apartment Association, Coalition for Better Housing, and San Francisco Association of Realtors in Support of Plaintiffs/Respondents, arguing that San Francisc ... o’s tenant relocation ordinance is preempted by Ellis Act and unlawful detainer statutes
OUTCOME: Trial court judgment reversed and remanded on other grounds
Submitted amicus brief on behalf of political scientists Thomas L. Brunell, Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie, arguing that no methodology can state with precision where between 50% and 55 ... % Black voting age population a district “tips” from an ineffective minority voting district to an effective one
OUTCOME: Appeals court affirmed judgment in favor of client
Successfully represented landlord/realtor associations in defending district court’s ruling that restrictions on mergers were preempted by the Ellis Act.
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