HAPPY NEW YEAR! State lawmakers proposed scores of real estate-related laws in 2025. Many of those approved are meant to expedite housing...
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Oakland’s Nightlife Gets a Boost: City Makes it Easier to Permit Alcohol Sales
OAKLAND’S NIGHTLIFE GETS A BOOST: CITY MAKES IT EASIER TO PERMIT ALCOHOL SALES A major boost to Oakland’s entertainment scene has gone...
OAKLAND COMMUNITY POLLINATOR GARDEN PROJECT REPLACING BLIGHT WITH BEAUTY
OAKLAND COMMUNITY POLLINATOR GARDEN PROJECT REPLACING BLIGHT WITH BEAUTY KPIX and KTVU both produced segments about a Sidewalk Trees &...
NEWSOM APPROVES CEQA REFORM THAT MAY ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
NEWSOM APPROVES CEQA REFORM THAT MAY ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE KPIX ran a news segment on Governor Newsom’s June 30 signing of AB 130,...
AB 609: Exempting Urban Housing from CEQA
AB 609: Exempting Urban Housing from CEQA Support a law that might actually help solve California’s housing crisis. Urge your...
Legal Alert for Landlords With Small Business Tenants
Legal Alert for Landlords With Small Business Tenants Landlords with small business tenants: A new state law adds requirements regarding...
January 2025 Real Estate Law Newsletter – New laws on commercial leasing, housing and ADUs + Bond Measures
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The California legislature reviewed scores of new real estate laws in 2024, including approving 60 on housing alone. And...
Oakland can no longer plant trees or build gardens. But we can.
Oakland can no longer plant trees or build gardens. But we can. (THE OAKLANDSIDE) Oaklandside reported that the volunteer...
Betting on Oakland Residential Development
Betting on Oakland Residential Development (SF GATE) I wrote this opinion piece in 2014 before Oakland caught on as the right place...
Turn Tax-defaulted Properties Into Housing
Turn Tax-defaulted Properties Into Housing (SF CHRONICLE) I wrote this San Francisco Chronicle Opinion Piece in 2016, but it is...