About the Authors
ADAM U. LINDGREN, author of chapters 1, 15, and 16, and coauthor of chapters 2, 9, and 14, is a principal at Meyers Nave and in charge of the firm’s Sacramento office. He received his B.A. (cum laude) from Columbia College, Columbia University, in 1990, and his J.D. (with distinction as Public Interest Law Scholar) from Georgetown University Law Center in 1993. Mr. Lindgren specializes in land use and municipal law, and is the City Attorney for the City of Rancho Cordova, and the former City Attorney and current Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fort Bragg. He is an active member of the League of California Cities City Attorneys Department, and he has served as a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Ethics and Practice Management (2004), Municipal Law Handbook Revision Committee (2003–2004), and chair of the Municipal Law Handbook 2003 Editorial Board. He was co-chair of the American Bar Association Committee on State and Local Government Subcommittee on Education and Impact Fees in 1997–1998. In 2005 Mr. Lindgren was designated a Northern California “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics magazine (appearing in San Francisco magazine). Mr. Lindgren regularly makes land use presentations to conferences sponsored by the League of California Cities and the State Bar. Mr. Lindgren has written and edited numerous publications on land use topics, including CEB’s California Zoning Practice Update from 2001 to 2005.
STEVEN T. MATTAS, author of chapters 5, 6, and 12, and coauthor of chapters 2 and 14, is a principal at Meyers Nave and chair of that firm’s Land Use Practice Group. He received his B.A. in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine, in 1986, his M.A. in urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1988, and his J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1991. Mr. Mattas specializes in land use, environmental, and redevelopment law, and advises public agencies. Mr. Mattas serves as City Attorney for the City of South San Francisco (1994–present) and the Town of Los Altos Hills (2002–present). Mr. Mattas previously served as City Attorney in Milpitas and Half Moon Bay. He is a member of the State Bar Environmental Law Section, was a League of California Cities Municipal Law Handbook contributing author (1999–2001), and was author of “SB 1818 Density Bonus Law, the New Math” (League of California Cities, 2005). Mr. Mattas regularly makes land use presentations to conferences sponsored by the League of California Cities and the State Bar. He also served as coauthor for CEB’s California Zoning Practice Update from 2001 to 2005.
KENNETH B. BLEY, coauthor of chapter 18, is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP, and formerly chaired its Land Use Group. He received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School in 1974; before receiving his law degree, he was an aerospace engineer, having received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Bley specializes in land use law and eminent domain, representing developers in obtaining land use approvals and litigation. He serves on the Legal Action Committees of the National Association of Home Builders, the California Building Industry Association, and the Building Industry Association of Southern California, where he is also a director of the Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation. He has also served as a member, vice-chair, and chair of the State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts. He has published numerous articles and has lectured widely in the fields of land use and land use litigation, taught remedies and land use at the University of Southern California Law School for 25 years as an adjunct professor, and taught courses on land use to trial judges in California and other states.
JULIA L. BOND, coauthor of chapter 21, is of counsel at Meyers Nave, specializing in CEQA and land use litigation. She is also a member of the firm’s Appellate Group. She received her B.A. in Mathematics and Government from Smith College (cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa) in 1990 and her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1993, where she served as editor for the UCLA Law Review. Ms. Bond represents primarily public entity clients in litigation involving a wide range of land use, environmental, and other laws. She represented the City of Rancho Cordova and the developer in a California Supreme Court CEQA case involving water supply issues, and the Los Angeles World Airports in a California Supreme Court case concerning the Public Records Act. She has also served as a Deputy City Attorney for the cities of Yorba Linda and Villa Park (1994–1998), and also has represented private clients in CEQA and land use litigation. She is a member of the State Bar Environmental Law Section.
JERI L. BURGE, author of chapter 7, is the Managing Assistant City Attorney for the Land Use Division of the Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1977 and her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1981.
JOSEPH J. CHAPMAN, author of chapter 11, is an attorney for the State of California and former associate with Meyers Nave in its Sacramento office. He received his B.A. from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1966 and his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 2000. Mr. Chapman specializes in municipal law and is a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association.
JOSEPH P. DICIUCCIO, coauthor of chapter 21, is a Senior Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Jose. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Order of the Coif), where he was a member of the California Law Review. Mr. DiCiuccio specializes in land use litigation, CEQA, mandamus, and intergovernmental litigation. He is a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and is a Judge Pro Tem for the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
KATHLEEN FAUBION, coauthor of chapter 13, is of counsel at Meyers Nave in its Oakland office. She received her B.A. from Pitzer College in 1973, her M.S.W. from the University of Michigan in 1975, and her J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1987. Ms. Faubion specializes in CEQA and land use law and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the State Bar Public Law Section, and the Association of Environmental Professionals. She is the Legislative Director for the Northern Section California Chapter of the American Planning Association.
SUE A. GALLAGHER, coauthor of chapter 9, is a Deputy County Counsel for the County of Sonoma. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1977, her M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1981, and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1985. Ms. Gallagher specializes in land use and local government law and litigation. She is a vice-chair of the Zoning and Land Use Subsection–North of the State Bar Real Property Section, a member of the County Counsels’ Association Land Use Section, and a member of the State Bar Environmental Law Section. She has lectured on Subdivision Map Act issues, has testified before the state legislature on local government matters, and was the recipient of the Litigation Award from the County Counsels’ Association of California in both 2003 and 2006.
MICHAEL E. GOGNA, author of chapter 20, is an associate with Meyers Nave in its Santa Rosa office. He received his B.A. degree from the University of California, Davis (cum laude), and his J.D. at Empire School of Law in Santa Rosa (with honors). Mr. Gogna serves as city attorney and redevelopment agency counsel for the cities of Healdsburg and Fort Bragg, assistant town attorney for the Town of Windsor, and as general counsel for the Sweetwater Springs Water District in western Sonoma County. He specializes in land use, municipal and environmental law, and code enforcement, and has assisted in drafting code enforcement legislation for the cities of Healdsburg, Windsor, Half Moon Bay, San Leandro, Clearlake, and Pinole. He served as chapter editor for the code enforcement chapter for the League of California Cities, Municipal Law Handbook.
THOMAS JACOBSON, author of chapters 3 and 10, is Director of the Institute for Community Planning Assistance at Sonoma State University. He received his B.A. from Sonoma State University, a Master’s Degree in City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He has practiced as a land use and environmental attorney and as a planner throughout California, and has lectured widely on various aspects of land use law. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the California Planning Roundtable, and was an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. His academic and professional interests include land use and environmental regulation, sustainable development, and environmental justice.
VIVIAN KAHN, FAICP, coauthor of chapter 4 and former chapter 5 (the latter was integrated into chapter 4 in 2009), is an associate principal with Dyett and Bhatia, Urban and Regional Planners, San Francisco, and a principal with Kahn Mortimer Associates, Oakland. Ms. Kahn received her B.A. (cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa) from the City College of New York in 1965. She has drafted general plans, planning studies, land use regulations, and telecommunication policies and regulations for a number of California cities and counties, as well as downtown zoning for Chicago. Her clients include many other cities, developers, schools, and the State of California. She has lectured extensively in the fields of land use planning and CEQA and as an adjunct instructor at the University of California Extension (Berkeley and Davis) from 1996 to the present. She is a fellow and charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), a former board of directors and executive committee member of the American Planning Association, a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of the American Planning Association, and a current member of the California Planning Roundtable.
MARY JO LANZAFAME, author of chapter 8, is Senior Deputy County Counsel for the County of San Diego. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and her J.D. from California Western School of Law, San Diego. Ms. Lanzafame specializes in land use and municipal law, with 19 years of experience in the field. From 2004 to the present, she has been an adjunct professor for the graduate program in land use and environmental law at the San Diego State University School of Public Administration and Urban Studies.
R. CLARK MORRISON, coauthor of chapter 13, is a partner in Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in the firm’s San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento offices. He received his A.B. with High Distinction from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984 and his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1987. He specializes in land use, CEQA, NEPA, natural resources, wetlands and endangered species regulation, mining and timber, public lands, water rights and water quality permitting, and litigation. His clients include public agencies, commercial and industrial developers, environmental organizations, agricultural concerns, energy companies, and home builders. He has lectured and written extensively on land use, natural resource, and environmental issues for University of California Extension (Davis and Berkeley), University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, University of San Francisco Law School, Chapman University, San Jose State University, the American Bar Association, the Association of Environmental Professionals, CLE International, and a number of other professional organizations and periodicals. He also serves on the advisory board of the California Land Use Law and Policy Reporter.
DANIEL A. MULLER, coauthor of chapter 4 and former chapter 5 (the latter was integrated into chapter 4 in 2009), is a partner with Morgan Miller Blair, Walnut Creek. He received his B.S. and B.A. degrees from the University of California, Davis, and his J.D. degree from the University of California, Davis, School of Law. Mr. Muller specializes in land use law, eminent domain, and inverse condemnation. He represents property owners, business owners, home builders, and developers seeking project entitlements from, or facing condemnation of their property by, public entities such as cities, counties, state agencies, and special districts. He is a member of the State Bar Real Property Law, Environmental Law, and Civil Litigation Sections, and vice-chair of the Zoning and Land Use Subsection–North of the State Bar Real Property Law Section. From 2003 to 2005 he was president of the Litigation Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association and has served as co-chair of the Contra Costa Council’s Land Use Task Force since 2004.
ANDREW B. SABEY, coauthor of chapter 19, is a partner in the Walnut Creek office of Morrison & Foerster, LLP. He received his B.A. from St. Lawrence University in 1987 and his J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1992. Mr. Sabey specializes in complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on land use, energy, and construction contract issues. His litigation practice focuses on home builders and other project applicants in actions alleging violation of CEQA, state planning and zoning laws, the Subdivision Map Act, and water supply laws, as well as federal claims arising under NEPA and the Endangered Species Act.
ANDREW W. SCHWARTZ, coauthor of chapter 18, is of counsel in the firm of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP following 22 years in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1976 and his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1979, where he was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Schwartz specializes in regulatory takings, eminent domain, development impact fees, real estate, and land use and real estate litigation. He represented the City of San Francisco in many precedent-setting land use cases, including San Remo Hotel v City & County of San Francisco, in which he won a unanimous decision in the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Schwartz’s publications include the Takings Litigation Handbook: Defending Takings Challenges to Land Use Regulation (2000) and The Basics of Takings Law (Institute for Local Self Government of California 1999); the articles Reciprocity of Advantage: The Antidote to the Antidemocratic Trend in Regulatory Takings (UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Fall 2003) and Overripe Takings Claims Produce Rotten Fruit for Regulatory Agencies (Policy Awareness Quarterly, Winter 1999); and California Municipal Law Handbook 2003 update (contributing editor). He received the County Counsels’ Association of California Litigation Program Award for 2003, the American Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award in 2003, and the California Lawyer of the Year Award in 2006. He is a regular presenter at conferences of the Georgetown Environmental Law and Policy Institute and the National College of District Attorneys, an adjunct professor of law at Golden Gate University Law School, and a co-founder of the Community Land Use Project of California.
DANIEL L. SIEGEL, author of chapter 17 and coauthor of chapter 21, is the Supervising Deputy Attorney General in charge of the California Attorney General’s Land Law Section in Sacramento. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1972 and his law degree from New York University School of Law in 1975. Mr. Siegel represents various state agencies in complex state and federal land use lawsuits, including many takings actions, and represents the Attorney General directly regarding matters such as redevelopment and the protection of Lake Tahoe. Mr. Siegel represented the State of California at trial and during appeals in Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v Tahoe Reg’l Planning Agency and he authored amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the Attorney General in takings cases such as Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington (United States Supreme Court) and San Remo Hotel v City & County of San Francisco (California Supreme Court). Mr. Siegel regularly delivers speeches and writes articles concerning takings issues.
KATHERINE E. STONE, coauthor of chapter 19, is of counsel at Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones and Schneider, LLP, Ventura. She received her B.A. from the University of Southern California in 1971 and her J.D. (cum laude) from Loyola Law School in 1974. Ms. Stone specializes in appellate law and environmental land use law, is special counsel to a variety of cities, counties, and special districts, and provides expertise to state agencies, including the California Coastal Commission. She is a frequent lecturer and has published articles and numerous amicus briefs. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ventura County Bar Association, and the Advisory Committee, Community Land Use Project, League of California Cities.
EDGAR B. WASHBURN, coauthor of chapter 14, is a partner in Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Stanford University in 1959 and his LL.B. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1962. Mr. Washburn specializes in natural resource and environmental litigation. He represents various clients seeking development entitlements from local, regional, and state land use agencies, and has appeared in administrative proceedings and conducted permit acquisition concerning compliance with various federal and state statutes on waterfront development, water pollution, wetlands, water rights, endangered species, and waste disposal, as well as for matters concerning the preservation and securing of rights on federal lands. Mr. Washburn is a nationally recognized expert in the trial of complex environmental and natural resource cases, having tried more than 100 cases to decision and handled more than 40 appeals, including appeals before the United States Supreme Court. He has litigated complex property, tidelands, and resource issues in cases arising in Alaska, Florida, and the Missouri River and Colorado River basins, in addition to a large number of federal and state cases arising in California. He is a member of the State Bar Litigation and Environmental Law Sections and the American Bar Association Natural Resources and Litigation Sections.
About the 2022 Update Authors
ADAM U. LINDGREN, update author of chapters 1–3, 9–11, 15–16, and 20. For a full bio, see the About the Authors section. Mr. Lindgren gratefully acknowledges the research assistance of Anthony Amara, Palmer Hilton, and Shandyn Pierce, associates in Meyers Nave’s Municipal and Special District Law Practice Group.
STEVEN T. MATTAS, update author of chapters 4–5, 7–8, 12, and 14. For a full bio, see the About the Authors section. Mr. Mattas gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Kimia Mahallati, an Associate in Meyers Nave’s Municipal and Special District Law Practice Group, and the research assistance of Meyers Nave Law Clerks Ralph Dimarucut and Raquel Grande.
KENNETH B. BLEY, update coauthor of chapter 18. For a full bio, see the About the Authors section.
CHRISTIAN H. CEBRIAN, update coauthor of chapter 13, is a partner in the San Francisco office of Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP. He received his B.S. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Cebrian’s practice includes advising residential, commercial, and renewable energy developers regarding land use entitlements and environmental compliance. He has counseled on such topics as the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Public Trust Doctrine, the San Francisco Bay Plan, and Federal Aviation Administration navigation hazard regulations. His practice also involves property and environmental litigation on such issues as CEQA, public dedication, and inverse condemnation.
ERIC COHN, update coauthor of chapter 13, is an associate with the Land Use and Natural Resources practice in the Los Angeles office of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP. Mr. Cohn received his B.A. from New York University and his joint J.D./M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law and the University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management. Mr. Cohn’s work focuses on obtaining land use entitlements and counseling on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other state and federal laws related to land use across a variety of industries.
CLAIRE S. LAI, update author of chapter 6, is Of Counsel with Meyers Nave in the firm’s Municipal and Special District Law Practice Group. She received her B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, in 2010 and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in 2013. Ms. Lai advises cities and special districts on a wide range of municipal and public law issues, including land use, planning and housing, telecommunications, code enforcement, the Public Records Act, the Brown Act, conflicts of interest, and public contracting. Ms. Lai currently serves as Assistant City Attorney to the cities of Walnut Creek and South San Francisco and the Town of Los Altos Hills.
ANDREW B. SABEY, update author of chapter 19, is a partner in the San Francisco office of Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP. He received his B.A. from St. Lawrence University in 1987 and his J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1992. His practice focuses on helping project applicants, land owners, and public agencies resolve disputes arising out of the land use entitlement and permitting process under state and federal laws. Mr. Sabey has successfully resolved numerous cases involving CEQA, NEPA, ESA, state planning and zoning laws, the Subdivision Map Act, development agreement law, and related proceedings, as well as claims involving water law, ballot box planning, and due process. For earlier biographical information about Mr. Sabey that pertained at the time he coauthored chapter 19 for the first edition of this book (2006), see the About the Authors section.
ANDREW W. SCHWARTZ, update coauthor of chapter 18. For a full bio, see the About the Authors section.
DANIEL L. SIEGEL, update author of chapter 17, is a Deputy Attorney General with the California Attorney General’s Land Law Section in Sacramento. Mr. Siegel represented the State of California at trial and during appeals in Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v Tahoe Reg’l Planning Agency, and he authored amicus curiae briefs in takings cases such as Koontz v St. Johns River Water Mgmt. Dist., Stop the Beach Renourishment v Florida Dep’t of Envt’l Protection, and Brown v Legal Found. of Washington (U.S. Supreme Court), as well as CBIA v City of San Jose and San Remo Hotel v City & County of San Francisco (California Supreme Court). Mr. Siegel has had various takings-related articles published in the Stanford, UCLA, UC Hastings, Vermont, and NYU law school journals. In addition, he has testified before Congress and the California Legislature regarding takings issues. Mr. Siegel obtained his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1972 and his law degree from New York University School of Law in 1975. For biographical information about Mr. Siegel that pertained when he wrote chapter 17 for the first edition of this book (2006), see the About the Authors section.
