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Surviving the Storm: Preserving Land Use Entitlements and Exploring Transit-Oriented Development
As a developer embarking on a new project, an owner or lender looking to protect existing land use entitlements, or a service professional advising real estate clients, it is vital to understand how to preserve hard-won land use entitlements and how to take advantage of new incentives for transit-oriented development. This panel will examine key new rules for preserving entitlements such as AB 333 and SB 1185, how these rules interact with previous rules such as the Development Agreement Act and the Subdivision Map Act, and how new legal developments such as AB 32, SB 375, and air district CEQA guidelines for assessing global climate change, are creating incentives for transit-oriented development.
MODERATOR
James Arnone, Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
James Arnone practices land use and environmental law at Latham & Watkins, with extensive trial and appellate experience. Mr. Arnone advises clients on climate change issues and serves on the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Global Climate Change CEQA Working Group. He writes and lectures frequently, and has taught environmental law at USC since 1997.
PANELISTS
Vince Bertoni, Deputy Director
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Vince Bertoni is deputy director for the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning and has more than 20 years of professional planning experience. He also has served as planning director for the cities of Beverly Hills, Santa Clarita, and Malibu and served as president of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA).
Julie Romey, Principal
Keyser Marston Associates, Inc
Julie Romey provides cities with real estate economic analysis. Ms. Romey has assisted with the structuring of development agreements in many cities including Anaheim and Los Angeles. Ms. Romey has a BS degree in real estate finance from San Diego State University and a master’s degree in real estate finance from Cornell University.
Fernando Villa, Partner
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Fernando Villa is a partner at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks. Mr. Villa’s practice focuses on land use, environmental law, real estate dispute resolution, entitlements, CEQA, and local government law matters for mixed-use, industrial, retail, master-planned, and commercial developments, as well as cost recovery actions under CERCLA, RCRA, and the California Hazardous Substance Account Act.
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As a developer embarking on a new project, an owner or lender looking to protect existing land use entitlements, or a service professional advising real estate clients, it is vital to understand how to preserve hard-won land use entitlements and how to take advantage of new incentives for transit-oriented development. This panel will examine key new rules for preserving entitlements such as AB 333 and SB 1185, how these rules interact with previous rules such as the Development Agreement Act and the Subdivision Map Act, and how new legal developments such as AB 32, SB 375, and air district CEQA guidelines for assessing global climate change, are creating incentives for transit-oriented development.
MODERATOR
James Arnone, Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
James Arnone practices land use and environmental law at Latham & Watkins, with extensive trial and appellate experience. Mr. Arnone advises clients on climate change issues and serves on the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Global Climate Change CEQA Working Group. He writes and lectures frequently, and has taught environmental law at USC since 1997. PANELISTS
Vince Bertoni, Deputy Director
City of Los Angeles, Department of City Planning
Vince Bertoni is deputy director for the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning and has more than 20 years of professional planning experience. He also has served as planning director for the cities of Beverly Hills, Santa Clarita, and Malibu and served as president of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA).Julie Romey, Principal
Keyser Marston Associates, Inc
Julie Romey provides cities with real estate economic analysis. Ms. Romey has assisted with the structuring of development agreements in many cities including Anaheim and Los Angeles. Ms. Romey has a BS degree in real estate finance from San Diego State University and a master’s degree in real estate finance from Cornell University.Fernando Villa, Partner
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
Fernando Villa is a partner at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks. Mr. Villa’s practice focuses on land use, environmental law, real estate dispute resolution, entitlements, CEQA, and local government law matters for mixed-use, industrial, retail, master-planned, and commercial developments, as well as cost recovery actions under CERCLA, RCRA, and the California Hazardous Substance Account Act.Return to Breakout Sessions Listing>