Creative Reuse: The Opportunities and Challenges of Converting Office Space to Residential
On June 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130 into law, enacting significant changes to homeowners association enforcement rules under the Davis-Stirling Act. While AB 130 primarily aims to streamline housing...more
This is the seventh update in our series covering AB 130 and SB 131, two bills that work substantive changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and California housing law....more
Before shifting my practice from estate planning to estate litigation, I witnessed up close the challenges and frustrations associated with the California probate process. That has changed for many Californians. Assembly Bill...more
California’s Assembly Bill 2016 – which goes into effect April 1 – introduces significant positive changes to the probate process, particularly for primary residences. The law raises the value threshold for primary residences...more
In a further effort to revitalize and reimagine its downtown core, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has passed and the Mayor has signed legislation exempting certain residential conversion projects from development impact...more
The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 2424, which, as more fully explained below, will have a significant and imminent impact on the nonjudicial foreclosure process of residential real estate. Existing...more