Los Angeles Real Estate Litigation Lawyer Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP Home
Recently, JMBM lawyers successfully challenged an attempt by the City of Los Angeles to unlawfully impose conditions of approval on a proposed infill apartment project that was entitled to a height increase under SB 1818, the state density bonus law. The case involved the request by JMBM’s client Louise Apts. LLC to increase the height […]
Gina Marie Lindsey began by saying she intended to focus her comments primarily on LAX. When she became executive director in early 2007, LAX had 61 million passengers flowing through its facilities; that’s down 7 million from the high point of 68 million in 2000. LAX has also seen a 7% reduction in air traffic […]
On November 14, 2008, federal court Judge A. Howard Matz of the United States District Court, Central District of California, awarded JMBM’s client, CEMEX, the full amount of attorneys’ fees requested for its defense of a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lawsuit. The attorneys’ fees were incurred in the last round of litigation involving actions […]
California voters have spoken and the state now has a new law on eminent domain. On June 3rd, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 99, while sending the rival Proposition 98, down to defeat. The genesis of both initiatives was the landmark decision in the case of Kelo v. City of New London. That decision upheld […]
Urban development is a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in addressing it. California has already begun the process by adopting AB 32, legislation that lays out the framework for action. Basically, AB 32 requires the state to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. That means reducing the equivalent of […]
Ben Reznik was profiled and interviewed by the California Real Estate Journal on his professional accomplishments.
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that recently there has been a rash of requests for full environmental impact reports (EIRs) from community groups, project opponents and elected officials all over southern California, but particularly in Los Angeles. Is it that each one of these projects truly has potential adverse environmental impacts that cannot […]
Benjamin M. Reznik’s article entitled, "Affordable Housing Doesn’t Necessarily Lead to Less Traffic," was published in the August 6, 2007 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal.
JMBM featured Jane Ellison Usher, president of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, at its most recent Business Issues Forum. The breakfast Forums are presented several times a year by the firm’s Government, Land Use, Environment & Energy Department and feature public officials whose decision-making impacts upon the real estate and business climate of Los […]
It is common knowledge that in order for a city to legally require the inclusion of affordable housing in a project, it must do so in a manner that demonstrates a legal nexus exists for such a requirement. Recently, the City of Los Angeles adopted a resolution requiring that new multi-family projects in Warner Center […]
