Dec 2, 2015
November 23rd marked an historic day for the affordable housing community in San Francisco as 15 public housing sites were turned over to private developer teams to begin work on a monumental rehabilitation project. After many years of insufficient funding for...
Dec 2, 2015
Goldfarb & Lipman recently represented a California city in defense of an action for breach of contract and related claims brought by a developer after the city elected not to proceed with negotiations under an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement. Relying upon the...
Nov 24, 2015
SB 107, once more, requires Successor Agency staff and others involved in the unwind of dissolved redevelopment agencies to learn and implement significant changes to the dissolution process. The attached memorandum identifies the key elements of the legislation and...
Nov 10, 2015
“Gift from Clients? Is it okay? Maybe” by Dianne Jackson McLean was published in Legal by the Bay, the blog of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Click here to read the article.
Oct 16, 2015
As of January 1, 2016, developments containing affordable housing and located near transit will be entitled to greatly reduced parking requirements in most communities. Click here to read more.
Oct 5, 2015
Public agencies and non-profits making affordable homeownership loans may be subject to the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, often referred to as the “TRID Rule”. Click here to read more.
