Successor Agencies

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› Eminent Domain
› Fair Housing
› Housing Authorities
› Housing Development Approvals
› Prevailing Wages
› Public Agencies
› Public Agency Lending for Affordable Housing
› Public Meetings and Public Records
› Successor Agencies

Our extensive practice under the Community Redevelopment Law, along with our attorneys’ prior experience as city attorneys, city planners, and redevelopment agency staff, gives Goldfarb & Lipman a rich set of experiences, relationships and knowledge relevant to the dissolution of redevelopment agencies. Clients involved in the dissolution process–as successor agencies, housing successors, oversight boards, county auditor-controllers, other taxing entities, and private parties to redevelopment agency contracts—can draw on our complete understanding of the dissolution law, process, practice, and participants, and our ability to devise effective strategies and solutions to meet clients’ needs and goals. Throughout the ongoing process of dissolving redevelopment agencies, Goldfarb & Lipman has authored numerous publications that constitute a major source of legal and policy guidance on the implementation of ABx1 26.

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Karen M. Tiedemann

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Karen M. Tiedemann Attorney ktiedemann@goldfarblipman.com 510-836-6336

Karen Tiedemann practices in the areas of real estate transactions, affordable housing, nonprofit organization, and environmental law.

Ms. Tiedemann advises public agencies and nonprofit housing developers on affordable housing matters. She represents numerous agencies and nonprofit corporations on the development, financing and management of low- and moderate-income projects and programs. Her affordable housing work includes advising clients on compliance with fair housing laws. Ms. Tiedemann is a frequent speaker on relocation and fair housing issues. She is also a co-author of Between the Lines, a Question and Answer Guide on Fair Housing in Supportive Housing, which was updated in 2010.

Ms. Tiedemann represents numerous housing cooperatives, providing advice on compliance with Davis-Stirling, the limited equity cooperative law, HUD financing, Department of Real Estate regulations, and other laws and regulations impacting cooperatives. She has also formed numerous limited equity cooperatives. Ms. Tiedemann is a frequent speaker on the formation and management of cooperatives.

Ms. Tiedemann has negotiated and drafted transaction documents for complex developments involving multiple uses, including transactions that involved the acquisition of numerous properties and the relocation of business and residential tenants. She also advises clients on compliance with environmental laws, including shepherding developments through CEQA.

Additionally, as general or special counsel to several public agencies, Ms. Tiedemann provides advice on compliance with the Brown Act, the Fair Political Practices Act and Public Records Act, as well as general law questions.

Education

A.B., University of California, Berkeley
Masters in City Planning, University of California, Berkeley
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Order of the Coif honors
Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly

Professional and Volunteer Affiliations

State Bar of California
California Center for Cooperative Development, Board Member

Lynn Hutchins

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Rafael Yaquian

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Thomas H. Webber

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Thomas H. Webber Attorney twebber@goldfarblipman.com 213-627-6336

Thomas Webber’s practice is focused on community economic development, real estate, affordable housing, nonprofit and municipal law.

Mr. Webber represents numerous public agencies and nonprofit developers on mixed-use and commercial projects. He has negotiated and drafted disposition and development agreements, loan documents, and ground leases for complex mixed-use developments, including finance documents for new markets tax credit transactions. Mr. Webber’s work in this area involves structuring complex development transactions involving public and private partnerships, advising clients on public and private financing structures and all aspects of development issues, including CEQA-related and real property security issues.

Mr. Webber represented the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles on various aspects in the development of Staples Center, the Marriott Convention Center Hotel, and the new Broad Museum. He represents the City of Santa Clara in development of the new stadium to be home to the San Francisco 49ers, providing advice on financing, construction and operation issues related to the stadium.

He also represents public agencies and nonprofit organizations on the development, financing and management of affordable housing and mixed-use projects and programs that utilize state assistance, including MHP and MHSA financing, and federal assistance, including, tax credits and CDBG, NSP and HOME financing.

Mr. Webber also works with a wide variety of nonprofit entities, including school districts, affordable housing developers, and other charitable organizations providing legal guidance regarding nonprofit operations and administration, tax issues, as well as matters related to property, real estate, and other corporate and organizational matters.

Education

B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law

Previous Employment

Assistant to the City Attorney, Office of City Attorney, City of Oakland
Planner, Office of Economic Development and Employment, City of Oakland

Professional and Volunteer Affiliations

State Bar of California

Successor Agencies

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Karen M. Tiedemann

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Lynn Hutchins

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Rafael Yaquian

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Thomas H. Webber

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