Government and Regulatory
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September 15, 2022 | Rutan, LLP Secures Complete Defense Verdict in Cutting Edge Federal Takings Claim
March 9, 2022 | The City of Duarte Promotes Thai V. Phan to City Attorney
December 23, 2020 | California Court of Appeal Again Rules that Supermajority Not Needed to Pass Voter Initiative Special Tax Measures
August 13, 2020 | City of Portland v. United States of America
May 26, 2020 | “Dark Waters” Come to Orange County
January 29, 2020 | School Facilities Fees
October 11, 2019 | Housing Crisis Act of 2019 – SB 330 Removes Local Barriers to New Housing Development
September 3, 2019 | The Orange County Small Business Development Center Awarded $40K Grant to Support the Vietnamese Small Business Community
June 25, 2019 | Landowners and Developers May Now Assert Compensation Claims From Adverse Land-Use Decisions Directly in Federal Court
February 21, 2019 | Websites and Mobile Applications of Places of Public Accommodation Must Be Accessible to the Visually Impaired Under the ADA
March 13, 2018 | Partner Alisha Patterson Appointed Claremont City Attorney
January 10, 2018 | SB 231: Stormwater fees and property taxes
October 4, 2017 | Governor Brown Signs Three Bills Amending the Housing Accountability Act that Further Restrict a Local Public Agency’s Ability to Reject Housing Projects
June 22, 2017 | ADA Accessibility Guidelines Apply To Public Rights-Of-Way, Parks, and Playgrounds Constructed or Altered After January 26, 1992
June 14, 2017 | Partner Patrick Munoz was interviewed by the City Square to discuss various legal issues affecting Orange County today.
March 2, 2017 | Government & Regulatory Law: Case Update March 2017
January 11, 2017 | Calif. Bracing For Potential EPA, Clean Water Act Changes
June 7, 2016 | Rutan partner Bill Ihrke discusses impact of California Developers and the Affordable Housing Gap with Law360
May 31, 2016 | A White Paper on Use of Water Fine and Penalty Revenue
February 16, 2016 | Finding “New Water” in California
January 6, 2016 | Rutan, LLP Names Eight New Partners in 2016
November 20, 2015 | No Longer United, Yet Not Subdivided
September 22, 2015 | Rutan Attorney Jeremy Jungreis to Co-Chair Finding “New” Water Conference, October 5 & 6, 2015, in Anaheim
September 18, 2015 | Will “Emergency” Water Rules Remain?
August 4, 2015 | Rutan Achieves Important Appellate Victory For Client Rancho Pauma Mutual Water Company
July 23, 2015 | Attorneys At Rutan, LLP Are Victorious In Appellate Case for the City of Laguna Beach
June 15, 2015 | California Supreme Court Holds That the City of San Jose’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Does Not Impose Exactions
March 16, 2015 | Kelo: The Case That Made Eminent Domain Infamous
March 5, 2015 | California Supreme Court Issues Decision in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley
January 5, 2015 | Rutan, LLP Names Three New Partners in 2015
October 23, 2014 | Key Hearing Next Week in Ownership Battle Over Ontario Airport
October 2, 2014 | Understanding Broker Liability
September 8, 2014 | Ninth Circuit Holds That ADA Applies to Public “On-Street” Parking Even in the Absence of Adopted Technical Design Standards
August 8, 2014 | Wal-Mart Expansion Can Skip CEQA Review
July 25, 2014 | Attorneys At Rutan, LLP Are Victorious In Class Action Lawsuit for the City of Laguna Beach
June 10, 2014 | Law 360’s Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rutan’s Kathy Jenson
May 29, 2014 | Ordinance May Be Enough To Skip CEQA
May 7, 2014 | JEDI Proposal Seeks to Restore Balance
March 25, 2014 | Zip Line Operators Object to New Rules
February 17, 2014 | Left Hanging – Zip Line operators are confused by new state requirements after a wave of closures and inspections
January 31, 2014 | Daily Journal Verdicts and Settlements
December 16, 2013 | San Diego County Superior Court Ruling Upholds Continued Enforceability of 1953 Water Rights Judgment in San Luis Rey Watershed
October 18, 2013 | California’s Highest Court Reverses Ruling In Affordable Housing-Related Case (Decision In Sterling Park v. Palo Alto Favors Rutan, LLP Client)
June 20, 2013 | Rutan Partner Michael Rubin Elected Anti-Defamation League Orange County/Long Beach Regional Chair
February 14, 2013 | League of California Cities Commends Rutan, LLP for Litigation Successes in Recent Redevelopment Dissolution Cases
January 29, 2013 | Rutan, LLP Attorneys Win Major Ruling In Multi-Million-Dollar Affordable Housing Case
December 21, 2012 | Rutan, LLP Attorneys Win $1.2 Million Verdict In Senior Housing Case
December 20, 2012 | Families In Need Assisted By Volunteers From Rutan, LLP
December 5, 2012 | William Ihrke Of Rutan, LLP Named To List Of California’s 25 Most Impactful Municipal Lawyers
November 23, 2012 | Husband Of Rutan, LLP Attorney Calls Upon His Medical Skills To Save Dying Runner
October 10, 2012 | Nine Partners At Rutan, LLP Named To 2012 List Of Best Lawyers In America
July 26, 2012 | Rutan, LLP Named City Attorney For San Juan Capistrano
July 17, 2012 | Jeremy N. Jungreis Joins Rutan, LLP
June 4, 2012 | Bill Shaeffer Joins Rutan, LLP
January 3, 2012 | ‘Waiting for Superman’ Panel Sponsored By Rutan, LLP
December 22, 2011 | Volunteers From Rutan, LLP Assist Families In Need
December 21, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Helps Create Innovative Public-Private Partnership To Build Athletic Fields At California Schools
December 7, 2011 | Patrick Muñoz Of Rutan, LLP Named To List Of California’s 25 Most Impactful Municipal Lawyers
October 3, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Represents Southland Cities And Agencies In Landmark Redevelopment Lawsuit
March 18, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Wins Judgment Requiring Dana Point Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Pay $2.4 Million In Civil Damages
January 19, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Launches Government Relations and Political Law Practice Group
October 1, 2010 | Nine Partners At Rutan, LLP Named To 2011 List Of Best Lawyers
July 18, 2008 | Governor Signs Urgency Legislation Extending Tentative Maps
March 8, 2004 | R&T Team Wins Significant Religious Land-Use Case
June 17, 2002 | Adelphia’s Insolvency And Impending Bankruptcy: Questions And Answers About The Impact On Local Cable Television Franchises
April 15, 2002 | The New Prevailing Wage Law Trap — SB 975 and Beyond
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Rutan has expertise in resolving state and local regulatory challenges.
Successful projects in California must navigate complex regulatory systems governing all aspects of land use, housing and business activities. These systems present both challenge and opportunity. The key to avoiding one and maximizing the other is knowledge of governmental law and California’s stringent environmental regulations—the kind of expertise you can depend on from Rutan.
Our Government and Regulatory Group represents both public and private clients in matters pertaining to governmental entities and regulation. On the public side, we currently represent scores of public agencies as general counsel, city attorney or special counsel. Our clients include cities, school and community college districts, water districts, public finance authorities, community service districts, counties, and other local governmental entities. The firm’s local government presentation extends from advising agencies in public meetings, to representing entities in regulatory, transactional, finance and inter-governmental matters, to prosecuting and defending local agencies in litigation or administrative proceedings covering the entire spectrum of public law. On the private side, we advise private individuals, developers, property owners, commercial and industrial concerns, community organizations and other private entities that have dealings with governmental agencies. Our expertise extends not only to substantive regulatory requirements and restrictions, but also the rules governing the review and processing of entitlements and approvals, and the specialized procedures for challenging or defending governmental decisions both administratively and in litigation. Our expertise includes, but is not limited to:
- Municipal Law
- Water Law
- Education Law
- Election & Political Law
- Conflicts of Interest Law
- Land Use, Zoning, CEQA and Subdivision Law
- Eminent Domain, Inverse Condemnation, and Property Valuation
- Public Sector Personnel and Labor Law
- Public Contracting and Prevailing Wage Compliance
- Federal, State, and Local Regulatory Permitting
- Municipal Finance
- Affordable Housing and Economic Development
- Property Taxes, Fees, Assessments and Exactions
News & Insights
September 15, 2022 | Rutan, LLP Secures Complete Defense Verdict in Cutting Edge Federal Takings Claim
March 9, 2022 | The City of Duarte Promotes Thai V. Phan to City Attorney
December 23, 2020 | California Court of Appeal Again Rules that Supermajority Not Needed to Pass Voter Initiative Special Tax Measures
August 13, 2020 | City of Portland v. United States of America
May 26, 2020 | “Dark Waters” Come to Orange County
January 29, 2020 | School Facilities Fees
October 11, 2019 | Housing Crisis Act of 2019 – SB 330 Removes Local Barriers to New Housing Development
September 3, 2019 | The Orange County Small Business Development Center Awarded $40K Grant to Support the Vietnamese Small Business Community
June 25, 2019 | Landowners and Developers May Now Assert Compensation Claims From Adverse Land-Use Decisions Directly in Federal Court
February 21, 2019 | Websites and Mobile Applications of Places of Public Accommodation Must Be Accessible to the Visually Impaired Under the ADA
March 13, 2018 | Partner Alisha Patterson Appointed Claremont City Attorney
January 10, 2018 | SB 231: Stormwater fees and property taxes
October 4, 2017 | Governor Brown Signs Three Bills Amending the Housing Accountability Act that Further Restrict a Local Public Agency’s Ability to Reject Housing Projects
June 22, 2017 | ADA Accessibility Guidelines Apply To Public Rights-Of-Way, Parks, and Playgrounds Constructed or Altered After January 26, 1992
June 14, 2017 | Partner Patrick Munoz was interviewed by the City Square to discuss various legal issues affecting Orange County today.
March 2, 2017 | Government & Regulatory Law: Case Update March 2017
January 11, 2017 | Calif. Bracing For Potential EPA, Clean Water Act Changes
June 7, 2016 | Rutan partner Bill Ihrke discusses impact of California Developers and the Affordable Housing Gap with Law360
May 31, 2016 | A White Paper on Use of Water Fine and Penalty Revenue
February 16, 2016 | Finding “New Water” in California
January 6, 2016 | Rutan, LLP Names Eight New Partners in 2016
November 20, 2015 | No Longer United, Yet Not Subdivided
September 22, 2015 | Rutan Attorney Jeremy Jungreis to Co-Chair Finding “New” Water Conference, October 5 & 6, 2015, in Anaheim
September 18, 2015 | Will “Emergency” Water Rules Remain?
August 4, 2015 | Rutan Achieves Important Appellate Victory For Client Rancho Pauma Mutual Water Company
July 23, 2015 | Attorneys At Rutan, LLP Are Victorious In Appellate Case for the City of Laguna Beach
June 15, 2015 | California Supreme Court Holds That the City of San Jose’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Does Not Impose Exactions
March 16, 2015 | Kelo: The Case That Made Eminent Domain Infamous
March 5, 2015 | California Supreme Court Issues Decision in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley
January 5, 2015 | Rutan, LLP Names Three New Partners in 2015
October 23, 2014 | Key Hearing Next Week in Ownership Battle Over Ontario Airport
October 2, 2014 | Understanding Broker Liability
September 8, 2014 | Ninth Circuit Holds That ADA Applies to Public “On-Street” Parking Even in the Absence of Adopted Technical Design Standards
August 8, 2014 | Wal-Mart Expansion Can Skip CEQA Review
July 25, 2014 | Attorneys At Rutan, LLP Are Victorious In Class Action Lawsuit for the City of Laguna Beach
June 10, 2014 | Law 360’s Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rutan’s Kathy Jenson
May 29, 2014 | Ordinance May Be Enough To Skip CEQA
May 7, 2014 | JEDI Proposal Seeks to Restore Balance
March 25, 2014 | Zip Line Operators Object to New Rules
February 17, 2014 | Left Hanging – Zip Line operators are confused by new state requirements after a wave of closures and inspections
January 31, 2014 | Daily Journal Verdicts and Settlements
December 16, 2013 | San Diego County Superior Court Ruling Upholds Continued Enforceability of 1953 Water Rights Judgment in San Luis Rey Watershed
October 18, 2013 | California’s Highest Court Reverses Ruling In Affordable Housing-Related Case (Decision In Sterling Park v. Palo Alto Favors Rutan, LLP Client)
June 20, 2013 | Rutan Partner Michael Rubin Elected Anti-Defamation League Orange County/Long Beach Regional Chair
February 14, 2013 | League of California Cities Commends Rutan, LLP for Litigation Successes in Recent Redevelopment Dissolution Cases
January 29, 2013 | Rutan, LLP Attorneys Win Major Ruling In Multi-Million-Dollar Affordable Housing Case
December 21, 2012 | Rutan, LLP Attorneys Win $1.2 Million Verdict In Senior Housing Case
December 20, 2012 | Families In Need Assisted By Volunteers From Rutan, LLP
December 5, 2012 | William Ihrke Of Rutan, LLP Named To List Of California’s 25 Most Impactful Municipal Lawyers
November 23, 2012 | Husband Of Rutan, LLP Attorney Calls Upon His Medical Skills To Save Dying Runner
October 10, 2012 | Nine Partners At Rutan, LLP Named To 2012 List Of Best Lawyers In America
July 26, 2012 | Rutan, LLP Named City Attorney For San Juan Capistrano
July 17, 2012 | Jeremy N. Jungreis Joins Rutan, LLP
June 4, 2012 | Bill Shaeffer Joins Rutan, LLP
January 3, 2012 | ‘Waiting for Superman’ Panel Sponsored By Rutan, LLP
December 22, 2011 | Volunteers From Rutan, LLP Assist Families In Need
December 21, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Helps Create Innovative Public-Private Partnership To Build Athletic Fields At California Schools
December 7, 2011 | Patrick Muñoz Of Rutan, LLP Named To List Of California’s 25 Most Impactful Municipal Lawyers
October 3, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Represents Southland Cities And Agencies In Landmark Redevelopment Lawsuit
March 18, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Wins Judgment Requiring Dana Point Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Pay $2.4 Million In Civil Damages
January 19, 2011 | Rutan, LLP Launches Government Relations and Political Law Practice Group
October 1, 2010 | Nine Partners At Rutan, LLP Named To 2011 List Of Best Lawyers
July 18, 2008 | Governor Signs Urgency Legislation Extending Tentative Maps
March 8, 2004 | R&T Team Wins Significant Religious Land-Use Case
June 17, 2002 | Adelphia’s Insolvency And Impending Bankruptcy: Questions And Answers About The Impact On Local Cable Television Franchises
April 15, 2002 | The New Prevailing Wage Law Trap — SB 975 and Beyond
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