At roughly three-year intervals, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) adopts a regional Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) to address public health standards for ozone and particulate matter, The AQMP coordinates the efforts of many agencies,...
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New York Times Article Features Current Firm Project
Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP represents the investor property owner in connection with the Garden Grove site discussed in the New York Times article, Turning Polluted Properties Into Profits.
AB2: A New Development in Redevelopment
A new law has given cities, counties and special districts an effective conduit of redevelopment funding to take the place of their departed redevelopment agencies. Effective January 1, 2016, Assembly Bill 2 (AB2), also known as the Community Redevelopment Law...
Putting the Development Back Into Redevelopment
The demise of the “redevelopment agency” in California in 2012 was swift and sudden. In the midst of a budget crisis, the California legislature dissolved the hundreds of redevelopment agencies across the state, and used their tax proceeds to balance the state...
Brian D. Langa Identified as 2013 Southern California Rising Star
For the sixth year in a row, Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP’s Brian D. Langa has been identified by Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star. Mr. Langa has been identified as a rising star in the field of environmental law each and every year since...
Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Review of EPA Clean Water Act Orders
In the March 21, 2012 decision of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (Docket No. 10-1062), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a landowner may bring a civil action against the EPA to challenge a compliance order, even if the EPA has not yet brought an...
Firm Wins $4 Million Verdict Against Caltrans
On September 12, 2011, Jed Springer and John Mackel won a jury verdict in the amount of $4,005,795.90 against Caltrans on behalf of RockTenn CP, LLC, an owner of property along the I-5 Freeway. Caltrans sought to acquire a portion of the property along the frontage...