The California State Legislature is considering Assembly Bill (AB) 2216, a measure introduced by Assemblymember Matt Haney, that would force landlords to permit pets in residential rental properties. Specifically, the proposed legislation restricts a landlord from barring a tenant from
Real Estate & Construction
Waivers and Modifications for Parking Relief: What Do You Mean We Don’t Need a Variance?
“Your parking requirements stink! What do you mean we have to provide 25 times the number of parking spaces than what the ITE says, or we have to get a variance? What is our hardship other than your requirements haven’t been…
Scott Talkov Quoted in the Daily Journal on Real Estate Law
Talkov Law President Scott Talkov was quoted by California’s leading daily legal publication, the Daily Journal, on the recent national settlement that changes the way that Realtors are paid.
Specifically, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed to pay $418…
Adapting Underutilized Commercial Spaces for Residential Redevelopment: New Tools and Challenges
Brooke Miller and Shannon Mandich’s article “Adapting Underutilized Commercial Spaces for Residential Redevelopment: New Tools and Challenges” was recently featured in the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Magazine Spring 2024 Issue. The article discusses the tools and challenges of adopting underutilized commercial…
Environmental Justice Update: The Justice40 Initiative
Soon after taking office, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, entitled, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This is an unusually long and complex executive order and includes many provisions relating to environmental justice…
Getting to grips with the new Building Safety Act Gateway regime – how will this impact development in the living sector?
One of the key parts of the Building Safety Act 2022 is the new Gateway regime for ‘higher risk buildings’, which came into full force on 1 October 2023 This is a three step approval process that is intended to…
Mistake No. 2 of the Top 10 Horrible, No-Good Mistakes Construction Lawyers Make: Not Educating Clients on the Pros and Cons of Arbitration
I have practiced law for 40 years, with the vast majority of that time spent as a “construction lawyer.” I have seen great… and bad… construction lawyering, both when on the other side of a dispute, as well as when…
There’s the 5 Second Rule, But Have You Heard of the 5 Year Rule?
They’re called deadlines for a reason. Usually, because something really bad could happen if you fail to meet the deadline. For those in the construction industry,…
Court Decision Doesn’t Affect Corporate Transparency Act Requirements for Most Companies and Real Estate Investors
As the joke goes, when asked how to get to Carnegie Hall, a musician answered “practice.” Although diligent practice is the means to become an expert in most endeavors, musicians are particularly obsessed with practice. From the start, musicians are…
Surging Construction Job Vacancies Signal Need to Reevaluate Labor Practices
According to a recent ConstructionDive.com article, construction job openings soared in January 2024 marking over a 40% increase from the same period in 2023. Essentially there were approximately 120,000 more construction job openings at the end of January 2024 than…