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Contact Information 555 Capitol Mall 9th Floor Sacramento CA 95814 916.444.3900
Practice Focus Affordable Housing Infrastructure Financing Land Use Municipal Law
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Seth Merewitz | Shareholder Professional ExperienceSeth practices in the firm’s Public Law practice group where he provides advisory and transactional services to land owner groups, public agencies and private entities. He joined the firm in 1997. With a focus on residential master-planned communities, land use, infrastructure financing, affordable housing, and general municipal law, Seth represents applicants on entitlement and permit processing matters for residential, commercial, industrial, and in-fill projects, Seth also serves as city attorney for the City of Marysville and as special counsel to redevelopment agencies across Northern and Southern California. His prior experience includes serving as an appointed Planning Commissioner for Yolo County, CA from 1996-1998, and working as a research assistant to Professor Alan Brownstein of the UC Davis School of Law. Presentations/PublicationsCo-author, “State Enacts Landmark “Anti-Sprawl” Legislation,” McDonough Public Law Legal Bulletin, October 2008 Co-author, “New Legislation Strengthens State Flood Protection,” McDonough Real Estate/Public Law Legal Bulletin, June 2008 Co-author, “California Enacts Major Flood Control Legislation Affecting Local Governments and Private Development in the Central Valley,” McDonough Public Law Legal Bulletin, October 2007 Co-author, Redevelopment in California, Solano Press (3d ed. 2004) Author, “At the Polling Station With No Information: The Initiative Process and Environmental Review in the Wake of DeVita v. County of Napa," 19 ENVIRONS UC Davis Environmental Law and Policy Journal 94 (1996) Co-author of a chapter entitled “Funding Neighborhood Specific Infrastructure and Amenities,” Exaction and Impact Fees in California: A Comprehensive Guide to Policy, Practice and the Law, Solano Press, 2001 Reviewer, CEQA section of the League of California Cities, Municipal Law Handbook Co-author of chapter entitled, “Redevelopment Inclusionary and Production Housing Requirements,” California Inclusionary Housing Reader, Institute for Local Self-Government, 2003 Speaker, California Redevelopment Association, 2001 - present Speaker, UC Davis Extension, 2003 - present Speaker, "Advanced Zoning and Land Use", Lorman Educational Services, 2004 Leadership Positions/AffiliationsMember, American Bar Association Member, State Bar of California Member, Sacramento County Bar Association Member, California Redevelopment Association Member, Yolo County Bar Association Board of Directors, Yolo Basin Foundation Member, Urban Land Institute, Residential Neighborhood Development Council (Blue Flight) Treasurer, Urban Land Institute, Residential Neighborhood Previous Leadership Positions Board of Directors, Jewish Community Relations Council Steering Committee, UC Davis Center for the Arts Development Committee, Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization Board of Directors, Sacramento Neighborhood Housing Services Board of Directors, Mosaic Law Congregation |
MHALaw Search Admitted to PracticeState Bar of California, 1998 State Courts in California EducationUniversity of California, Davis School of Law J.D., 1997 Editorial Board, UC Davis Law Review University of California, Davis B.A., Political Science, 1993 Student Body President, 1992-1993 |
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