JMBM Partner Daniel Freedman, Co-Chair of the firm’s Housing Strategy and Litigation Group, recently appeared as an invited witness before the California State Assembly’s Housing and Community Development Committee in support of Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva’s AB 1061. The bill addresses the increasing misuse of historic preservation laws as a tool to block housing development…

California faces a housing crisis of “historic proportions.” In response, the Legislature enacted the Housing Accountability Act (HAA)—known as the “Anti-NIMBY Act”—to dramatically increase housing construction by preventing local governments from arbitrarily denying viable development projects.
On January 30, 2025, Judge Curtis A. Kin found that the City of Los Angeles (City) acted in bad…

On September 26, 2024, Daniel Freedman, partner at JMBM, participated in a webinar hosted by Less Red Tape titled, “Historic Districts and Implications to Owners.” The webinar addressed the growing trend of historic designations across the state as well as the legal and practical impacts for property owners.
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Daniel Freedman, Partner and Co-Chair of the Housing Strategy and Litigation Group at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM), recently achieved a major success on behalf of real estate developer The Commons MPK, LLC. After years of navigating entitlement challenges, Freedman successfully led the effort to gain approval from the City of Monterey Park…

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP’s (JMBM) Housing Strategy and Litigation Group recently achieved a notable victory for an affordable housing project in West Los Angeles. This development, comprising 43 rental units and one manager’s unit, is a 100-percent affordable residential project.
The City of Los Angeles’ Department of City Planning approved the project on…

In the case of Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, the United States Supreme Court reviewed a challenge by George Sheetz of a traffic impact mitigation fee imposed by the County of El Dorado. This fee was required as a condition for Sheetz to obtain a permit for constructing a small prefabricated single-family home…

JMBM is pleased to announce that Daniel Freedman, a distinguished partner in JMBM’s Government Land Use and Energy department and co-chair of the firms Housing Strategy and Litigation Group, has been chosen as an adjunct professor for the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Urban Planning graduate program. This prestigious appointment highlights his exceptional expertise…