News & Announcements
Hermosa Beach Short-term Vacation Rental Ban Ruled Unenforceable in City’s Coastal Zone
In a far-reaching ruling, a city of Hermosa Beach administrative hearing officer earlier this month tossed out a code enforcement citation issued for what city code enforcement claimed were unlawful short-term vacation rentals.
Angel Law Welcomes Cooper Kass
Angel Law is excited to announce that Cooper Kass, J.D., joined its environmental and land use practice in mid-August. Cooper was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, and he is a double Bruin—graduating magna cum laude from UCLA in 2017 with a B.S. in Biology and this year from UCLA School of Law…
Update on Manhattan Beach Coastal Zone Short-Term Vacation Rental Litigation
Angel Law is pleased to announce that on April 6, 2022, the California Court of Appeal issued its opinion finding no merit to the city of Manhattan Beach’s appeal from the Los Angeles County Superior Court judgment we secured in August 2020, invalidating the city’s sweeping ban on rentals for less than 30 days (short-term rentals) in…
Lawsuit Filed Challenging Massive Miramar Hotel & Condo Project in Downtown Santa Monica
Santa Monica-based Angel Law recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Santa Monica Bay Towers Homeowners Association (SMBT) challenging the controversial Miramar five-star hotel and luxury condo development project in Downtown Santa Monica. Approved by the city council in the wee hours of September 30, 2020, the project proposes to redevelop the entire 4.4-acre…
Angel Law Wins Court Decision Invalidating City of Manhattan Beach Ordinances Banning Overnight Visitor Access to the Coastal Zone
Angel Law has won a decisive court ruling in a lawsuit it litigated against the City of Manhattan Beach, targeting a sweeping ban on short-term rentals (STRs). STRs are rentals for less than 30 days. The Manhattan Beach city council passed a first ordinance banning STRs in June 2015. In April of last year, it…
Industrial-Scale Marijuana Factories a No Go
In the spring of 2019, Angel Law filed lawsuits on behalf of the Greater Los Angeles Communities Alliance (GreatLACA) asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to order the El Monte city council to undo back-to-back actions approving the development of industrial-scale marijuana factories near residential communities and schools. Our pleadings showed that the city…
Malibu City Council Cancels Controversial Parkland Swap Opposed by Angel Law Client MTC
On Monday, the Malibu city council decided to cancel a swap of public parklands by which the city of Malibu would have traded city-owned Charmlee Wilderness Park for 83 acres of state-owned parkland, the Malibu Bluffs Open Space. Angel Law has been representing the civic organization Malibu Township Council throughout its long fight in and…
Angel Law Helps Greater Los Angeles Communities Alliance Fend Off Proliferation of Industrial-Scale Marijuana Production Facilities in El Monte
This month, Angel Law helped the Greater Los Angeles Communities Alliance, a grassroots citizen organization in the San Gabriel Valley, take its fight against a proliferation of industrial-scale marijuana cultivation, production, and distribution facilities in El Monte to the ballot box. On February 6, we submitted a referendum petition with the El Monte city clerk,…
City of Redondo Beach Ordered to Decertify Waterfront Project EIR and Set Aside Project Entitlements
Angel Law is pleased to announce a successful outcome for its client Building a Better Redondo in California Environmental Quality Act enforcement litigation challenging environmental information disclosure omissions in the City of Redondo Beach’s environmental impact report for the controversial Waterfront Project at King Harbor. The project proposes an upscale RDE (retail, dining & entertainment)…
Frank Angel Speaks at Coalition to Preserve LA’s Sunset Gordon Press Conference
Frank Angel speaking at the Coalition to Preserve LA’s press conference at the Sunset Gordon (5929 Sunset Blvd.), supporting the Coalition’s demand that the city of Los Angeles acquire the vacant 300-unit Sunset Gordon apartment complex by eminent domain to provide housing for Hollywood’s elderly homeless. Many of Hollywood’s elderly wouldn’t be bereft of proper…
