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Roxanne M. Diaz is a shareholder in the
Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon and currently
serves as Assistant Chair of the firm's Public Law Department. Ms.
Diaz has more than ten years of experience in local government law.
Ms. Diaz is the City Attorney for the City of Hidden Hills, Chief
Assistant City Attorney for the City of Beverly Hills, General Counsel
to the Huntington Park Community Development Commission and the
Hub Cities Consortium, a joint powers authority and Co-General Counsel
of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District. In addition, she
serves as Planning Commission Counsel for the City of Norwalk. Ms.
Diaz is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Mexican-American
Bar Association, Latina Lawyers Association and the Westside Urban
Forum.
Ms. Diaz advises public clients on public law and land use issues,
redevelopment, CEQA, the Brown Act, conflicts of interest and ethics,
and the Public Records Act. She also specializes in issues of housing
and community care facilities. Ms. Diaz has been a frequent speaker
on local government fundamentals and community care facilities.
She recently contributed an article to the California Inclusionary
Housing Reader published by the Institute for Local Self Government
and was a presenter at the CCAPA Conference, the Planning Directors
Association of Orange County, the California League of Cities, and
the County Counsels Association of California.
At Hastings College of Law, Ms. Diaz served on the staff of the
Hastings Women's Law Journal. In 1994 she was the Managing
Editor. She was an extern to the Honorable Thomas E. Carlson, Chief
Justice of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District
of California in 1995.
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