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7 | 22 | 2022

Superior Court judge strikes down San Francisco’s ten-day barrier to serving a notice to pay rent or quit

7 | 13 | 2022

SAN FRANCISCO (July 13, 2022) – Zacks, Freedman & Patterson, PC announces the election of senior associate Mark Chernev to shareholder of the firm effective July 1, 2022.

7 | 12 | 2022

ZFP’s Clients Win Victory Against Culver City in Groundbreaking SB 330 Case

3 | 30 | 2022

ZFP submits amici curiae brief to U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of San Francisco Apartment Association and Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute

3 | 23 | 2022

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in the SF Business Times: A new law aimed at protecting SF tenants from eviction has been challenged by landlord interest groups

3 | 01 | 2022

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in the SF Chronicle: Property owners sue Oakland, Alameda County to end eviction moratorium

11 | 23 | 2021

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in SF Public Press: Proposed Tenant-Organizing Protections Could Shift Balance of Power in SF

7 | 06 | 2021

Zacks, Freedman & Patterson, PC announces the election of two senior associates – Emily Lowther Brough and Justin Goodman – to shareholders of the firm effective July 1, 2021

2 | 23 | 2021

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in Law360: Oakland Waste Management Fees Aren’t Taxes, Calif. Justices Told

2 | 23 | 2021

Reason TV: The Victims of the Eviction Moratorium

2 | 10 | 2021

ZFP’s Ryan J. Patterson in the SF Examiner: Housing advocates challenge state’s calculation of Bay Area housing needs

2 | 10 | 2021

ZFP in SF Weekly: YIMBYs Sue for Even More Housing Via RHNA

2 | 10 | 2021

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in the SF Business Times: Building where 100-year-old woman was evicted cleared to become condos, state appeals court rules

2 | 10 | 2021

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in Oakland News Now: California Court Orders City of San Francisco to Allow Condo Conversion in Iris Canada Case

2 | 05 | 2021

ZFP’s clients win in Court of Appeal: City abused its discretion in denying condo conversion application

10 | 08 | 2020

Court sides with ZFP’s clients, overturns SF Amended Buyout Ordinance

7 | 02 | 2020

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks featured in the Daily Journal: Property owners fight city ordinances banning evictions

5 | 08 | 2020

ZFP clients win in a published appellate decision involving the Ellis Act: Superior Court not required to reclassify the action upon granting summary judgment

4 | 30 | 2020

ZFP’s Emily L. Brough in Law360: Calif. Cities May Reconsider Blocking Affordable HousingCalif. Cities May Reconsider Blocking Affordable Housing

4 | 16 | 2020

ZFP’s Ryan J. Patterson in the SF Chronicle: Berkeley council weighs controversial rules for new housing development

4 | 9 | 2020

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in the Wall Street Journal: Some landlords eyeing tenants with jobs who didn’t pay rent

3 | 30 | 2020

ZFP clients win in Court of Appeal: Oakland’s garbage franchise fee remanded for consideration as a prohibited tax without voter approval under Prop. 218

3 | 24 | 2020

Racing against time, city bolsters protections for renters impacted by COVID-19 shutdown

2| 14 | 2020

ZFP in the New York Times: Build Build Build – When California’s housing crisis slammed into a wealthy suburb, one public servant became a convert to a radically simple doctrine

2 | 11 | 2020

ZFP’s Andrew M. Zacks in the San Jose Mercury News: Moms 4 Housing-inspired policy could shake up Oakland real estate market

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