• The firm represents The Walt Disney Company and its affiliates in land use matters throughout Southern California, including development within and around The Disneyland Resort™ and development in the County of Los Angeles. The firm helped obtain entitlements from the County of Los Angeles for Disney ABC Studios at The Ranch, a state-of-the-art motion picture and television studio, just east of State Route 14 in Placerita Canyon. http://www.studiosattheranch.com

• Mr. Elliott represented JK Hotel Properties (Jeff Klein, owner of the Sunset’s Strip’s Sunset Tower) in a complete rehabilitation of four historic homes in West Hollywood to create an Urban Inn. Dubbed “Hollywood’s New Clubhouse” by the New York Times on February 13, 2019, a detailed article of the project can be viewed at SVBARTICLE

• Since 1995, Ms. Truman has represented the Playa Vista project, the largest and one of the most controversial development projects in the City of Los Angeles, during the federal, state, and local entitlement processes and in over twenty lawsuits brought by project opponents.

• The firm represents Brookview Ranch LLC in its efforts to obtain entitlements, including a Significant Ecological Area conditional use permit, from the County of Los Angeles for an event facility within the Resort-Recreation zone in the unincorporated area of the Santa Monica Mountains.

• The firm represents the developer of the San Pedro Public Market now known as West Harbor, a comprehensive expansion and update of the Ports O’Call site in San Pedro, counseling the developer through the entitlement process with the Port of Los Angeles.

• The firm represents Under Canvas, which operates safari-inspired luxury tent campgrounds near national parks, in obtaining entitlements from public agencies throughout California for its expansion into the Golden State.

• The firm represents the developers of the IAC Commerce Center, a large industrial park, and the Sterling Gateway Project, a 222-unit residential development, in the unincorporated area of the Santa Clarita Valley in the pursuit and use of entitlements from the County of Los Angeles.

• The firm represented the developer of the Melrose Triangle Project, located at the western gateway of the City of West Hollywood, in obtaining entitlements from the City and successfully defending those entitlements in a legal challenge regarding historical resources to the California Supreme Court.

• Ms. Truman represented The Malibu Institute in obtaining entitlements from the County of Los Angeles for an educational retreat on a 650-acre site previously operated as the Malibu Golf Club in an unincorporated area in the Santa Monica Mountains.

• The firm obtained entitlements for Strategic Hotels & Resorts to build a mixed-use commercial and housing project on Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica, California. With guidance from the firm, this LEED™ Platinum Project received unanimous approval from the City's Planning Commission and Architectural Review Board and the California Coastal Commission.

• The firm successfully represented the City of Glendale in its effort to obtain approval from the California Public Utilities Commission for an at-grade railroad crossing, working closely with executives from Metrolink, Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Walt Disney World Co. and the California Department of Transportation to develop an agreement to enhance safety along the entire railroad corridor in the City, and ultimately persuade Commission staff to support the City’s application.

• The firm successfully defended the rights of a small development firm to construct a modern condominium complex adjacent to the world-famous Sunset Strip. Through a series of battles, including, appeals of local development approvals, and after two hearings conducted over a four-month period before the California Office of Historic Preservation, the firm succeeded in obtaining a 7-1 vote by the California Historic Preservation Commission, denying the purported historic status of the property, clearing the way for final project entitlements and construction.

• On behalf of Pebblebrook Hotel Group, the firm secured the rights to install and maintain a 5,000 square foot outdoor advertising display (Tall Wall) at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood.

• Mr. Elliott represents ClearChannel Outdoor Advertising in its efforts to create new signage on the iconic Sunset Strip, including the review of environmental impact reports and negotiation of development agreements with the City of West Hollywood.

• Mr. Elliott assisted Avalon Bay Communities with the completion of a mixed-use project known as Movie Town Plaza, which is located near Santa Monica Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in the City of West Hollywood. The Project includes over 370 units of which 77 were dedicated as senior affordable units and 32,000 square feet of retail space anchored by a Trader Joe’s.

• The firm entitled an approximately 45,000-square foot mixed-use project near La Cienega and Santa Monica Boulevards. The project includes an entire square block and houses a Sprouts Market, 24-hour fitness and the progressive co-working space known as the Wing.

• The firm obtained approvals to build a 31-unit condominium project on Santa Monica Boulevard in an eclectic, gentrifying part of West Hollywood. The West Hollywood Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the five-story project, which includes affordable housing.

• On behalf of a major national REIT, Mr. Elliott successfully obtained the right for a hotel to serve alcoholic beverages. This case involved the applicant’s third attempt to obtain licensing over the objection of area neighbors. After an adjudicatory hearing before an administrative law judge, the applicant was ultimately granted a license.

• Mr. Elliott recently completed negotiations on behalf of a property owner client for a long-term ground lease by a major American petroleum company. The negotiations included complex formulas for option extensions, the right to purchase, and protection of the client’s interests in relation to local, state, and national environmental protection laws.

• On behalf of Red P.J., LLC, Mr. Elliott successfully defended the corporations' application for a liquor license before the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Case No. 41-443591. The Company’s first restaurant—Tinto, an authentic Spanish Tapas Bar, and Restaurant, was subsequently awarded the Creative Restaurant of the year award from the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 2008.

• Mr. Elliott’s work also includes representing restaurants and hoteliers in the Palm Springs Area. He has represented these clients in both acquisition and disposition of their real estate interests and has counseled them in land use due to diligence issues.

• The firm successfully defended entitlements obtained from the City of West Hollywood for the Melrose Triangle Project, a mixed-use project to be located at the western gateway of the City of West Hollywood, in a legal challenge regarding historical resources to the California Supreme Court. See Los Angeles Conservancy v. the City of West Hollywood, et al., Court of Appeal Second Appellate District, Case No. B284089.

• Ms. Truman, along with other lawyers, defended over twenty legal challenges to the Playa Vista Project under CEQA and other federal and state environmental laws. See, for example, City of Santa Monica et al. v. City of Los Angeles et al., Los Angeles Sup. Ct. Case No. BS093502 and Federation of Hillside and Canyon Associations, et. al. v. the City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Sup. Ct. Case No. BS093507 (challenges to the Village at Playa Vista Project); California Brown Pelican, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al., CV 98-621 RSWL (C.D. Ca.) (challenge under the Endangered Species Act); Environmentalism Through Inspiration and Non-Violent Action (“ETINA”), et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Sup. Ct. Case No. BS073182 (CEQA challenge based on methane issues); Sierra Club, et al. v. the City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Sup. Ct. Case No. BC273358 (challenge under the California Coastal Act); Ballona Wetlands Land Trust v. the City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Sup. Ct. Case No. BS085234 (CEQA challenge regarding grading issues).

• For three years Ms. Beltran represented the California Building Industry Association and others in challenging the imposition of numeric effluent limits in the statewide construction stormwater permit administrative process. Ultimately the proposed numeric limits were overturned in 2011 as CBIA was victorious in its lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board based on the robust administrative record.

• Ms. Beltran defends homebuilders, industrial operators, and building managers in stormwater and dewatering enforcement actions brought by resource agencies and environmental groups with an eye toward minimizing or eliminating penalties, ensuring long-term compliance, and reducing compliance costs.

• In 2008, the firm, in Vista Hidalgo Neighborhood Association v. City of Malibu, Los Angeles Sup. Ct. Case No. BS 115861, obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the City of Malibu from constructing a road through an active landslide adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains. As a result of their efforts, the local government and project proponents were forced to prepare an environmental impact report and to properly pursue coastal development approvals.

• In 2007, the firm represented Housing California and the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing as Amicus Counsel before the California Supreme Court (Case No. S151402) arguing for the necessity of Conditional Development Agreements. The court in its ruling upheld the ability of non-profit housing providers to utilize conditional development agreements when necessary environmental review proceeds project approvals.

• In Inland Empire Waterkeeper v. Corman Leigh Communities, CV 06-1002 DDP (Feb. 17, 2006), Ms. Truman defended four Clean Water Act lawsuits, alleging violations of construction stormwater regulations, developed novel approaches to stormwater controls along with the client and stormwater consultants, and negotiated a comprehensive settlement agreement covering four construction sites.

• In Wetlands Action Network v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 222 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir. 2000), Ms. Truman was instrumental in obtaining the reversal in the Ninth Circuit of a district court's summary judgment invalidating Playa Vista’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permit on the grounds of segmentation and insufficient analysis of impacts as well as an injunction preventing construction in 16 acres of federally delineated wetlands.

• In 2007 and 2008 Mr. Elliott, on behalf of a private residential developer, sought review of citations issued to the developer subjecting him to a taking of private property. Mr. Elliott successfully defended the developer at trial. When the local Government appealed the matter to the Appellate Division, Mr. Elliott again prevailed defending his client’s position and winning a 3-0 victory, including recovery of costs.

• In 2007 and 2008 Mr. Elliott succeeded in prevailing in obtaining a judgment terminating a lawsuit in its entirety in Brown v. Orozco, (Case No. 07U13871). By filing a motion to dismiss under California’s Anti-SLAPP law (preventing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), Mr. Elliott not only achieved victory but also won Attorney’s fees for his client.

• Mr. Elliott has defended complex litigation involving 21 defendants (all liquor licensed establishments) accused of gender discrimination by holding “Ladies Nights” events. The lead case, Angelucci v. Century Supper Club, (Case No. S136154 was settled on May 31, 2007, by the California Supreme Court. Mr. Elliott succeeded in settling the causes of action against his client in the pre-trial stages of litigation.