Mark G. Sellers Westlake Village, California
| Senior Attorney | |
| phone | (805) 418-1914 |
| fax | (805) 230-0087 |
| Email Me | |
Mark G. Sellers, who has 20 years of experience as the former City Attorney of the City of Thousand Oaks, primarily focuses his practice on land use, growth management matters, public financing of infrastructure, eminent domain - inverse condemnation, Affordable Housing and Development Agreements, Redevelopment and real estate matters. In addition, he handles general municipal law questions, such as governmental official conflicts of interest issues, referendum/initiative/election laws, public bidding, prevailing wage, Brown Act compliance, water quality/Porter-Cologne issues, CEQA, local tax and assessment.
- Areas of Practice:
- Land Use
- Environmental
- Real Estate
- Bar Admissions:
- California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Education:
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California,
1975
J.D. - University of Arizona,
1971
B.A.
- Published Works:
- "California Land Use Zoning", (Contributing Editor), CEB
- California Public Law Journal, Legislative, 2003
- California Public Law Journal, Legislative, 2004
- Editor, Municipal Law Handbook, 1999
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Successfully Influencing Government Land Use Decisions, UCLA Extension Public Policy Program, October 4, 2007
- Adjunct Professor, Land Use, Pepperdine Law School
- Speaker, "Challenging Local Land Use Decisions", Lorman Seminar
- "Brown Act Compliance", City Clerks Conference, League of California Cities, 2003 - 2004
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- California State Bar, Public Law Section
- Executive Committee
- National Institute of Municipal Law Officers
- American Bar Association, Urban Law Division
- Ventura County Bar Association
- Former Member, Board of Directors
