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Mr.
Kane is a nationally prominent lawyer specializing in the practice
of redevelopment law. Mr. Kane joined the Firm in 1973 and has been
a principal of the Firm since 1978. He has extensive experience
in all phases of redevelopment, including the creation, organization
and administration of agencies, creation of projects, relocation
and owner participation, public improvements, and land disposition.
He served as General Counsel for the Community Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Los Angeles for over fifteen (15) years and is also
primarily responsible for the Firm's representation of the Culver
City, Palmdale, Huntington Beach, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Indio,
Moreno Valley, Pasadena, and Redondo Beach redevelopment agencies.
Mr.
Kane also served as litigation counsel on validating actions involving
the Central Business District Redevelopment Project of the City
of Los Angeles, the Alpine Redevelopment Project of the City of
Tulare, the Village Redevelopment Project of the City of Claremont,
the Redevelopment Plan of the Community Redevelopment Agency of
the City of Santa Ana, and other projects.
Among
his other most noteworthy accomplishments have been:
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Creator of concept of insurability of Orders of Immediate Possession
to permit conveyance and construction financing prior to Agency
property ownership.
- Advised
on first use of tax increment for affordable housing. 1974-75
(Mission Inn, Riverside and Airport Move-On Program, Los Angeles).
- Drafted
redevelopment plan language as the basis for redevelopment affordable
housing set aside legislation.
- Successful
adoptions of redevelopment plans under Disaster Redevelopment
(Including Whittier plan, adopted six weeks after October, 1987
earthquake, and Santa Monica and five Los Angeles Earthquake
Recovery Plans adopted after January, 1994 earthquake).
- Lead
attorney in the negotiation and documentation of such projects
as:
- Fox
Hills Mall, Culver City.
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Central Library Revitalization Project
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Maguire/Thomas Library Tower Project.
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San Jose Convention Center Hotel
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Corporate Pointe, Culver City
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Waterfront Project, Huntington Beach
Mr.
Kane is a frequent lecturer on redevelopment topics to such organizations
as the League of California Cities, the Los Angeles County Bar Association
and the California Redevelopment Association, as well as serving
as periodic guest lecturer of the Schools of Law and Business (Real
Estate) of the University of Southern California. Mr. Kane has testified
on the financing of redevelopment projects before Legislative Committees
of the States of California, Colorado and Kansas. Mr. Kane has also
testified as an expert witness of the subject of redevelopment in
the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of
Los Angeles and the County of Napa. His expert testimony was expressly
relied upon by the California Supreme Court in Napa v. Marek, a
major case decided in favor of redevelopment agencies of the State
of California.
Before
joining the Firm, Mr. Kane served as City Prosecutor, Assistant
City Attorney and Acting City Attorney for the City of Culver City,
California.
In
those capacities Mr. Kane had personal and primary responsibility
for providing legal services to all levels of city government on
all aspects of municipal law. He sat as legal counsel to City Council
and Planning Commission, and prosecuted all misdemeanors occurring
within the City (both State and Municipal Code) and advised and
defended the police department and its officers in civil and criminal
matters. He drafted all revisions to the Municipal Code and all
City ordinances, resolutions and contracts, and represented City
and its officers and employees in state and federal courts in many
civil litigation matters, including police department matters, attacks
on validity of City ordinances and regulations, municipal finance,
and personnel matters.
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