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Eminent Domain - Landowner and Business Owner Representation

Downey Brand eminent domain attorneys have a long history of success representing landowners and business owners in eminent domain actions. This experience includes representing landowners and/or business owners against various governmental agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.

Locations of properties over which Downey Brand eminent domain attorneys have litigated on behalf of landowners and/or business owners include:

 

Counties - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Solano, Stanislaus and Yuba.

Cities - Auburn, Belmont, Berkeley, Burlingame, Colma, Cupertino, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Elk Grove, Fremont, Half Moon Bay, Hercules, Laguna Beach, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Milpitas, Mountain View, Napa, Oakland, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Portola Valley, Redwood City, Richmond, Roseville, San Pablo, San Rafael, Scotts Valley, South San Francisco, Salinas, Sunnyvale, Truckee, Ukiah, Union City and Woodside.

In addition to numerous cities, some of the governmental agencies Downey Brand eminent domain lawyers have defended condemnation actions against include:

  • State of California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans")
  • State of California Department of Water Resources ("DWR")
  • City and County of San Francisco
  • County of Contra Costa
  • County of Sacramento
  • Mendocino Transit Authority
  • Oakland Housing Authority
  • Pacific Gas & Electric ("PG&E")
  • Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ("VTA")
  • Santa Clara Valley Water District
  • San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ("BART")
  • San Mateo County Transit District ("SAMTRANS")
  • Scotts Valley Unified School District
  • Daly City Redevelopment Agency
  • East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency
  • Lindsay Unified School District
  • Menlo Park Redevelopment Agency
  • Pleasant Hill Redevelopment Agency
  • Richmond Redevelopment Agency
  • San Jose Redevelopment Agency
  • San Pablo Redevelopment Agency

 

 

 

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