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EDUCATION
University of Southern California
J.D., Class of 2005
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Class of 2000
ADMISSIONS
California State Bar, 2012
Joaquin vazquez
Joaquin Vazquez has fervently represented public and private entities for nearly 10 years. In his service as an assistant city attorney for various cities, including El Monte and San Fernando, he is proficient in municipal practice essentials that include the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and the Political Reform Act. Most of his practice is focused in the areas of land use, community development, affordable housing, redevelopment dissolution, and cannabis regulations. Mr. Vazquez drafted regulations and provided day-to-day counsel concerning massage establishments, check cashing facilities, commercial cannabis regulations and prohibitions, sex offender regulations, rent control, and new state laws concerning housing regulations, accessory dwelling units, and surplus land disposition requirements. He has also managed and facilitated commercial and residential city community development and successor transactions from development solicitation through financing and disposition escrow closing.
Mr. Vazquez’s litigation experience includes defense of commercial cannabis regulations and rent stabilization regulations.
Mr. Vazquez’s other accomplishments include authoring several articles and delivering various conference presentations including:
Speaker, “Avoiding Ethical Conflicts,” National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Conference (2015)
Speaker, “Integrity in Public Office,” NALEO Conference, (2018)
Speaker, “AB 1234 Ethics Training,” California Contract Cities Association
2017 Municipal Law Handbook, Reviewer
2016 Municipal Law Handbook, Reviewer
2015 Municipal Law Handbook, Reviewer
“What You Should Know About Hiring CalPERS Retirees” – Western Cities Magazine, August 2012
“Joint Laws Transforming California” – California Litigation, Litigation Section for California Bar – Volume 30, No. 1, 2017
“Safe Sidewalk Vending Act Curbs Local Regulations: What You Need to Know” – Western Cities Magazine, June 2019