A Celebration of Life and Writing Join us as we honor our dear late friend Leonard Stefanelli and his memoir GARBAGE Thursday, August 23, 2018 Sam’s Grill 374 Bush Street San Francisco 5:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres will be served ~ no host bar ~ Event hosted by John Briscoe “Leonard […]
Continue ReadingNewsletter July 10, 2018 Janus: A Time to Cast Away “To everything there is a season . . . : a time to keep, and a time to cast away[.]” Ecclesiastes 3:1, 6 (KJV). Very recently, the United States Supreme Court held that Illinois’ extraction of “agency fees” from nonconsenting public-sector employees violates the First […]
Continue ReadingAnnouncement April 2, 2018 Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP is pleased to announce Philip A. Williams has joined the firm. Mr. Williams previously served as General Counsel of Westlands Water District. He looks forward to providing our clients with representation and counseling in public agency, water, environmental, and land use […]
Continue ReadingNewsletter December 15, 2015 CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FORCES CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA ON BEACHFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS For coastal homeowners, this year’s El Niño means heavy surf and greater-than-average rainfall, which, when combined, can wreak havoc upon beachfront properties. Although many homeowners sit protected behind adequate seawalls, others lie exposed, vulnerable to these winter storms. When the time […]
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