Susan J. Booth is the head of the West Coast Real Estate
Group, Karl J. Lott, Douglas A. Praw are partners, Ashley K. Jason,
Paul J. Park are associates, Geoffrey M. Geddes is a project
manager and Daniel Dow is a attorney of Holland & Knights
Los Angeles office, Stacie Goeddel is a partner and Robert M.
Haight Jr. is an attorney in Holland & Knight's
San Francisco office
Proposed Landmark Rules Could Make LA Redevelopment More
Difficult
Los Angeles City Council Member Jose Huizar has proposed a new
set of rules that could make it more difficult for owners of
historic properties in Los Angeles to redevelop those properties.
The new rules would prohibit property owners from demolishing a
building once the Cultural Heritage Commission agrees to consider
an application to classify the building as a landmark. Under
current law, a building under consideration as a landmark can be
razed until the point in time when the commission actually decides
to designate the