Builder’s Remedy
Developers are increasingly turning to the Housing Accountability Act to gain project approval…
Promoted to Partner
Alicia B. Bartley as Partner in Encino. Bartley focuses on litigation related to property transactions, boundary disputes, project...
SFVBA Past Presidents Share Their Insights
Leading the San Fernando Valley Bar Association from its founding in 1926 to this very day have been Boards of Trustees, from which have...
California’s Critical Housing Shortage: The Housing Accountability Act
The number of those unhoused in Angeles County is up for the third time in four years, according to the County’s annual survey that was...
New Alliance
With a new chair and chief executive, the Valley Economic Alliance looks forward to helping in the region’s recovery.
Gaines & Stacey LLP Inducted into VICA Hall of Fame
Established in 1997, the law firm of Gaines & Stacey LLP focuses on real estate related matters, specializing in land use, zoning,...
Fred Gaines to Receive Calabasas’ Highest Honor
The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce will present the city’s highest honor to Calabasas Mayor Pro Tem Fred Gaines. He will receive...
The Local “Go-To” Guy
Calabasas City Councilman, Fred Gaines
Serving in elected office on a more local level is helpful “in achieving things for people...
The Valley 200
The Most Influental Leaders in the San Fernando, Conejo, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys
Malibu’s rich and famous are about to live next to a cemetery
It’s one of the most beautiful parcels of land in America: a stretch of grassy cliff in Malibu along the legendary “Queen’s Necklace”...
Would More Development on the Coast Be Such a Bad Thing?
For Charles Lester, it must have felt like a strange way to get fired.
The gym was packed on Feb. 10 with hundreds of people:...
Another battle brews as Coastal Commission looks to hire new director
The search for a replacement for Charles Lester promises to be contentious, after last night’s firing of the top executive of the...
Big turnout is expected at a showdown over the Coastal Commission chief’s future
For more than four decades, the California Coastal Commission has policed land use and preserved public access along more than 1,100...
Fred Gaines – Trusted Advisor 2015 Honoree
Fred Gaines is Managing Partner of Gaines & Stacey, LLP, a San Fernando Valley based law firm that specializes in land use, zoning,...
Chabad honors Fred, Jill Gaines
In the spiritual life, one’s contribution to family, faith and community are an important measure of success. Chabad of Calabasas—widely...
Gainfully Employed
Gaines & Stacey stays busy with a combination of legal and political work for clients before a variety of bodies, including the...
