Land value and legal regulations influence California’s decisions regarding land use.At SBEMP Palm Springs government law firm, a team of experienced regulatory specialists, litigators and transactional lawyer handles municipal law and land use cases. (more…)

SBEMP’s Coachella Valley government law firm files and defends lawsuits for all of the municipal and public entity clients brought by other public entities and private individuals. We take on all types of cases, and provide quality legal services. (more…)

Ongoing and extreme drought in California led the Governor to declare a State of Emergency on April 1st, 2015. Executive Order B-29-15 ensued. (more…)

According to recent Canyon News, the City of Santa Monica has been uniquely committed to “Transparency, Collaboration and Third Party Applications Through Open Data,” and has now received national recognition for it in the Technology Solutions area, from The Public Technology Institute – a non-profit organization with a focus on technology issues such as those the Coachella Valley government law firm also believes will impact our locality. (more…)

SBEMP is a Coachella Valley government law firm that represents businesses and people that find it necessary to enforce litigation against a municipality in zoning and many other disputes. (more…)

The Law Offices of SBEMP service public and private sector clients with intelligent, authoritative counsel on all forms of municipal issues within the public and private sectors. (more…)

In a democracy, government employees are expected to be civil servants, not civil masters. It is important for government employees, especially elected officials, to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. California’s Office of the Attorney General has a 136 page document defining and discussing conflicts of interest, and it admits that even that is incomplete. (more…)

Transparency in government agencies has long been a tool that aids in deterring and detecting fraud and illegal behavior, as well as boosting the trust of the general public. Further, transparency aids in relations with other governments and countries. (more…)

In order for governments to minimize the risks associated with contract failures, accountable contracting polices should be put in place. This polices also help in tracking the way contractors provide employees their living wages and benefits. It also leads to better and improved service deliveries by reducing the hidden costs associated with poor wages and benefits for the workers. To achieve responsible contracting, there should be regulations, laws and also administrative policies. Our Coachella valley government law firm can be contacted in case one requires more information on how bidding regulations work. (more…)

The “Pitchess motion procedure,” which appears in sections 1040-1047 of the Evidence Code, is a legal process that is executed in order to request the personnel records of a peace officer. Under normal circumstances, the personnel records of a peace officer are protected under the highest level of confidentiality and security. Nevertheless, there are some occasions that arise in civil and criminal court proceedings in which these records may be solicited. In addition, peace officer personnel records can also be required when certain internal disciplinary issues occur, but those types of events are considered to be of an administrative nature and do not take place in courtrooms. (more…)