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Sacks Real Estate
Consulting focuses on obtaining the necessary entitlements on behalf of
developers of mixed-use commercial and residential projects, small lot
subdivisions, condominiums, restaurants, auto dealerships, offices, schools, and
other commercial and industrial uses.
Past projects have successfully addressed and resolved issues pertaining
to traffic, parking, aesthetics, noise, affordable housing, historic
preservation, and other neighborhood and local governmental concerns typical of
the many infill projects the company has handled. In addition to providing entitlement
processing and community outreach services, Sacks Real Estate Consulting
frequently becomes involved in the strategic and creative aspects of clients’
projects.
Past projects have involved
issues pertaining to the California Environmental Quality Act, the Coastal Act,
the Subdivision Map Act, Historic Preservation Law, Redevelopment Law, Housing
Element Law, the Permit Streamlining Act, the Ellis Act, and the Mello
Act. Ms. Sacks has successfully worked
with staff of the State Coastal Commission, the Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of
Health Services – as well as various Los Angeles City and County planning and
related staff -- to resolve issues which fall under the jurisdiction of those
departments or entities.
Valerie Sacks is actively
involved in the “green” community and is a regular at seminars, conferences,
and educational and networking events in the area of sustainability. She has her Permaculture Design Certificate
and is a member of Earthflow’s Design Consortium. She is a regular attendee at the “Green Team”
meetings held by the City of Los Angeles, during which the City presents
programs which are new and also “in the works,” including its new Green
Building Program. Valerie Sacks was
formerly Chair of the Land Use and Business Development Committee of the South
Robertson Neighborhoods Council and a SORO Board member.
Valerie Sacks formed her
consulting firm after practicing law in both the public and private sectors in
the Los Angeles area, first as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of
California and subsequently as a transactional land use attorney for the
Westside law firms of Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil, and
Shapiro, L.L.P., and Harding, Larmore, Kutcher, and Kozal. Ms. Sacks attended the University of Arizona
School of Law. She graduated in the top
10% of her class and with high honors, having been recognized repeatedly for
her academic and related achievements throughout her law school career. Prior to entering law school, Ms. Sacks
obtained a Master’s Degree in cultural anthropology from the University of
Arizona and her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at
Berkeley.