Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth serves as legal counsel to cities throughout California and as primary counsel to water districts, joint powers insurance authorities, and various housing authorities.

Our attorneys provide representation on a full range of complex, rapidly changing legal issues facing state and local government agencies today, including the review and analysis of state and federal environmental laws such as CEQA and the Clean Water Act, state and federal constitutional issues, land use matters, employment law, redevelopment and eminent domain, water issues, transportation issues, public works contracting, tax issues, code enforcement, conflicts of interest, the Brown Act open meetings law, intergovernmental relations, and various litigation matters.

In addition, the firm is widely recognized as a leader in public finance. Our attorneys continue to play a key role in the development of several of the public financing structures that are used throughout the country, and we regularly participate in virtually every type of financing undertaken by public agencies. Successful service to the cities, counties, school districts, and special assessment districts we serve has resulted in Stradling becoming a nationally recognized bond counsel firm.

In representing the legal interests of governmental clients, our attorneys draw on the combined expertise of the entire firm. This approach provides a greater breadth of counsel by utilizing the strengths of the firm's public finance, real estate, business law, tax, litigation, and labor law practices.