Outside the Office
CJ lives in Berkeley with his family, and spends most of his free time with his 12 and 14 year-old children.
Firm Highlights
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Controversial New Law Opens Door To More Residential Development In California
It has been praised as a long-overdue step to address California’s chronic housing shortage, while others have called it the “worst bill of the year.” But regardless of public opinion, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs...
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San Francisco’s Downtown: What Does the Future Hold?
Farella's CJ Higley with guest speakers, Marc Babsin with Emerald Fund, Jim Hakes with Handel Architects, Sujata Srivastava with SPUR, and Anne Taupier with San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development, discuss "San...
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Office-to-Housing Conversion: Legislation – California’s Next Frontier
In an effort to spur the conversion of office-to-housing as one way to revitalize California’s struggling urban downtown areas, Assemblyman (and former San Francisco Supervisor) Matt Haney has introduced AB 1532, dubbed the “Office...
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How New Climate Change CEQA Thresholds Will Impact Bay Area Development Projects
Farella's CJ Higley and Donald Sobelman with guest speakers, Michael Keinath from Ramboll and Tania Sheyner from City and County of San Francisco, discuss "How New Climate Change CEQA Thresholds Will Impact Bay Area Development...
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