Braeden Mansouri is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group in the Firm's San Francisco office. Mr. Mansouri focuses his practice on land use and environmental issues, including real estate development, zoning, permitting, and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance. His practice includes assisting a broad range of private and public sector clients with due diligence review, land use entitlements, permitting, the approval of both affordable and market rate housing developments, and land use litigation. His practice additionally includes election law matters, especially with respect to land use planning initiatives and referenda.

Mr. Mansouri has extensive prior experience working on major development projects with public agencies in California, including past work representing numerous cities and special districts across Northern California. Previously, he clerked at the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney and served as a judicial extern in the Land Law, Environmental, and Natural Resources Divisions at the Office of the California Attorney General in Sacramento.

In October 2022, Mr. Mansouri was elected to a seat on the Advisory Board of the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District in San Francisco. Since January 2023, he has been Co-Chair of the Cultural District's Land Use Committee.

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• UC Davis School of Law
• University of California, Irvine, B.A., Political Science and Economics

• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: California Extends Validity of Housing Entitlements During the COVID-19 Crisis

  By Braeden J. Mansouri, Braeden J. Mansouri |October 2020

• Senate Bill 50 was the quickest way to encourage growth
• Buchalter Client Alert: Land Development and Regulatory Compliance Update (March 13, 2020)
• Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Bay Area Shelter-in-Place Order and Local Government Status
• Buchalter COVID-19 Client Alert: California Extends Validity of Housing Entitlements During the COVID-19 Crisis
• UC Berkeley Student Enrollment Crisis Inspires Legislative Push to Change CEQA Requirements
• Governor Newsom Signs Major Development Bills into Law
• 24 Legislative Update: 56 New Laws Targeting Housing Development Become Effective in California
• Governor Newsom Proclaims a State of Emergency to Expedite Critical Fuels Reduction Projects
• State of California and the City of Los Angeles Issue Orders to Expedite Recovery and Reconstruction in Response to Los Angeles and Ventura County Wildfires
• Effective Immediately: California Adopts Consequential Reforms to CEQA and Other Laws to Speed Housing Production