Anita Luck is a partner with the Firm specializing in municipal finance law in addition to her general municipal, land use and redevelopment law practice. Ms. Luck graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a B.A. in Business Economics in 1990, and received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1998. While in law school, Ms. Luck externed for the Honorable William M. Byrne, Jr. and clerked for the State of California Attorney General’s Office.
Ms. Luck advises public agencies on the formation of special districts, assessment districts, and community facilities districts, the adoption of special taxes, assessments, development fees and other fees, including structuring innovative fees to cover costs associated with particular services. Ms. Luck is knowledgeable on election issues and issues relating to Proposition 218. Ms. Luck has participated in bond financings for assessment districts and community facilities districts.
Over the past few years, Ms. Luck has participated in dealing with the complex issues resulting from the vast increase in development in the Inland Empire, including the increase in public safety, service and maintenance needs of cities. In doing so, Ms. Luck structures financing mechanisms to alleviate the additional burdens on cities, generate commercial development and examines alternate revenue sources to alleviate budgetary concerns.
In addition, Ms. Luck negotiates and drafts development agreements, owner participation agreements, land-use agreements, and purchase and sale agreements for the acquisition or disposition of real property on behalf of redevelopment agencies and cities. She has participated in tax-increment financings for redevelopment agencies.
In her public finance practice, Ms. Luck is experienced in representing government entities as bond counsel and disclosure counsel in a variety of transactions, including the issuance of certificates of participation, general obligation, special tax revenue, lease revenue, industrial development revenue and 501(c)(3) corporation bonds. Representative transactions include financings for a convention center, an airport, special districts, manufacturing facilities, non-profit corporations, low-income multifamily housing, Native American housing and utility revenue financings. Ms. Luck has structured, negotiated and drafted a variety of bond, disclosure and security documents, including official statements, trust indentures, loan agreements, letters of credit, deeds of trust, and escrow agreements.
In her practice, Ms. Luck has represented the cities and redevelopment agencies of Perris, Signal Hill, Carson, Palm Springs and Irwindale. Ms. Luck has also represented the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, the County of Riverside and the County of San Bernardino and industrial development authorities or joint powers authorities in Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Perris, Irwindale, Signal Hill and Riverside.
Ms. Luck was born in South Africa and immigrated to the United States in 1985.
Public Offices
Assistant City Attorney
Perris (2005 - present)
Affiliations
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Admissions
State Bar of California
US District Court, Central District of CA
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