Joanna Gin

Joanna Gin is an attorney in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s (BBK) Municipal Law practice group. She joined BBK in 2018 and serves as assistant city attorney for the City of Winters.  Joanna also serves as the deputy general counsel for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and general counsel for the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District, Lake County Fire Protection District, and Nevada County Consolidated Fire District. In addition to general public agency work, Joanna focuses on elections, solid waste, including the implementation of SB 1383 regulations, and compliance with Propositions 218 and 26.

Prior to attending law school, Joanna worked in legislative affairs for nearly a decade in Sacramento. Joanna was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the position of assistant deputy director in the Office of Legislative Affairs at the Department of General Services. While there, Joanna helped oversee the office in the preparation of legislative analyses and policy recommendations relating to state contracts and property. During that time, she participated in the Leadership for Government Executives course at California State University, Sacramento, sponsored a Leadership for Government Supervisors cohort and spearheaded a department-wide food drive that raised a record 28,000 pounds of food for the Sacramento Food Bank. Joanna also worked as a policy consultant with the Assembly Business and Professions Committee at the State Capitol. In this role, she provided guidance to legislators and their staff on legislation related to licensed professionals.

While in law school, Joanna clerked for the Sacramento City Attorney’s Office and assisted the civil litigation and advisory units on municipal affairs.