Josh Nelson is a member of Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Municipal Law practice group and provides city attorney and general counsel services to cities, special districts and joint powers authorities. Representative clients include the American Valley Community Services District, City of Jackson, Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority, North Tahoe Public Utility District and Soquel Creek Water District.  

Josh’s general governance work includes an emphasis on conflicts of interest and ethics, especially regarding contracting. He regularly speaks on Government Code section 1090, the Political Reform Act and legal conflicts of interest. He also has significant experience with all manner of joint powers agreements, including forming and advising joint powers authorities and public agencies that act as parties to joint powers agreements or members of a joint powers authority.

He assists clients with solid waste issues, including franchising, landfill operations, leasing, permitting and closure/post-closure compliance, diversion requirements and construction and demolition programs. This includes ensuring local agencies comply with rapidly changing regulatory requirements, including Senate Bill 1383.

Josh further assists public agency clients with proceedings before local agency formation commissions. This includes annexations, detachments, consolidations and other reorganizations.

Other areas of focus include Proposition 218/26 compliance, telecommunications and general utilities issues, which includes advisory and litigation assistance on rate matters and assisting public agencies (both regulators and utilities) with right of way management issues. Josh also regularly represents public and private clients before the California Public Utilities Commission on water, energy and telecommunications matters.

Josh serves as the office managing partner for BB&K's Sacramento office.

Education

• University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D. 
• Cornell University, B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations

Admissions

• California
• Nevada