Andreas Booher

Andreas Booher is a partner in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s (BBK) Municipal Law practice group. He provides city attorney and general counsel services to cities, special districts, and joint powers authorities on a broad array of subject matters. He also provides advice and counsel on land use and planning, housing, the Brown Act, Public Records Act, conflict laws, California Voting Rights Act, cannabis, contracting, California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and working with regulators and outside consultants. Andreas is experienced in representing public agencies as general counsel at public meetings from having served in this capacity at over four hundred public meetings.

In addition to this experience, Andreas provides guidance and counsel to clients on the  formation of joint powers authorities. These partnerships have ranged from regional partnerships designed to share costly water infrastructure to large-scale partnerships aimed at leveraging the expertise and resources of public agencies across the state.

Before joining the firm, Andreas worked at a regional firm in the Sacramento area, serving cities and special districts in the same capacity he does today. Prior to that position, Andreas worked for a small firm in Ventura County primarily advising public agency clients, but also homeowners and developers on land use and environmental matters. He represented private entities focused on housing and development issues involving accessory dwelling units, short-term rentals, density bonuses, and the California Coastal Act.