Marco A. Martinez

Marco A. Martinez’s practice areas include general municipal law, land use and zoning, subdivisions, housing and California Environmental Quality Act issues, First Amendment law, cannabis regulations and sign/billboard regulations and development impact fee issues. A partner in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Municipal Law practice group, Marco provides city attorney services to the cities of Azusa, Shafter and Baldwin Park. He also serves as assistant city attorney to the cities of Colton and Pomona, Land Use Counsel to the City of Montclair and is general counsel to the California Chapter of the American Planning Association. 

Prior to joining BBK, Marco worked as a planner for more than a decade, serving the City of Downey and the County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning. He was selected as a California Executive Fellow with the California Department of Housing and Community Development, where his primary duties consisted of researching and writing housing issue papers, as well as reviewing housing elements.  

Marco is a frequent speaker and instructor on land use and planning issues as well as local government ethics.  He is the author of the 1988 California Department of Housing & Community Development research paper titled: “The Effects of Subsidized and Affordable Housing on Property Values: A Survey of Research” (1987).