Craig K. Beam

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Office 
Westlake Village
tel 
805.418.1908
fax 
805.230.0087

Craig K. Beam’s practice focuses on all aspects of local, state and federal land use planning including CEQA, NEPA, and Clean Water Act compliance, general plans, community plans, zoning, local coastal plans, and natural resource preservation.

Mr. Beam has three decades of experience representing private entities, public agencies and non-profit organizations, including the negotiation of development agreements, redevelopment agency owner participation, development and disposition agreements, municipal construction contracts, municipal finance agreements and various other public-private partnerships. His litigation experience includes cases involving CEQA, land use and zoning, inverse condemnation, landslides, land subsidence and eminent domain.

Education 
  • California Western School of Law, J.D., 1973
  • San Diego State University, B.A., 1968
Recognition 
  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale Hubbell
  • “Who’s Who in Professional Services” – Pacific Coast Business Times
Classes/Seminars Taught 
  • Adjunct Professor, Land Use & Environmental Law, University of California, San Diego
  • Guest Lecturer, Land Use, California Western School of Law, San Diego
Memberships 
  • State Bar of California
  • American Bar Association, Public Law and Real Property Sections
  • California Bar Association, Real Property, Environmental and Public Law Sections
  • Advisor, Executive Committee and Property Section
  • San Diego Bar Association, Real Property, Environmental and Eminent Domain Sections
  • Lambda Alpha International, Honorary Society for the Advancement of Land Economics