Richard C. Monk is a senior partner in the law firm of Hollister & Brace. He received his B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1965. From 1965 – 1967 he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, with duty stations in the United States and Thailand. He received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1970. During law school, he was a member of the University of San Francisco Law Review and the recipient of several scholarships.

Mr. Monk practices general civil law with an emphasis in Land Use; Real Estate; Property Development; Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Condemnation Law; and Litigation associated with the foregoing specialties.

Mr. Monk was counsel for the developers in Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors (1988) 197 Cal. App. 3d 1167; Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors (1990) 52 Cal 3d 553; Morehart v. County of Santa Barbara (1994) 7 Cal 4th 725; City of Goleta v. Superior Court (2006) 40 Cal 4th 270.

Mr. Monk has served on the Boards of Directors of the Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara, Inc. and the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, serving as its Chairman in 1988. He is a Trustee Emeritus of the Santa Barbara Foundation. Mr. Monk holds an “AV” Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. – its highest rating awarded to attorneys.

 

Education:

• J.D. 1970, University of San Francisco
  School of Law
• B.A. in Business Economics, 1965,
  University of California at Santa Barbara

Memberships–Law:

• California Bar Association (Admitted
  January 7, 1971)
• Santa Barbara County Bar Association
  American Bar Association

Practice Areas:

• Land Use
• Real Estate
• Property Development
• Environmental
• Administrative
• Condemnation
• Litigation associated with the foregoing
• specialties

Partial List of Land Use Approvals Where Mr. Monk was the land use attorney – See Link at:

Mr. Monk’s Representative Land Use Clients – See Link at:

 

Partial List of Land Use Approvals Where Mr. Monk was the land use attorney

Miramar Hotel Renovation (Renovation of 213-key Miramar Hotel, Montecito, CA)

Moby Dick Restaurant (Coastal Commission approval of major addition to Moby Dick Restaurant located on Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA)

Morehart Project (Residential development on Naples Townsite, one mile west of Bacara. Subject of Morehart v. County of Santa Barbara (1994) 7 Cal. 4th 725.

Vintage Communities has application now pending before County of Santa Barbara to develop 54 luxury homes on Naples Townsite)

Ojai Valley Inn & Spa (Major renovation of Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, CA)

Otto Residence (Coastal Commission approval of major renovation of single family residence at Mussel Shoals, Ventura, CA)

Pacifica Graduate Institute (Conditional Use Permit in 1989 for graduate school of psychology at 249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA; expansion of facility in 2005)

People’s Self-Help Housing Corp. (Mariposa town homes and Guadalupe affordable housing projects)

City of Pismo Beach (Served as Special City Attorney to City of Pismo Beach in connection with factory outlet project located on south side of U.S. 101)

Quackenbush Project (Establish and perfect access rights over Sandpoint Road to property at Sandyland, Carpinteria, CA)

Seabreeze Project, Lompoc, CA (295 single family homes and three acres of limited industrial development)

U.S. Department of Justice (Served as expert witness for government regarding land use issues in connection with U.S. Federal District Court condemnation case regarding Santa Cruz Island)

Walgreens Drugstore (Construction of new Walgreens drugstore with drive-through pharmacy at 5900 CalIe Real, Goleta, CA).

Zaleski Residence (Major residential reconstruction of approximate 9,160 square foot single family residence and accessory structures at 1474 East Mountain

Drive, Montecito, CA)

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REPRESENTATIVE LAND USE CLIENTS

Bacara Resort & Spa

Bollenbacher & Kelton, Inc.

Calle Real, LLC

Carpinteria Business Park Investors, LLC

Caruso BSC Miramar, LLC

DS Ventures, LLC

Fairview Shopping Center, LLC

Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel

Great Universal Capital Association, L.P.

HDS Group, LLC

H-T Santa Barbara, Inc.

Morgans Hotel Group

Morehart Land Company

Ojai Valley Inn & Spa

OIy Chadmar Sandpiper General Partnership

Pacifica Graduate Institute

San Ysidro Ranch

Senior Resource Group

Ty Warner Hotels, LLC

Urban Pacific, LLC

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