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# Council Asked to Approve $280,000 in Legal Fees for Redevelopment Work
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/attorney-fees/
- Published: 2007-02-27T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:09:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

When it comes to making sense of California’s redevelopment law, affordable housing production, property acquisitions and redevelopment plan amendments, city attorneys need assistance.

And it doesn’t come cheap. The council is being asked to spend $280,000 on legal services from Kane, Ballmer & Berkman, which charges rates of $145 to $200 an hour.

City Hall has used the services of KBB since the 1970s, according to a city staff report.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 27, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022707.pdf?ref=smdp.com)