Alex J. Mog

Alex Mog is Of Counsel with the Municipal and Special District Law Practice Group. He serves as Assistant City Attorney for the cities of Modesto, Union City, San Leandro and Pinole, and the General Counsel of the Oro Loma Sanitary District and Bodega Bay Public Utility District.

Alex has handled numerous unique legal and regulatory challenges. His areas of focus include real estate, housing, economic development, land use, and municipal finance. As part of his municipal finance practice, Alex assists cities and special districts with enacting development impact fees, adopting increased utility charges and connection fees, establishing assessment districts and community facilities districts, and enacting tax increases.  In connection with these matters, Alex advises clients on compliance with Proposition 13, Proposition 218, the Mitigation Fee Act, and the Mello-Roos Community Facilities District Act.

Alex’s real estate and economic development practice involves assisting clients with housing developments and real estate transactions. He frequently prepares leases, purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, easements, deed restrictions, loan documents, and affordable housing regulatory agreements for public agencies. In addition, Alex advises clients on various land use and planning issues.

Alex regularly counsels public agencies on the full range of public law matters, including code enforcement, Political Reform Act compliance, the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and public contracting. While in law school, Alex externed for the Honorable Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and served as an editor for the Hastings Law Journal.