Daniel R. Golub

Daniel R. Golub is a partner in the West Coast Land Use and Environment Group in Holland & Knight's San Francisco office. He focuses his practice on California's cutting-edge laws that aim to promote streamlined approval of housing, including the Housing Accountability Act, SB 35, AB 2162, AB 2011, Density Bonus Law, and Housing Element Law. Mr. Golub has a wealth of experience representing plaintiffs, defendants, and real parties in interest, as well as achieving victories on behalf of developers, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies in the courts and in the permitting and entitlement process. His victories include arguing and briefed the leading published authority on the Housing Accountability Act, and California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund v. City of San Mateo, 68 Cal.App.5th 820 (2021), which established a broad precedent supporting the enforceability and constitutionality of California's housing production laws.

Mr. Golub has represented numerous housing developers in invoking cutting-edge California housing production laws through a mix of entitlement and litigation strategies to secure long-delayed project entitlement approvals. He represents project developers as plaintiffs challenging unlawful project denials, as well as representing public agencies and developers as defendants and real parties in interest defending project approvals from attack. Mr. Golub's pro bono practice focuses primarily on representing nonprofit organizations that develop and advocate for affordable and supportive housing, as well as defending affordable and supportive housing projects from challenges by anti-housing advocates. He earned his J.D. with a certificate in environmental law from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and earned his bachelor's degree from Vassar College.

Mr. Golub has been named to "The Best Lawyers in America" guide for Land Use and Zoning Law; "The Legal 500 USA," for Real Estate – Land Use/Zoning; "Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide," for Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use; and to "Northern California Super Lawyers" magazine. He is a frequent speaker at land use and housing law conferences, such as Housing California's annual conference and the Select Conference on Industry Litigation. Mr. Golub has been quoted in such publications as the San Jose Mercury News, the Orange County Register, and the San Francisco Business Times. He serves on the board of the Housing Action Coalition; the advisory boards of the California Housing Defense Fund (formerly California Renters Legal Advocacy & Education Fund); and of Yes In My Backyard Law (YIMBY Law).