Our Principals
CHRIS PARKER, Chief Executive Officer
Chris Parker has been an entitlement consultant for hundreds of projects throughout Los Angeles. His focus has been on Planning & Zoning issues, including but not limited to cases involving Design Review Boards, Zoning Administrator determinations, Coastal Development Permits, Office of Subdivision actions, and lot-line adjustments.
From 2002 until 2016, he was a Sr. Project Director and then Vice President at Pacific Crest Consultants, a full-service consulting firm. He was responsible for scores of multi-million-dollar projects annually, preparing, filing and expediting the entitlement cases, meeting with city staff and community groups to help his clients obtain the discretionary entitlements necessary to move forward.
Chris is also a former writer and editor for the Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Chris graduated from California Lutheran University with a Master's of Business Administration and from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism (Political Science minor).
Chris Parker has been an entitlement consultant for hundreds of projects throughout Los Angeles. His focus has been on Planning & Zoning issues, including but not limited to cases involving Design Review Boards, Zoning Administrator determinations, Coastal Development Permits, Office of Subdivision actions, and lot-line adjustments.
From 2002 until 2016, he was a Sr. Project Director and then Vice President at Pacific Crest Consultants, a full-service consulting firm. He was responsible for scores of multi-million-dollar projects annually, preparing, filing and expediting the entitlement cases, meeting with city staff and community groups to help his clients obtain the discretionary entitlements necessary to move forward.
Chris is also a former writer and editor for the Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Chris graduated from California Lutheran University with a Master's of Business Administration and from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism (Political Science minor).
JOHN PARKER, Director of Planning
John J. Parker has worked professionally in land use planning and zoning for 50 years, originally with the City of Los Angeles, and for the last 18 years as a consultant in private practice.
In his private practice:
* He advises and represents clients, and prepares filings, for a wide variety of discretionary land use entitlements, including, but not limited to, conditional use permits, variances, zone changes and subdivisions.
* His work focuses on the preparation of the complex findings required for such requests and representation at public hearings before public decision-making bodies.
* His practice also includes working with local political, agency and community interests.
* In addition, he is an expert consultant and expert witness for matters involving litigation.
While with the City of Los Angeles, John’s positions included:
* Zoning Administrator, ruling on conditional uses, variances and similar discretionary actions. In addition to the laws of the City of Los Angeles, this required knowledge of California State laws, including the Subdivision Map Act, the Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Coastal Act. He frequently appeared before the City Planning Commission, City Council and other appeal bodies.
* Chief Deputy Advisory Agency, ruling on subdivisions for the entire City of Los Angeles, and senior manager of the subdivision staff.
* A senior manager for planning professionals implementing the General Plan and community plans, the Local Coastal Program, and environmental impact review for private projects.
John’s education was completed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He also did graduate work in urban planning at UCLA and the University of Southern California (USC).
John J. Parker has worked professionally in land use planning and zoning for 50 years, originally with the City of Los Angeles, and for the last 18 years as a consultant in private practice.
In his private practice:
* He advises and represents clients, and prepares filings, for a wide variety of discretionary land use entitlements, including, but not limited to, conditional use permits, variances, zone changes and subdivisions.
* His work focuses on the preparation of the complex findings required for such requests and representation at public hearings before public decision-making bodies.
* His practice also includes working with local political, agency and community interests.
* In addition, he is an expert consultant and expert witness for matters involving litigation.
While with the City of Los Angeles, John’s positions included:
* Zoning Administrator, ruling on conditional uses, variances and similar discretionary actions. In addition to the laws of the City of Los Angeles, this required knowledge of California State laws, including the Subdivision Map Act, the Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Coastal Act. He frequently appeared before the City Planning Commission, City Council and other appeal bodies.
* Chief Deputy Advisory Agency, ruling on subdivisions for the entire City of Los Angeles, and senior manager of the subdivision staff.
* A senior manager for planning professionals implementing the General Plan and community plans, the Local Coastal Program, and environmental impact review for private projects.
John’s education was completed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He also did graduate work in urban planning at UCLA and the University of Southern California (USC).