Joshua Nelson

Associate

Josh Nelson serves as the city attorney for the cities of Gustine and Jackson, general counsel for the Alpine Springs County Water District, Beckwourth Fire District, North Tahoe Public Utility District, Plumas-Eureka Community Services District and Tahoe Resource Conservation District and assistant city attorney for the City of Williams. He also provides general public law advice to numerous other cities and special districts statewide.

In addition to general public agency governance, Josh has experience assisting public agencies with code enforcement, telecommunications, solid waste, Prop. 218/Prop. 26 compliance and general utilities issues. Josh has experience prosecuting all manner of civil and administrative code enforcement actions, including health and safety receiverships. For telecommunications, he has negotiated wireless communications facilities siting agreements and assisted with rights-of-way management issues, including utility undergrounding efforts. Related to solid waste, he has assisted clients with all manner of solid waste issues, including franchising, landfill leasing, diversion compliance, and construction and demolition programs. Josh regularly represents public and private clients before the California Public Utilities Commission. He also co-authored “California Water Crisis: Meeting the Challenge” for the State Bar of California Public Law Journal in 2010.

Josh received his law degree from the University of California, Davis and a bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.

Education

• University of California, Davis, J.D.
• Cornell University, B.S.

Bar Admissions

• California
• Nevada