Alfred Fraijo, Jr.
Secretary & Board Member

Alfred Fraijo, Jr. is a partner in Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources practice group and focuses his practice on real estate, land use, and natural resources matters. He grows his expertise on cutting edge real estate transactions for public, private and nonprofit developers and multi-national corporations in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Fraijo has significant experience in obtaining and negotiating land use entitlements for complex housing and mixed use development projects throughout California, including advising clients with innovative, urban renewal projects in the inner-city and other sectors with emerging markets. He advises public and private sector clients on state and federal land use and environmental laws, including the Subdivision Map Act, California Community Redevelopment Law, California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, CERCLA, RCRA, California Superfund Law and the Polanco Redevelopment Act. Mr. Fraijo also has significant experience in working closely with clients and consultants on due diligence review of land use issues, which includes local zoning ordinances, general plans, redevelopment agency plans, and related land use restrictions.

Alfred is a former board member of the Greenlining Institute and is on the Board of Directors for the East Los Angeles Community Corporation. He has lectured and written various articles on Brownfields redevelopment, developments in state and federal land use and environmental laws, and on environmental justice issues. Alfred is currently the co-instructor for the Urban Redevelopment and Environmental Law course offered by the University of California, Berkeley’s Extension Program.

Alfred was the first person in his family to attain a college degree and Juris Doctor. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, where he was a full tuition scholarship recipient and member of the nationally ranked National Hispanic Moot Court Team from 2001 to 2002. Alfred received his B.A. in Government from Harvard University. Alfred currently lives in East Los Angeles, California, where he was born and raised.

Contact Information:

Alfred Fraijo, Jr.
Secretary & Board Member
For People of Color, Inc.
6080 Center Drive, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90045
T: 310.499.9500
F: 310.499.9505
E: administrator@forpeopleofcolor.org

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