Christina Cameron
Partner
Christina Cameron has nearly four decades of local government experience in both the legislative and legal fields. She has focused much of her practice around governmental ethics (including conflicts of interest under the Political Reform Act and Government Code section 1090) campaign and economic disclosure laws, Brown Act and Public Records Act compliance. Ms. Cameron serves as general counsel to the San Diego Ethics Commission providing advisory, administrative enforcement, and litigation services, and regularly trains local agencies and officials in governmental ethics laws. She is also the special counsel to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission and to the Oakland Publics Ethics Commission. Christina Cameron is the ideal outside attorney that the Ethics Commission can call when they need counsel or have a conflict.
Ms. Cameron has focused much of her practice around governmental ethics (including conflicts of interest under the Political Reform Act and Government Code section 1090) campaign and economic disclosure laws, Brown Act and Public Records Act compliance. She previously served on the FPPC Committee of the League of California Cities and currently reviews the League’s California Municipal Law Handbook where she has edited chapters covering regulation of businesses and personal conduct as well as elections. Her litigation practice is focused on the defense of public entities including writs of mandate and defending challenges related to administrative enforcement actions. She also defends public entities in contract, employment, civil rights, and public works litigation.
Ms. Cameron serves as legal counsel to business improvement districts, workforce partnerships as well as private non-profit and for-profit entities, and assists officials in their compliance with state and federal disclosure laws.
Christina’s litigation practice is focused on the defense of public entities including writs of mandate and defending challenges related to administrative enforcement actions. She defends public entities in contract matters, employment, civil rights, CEQA challenges, and public works litigation.
Christina resides in Scripps Ranch with her husband, Ian, and three dogs. Ian and Chris have a son and daughter who are graduate students in Boston, MA, and Davis, CA. Chris enjoys running, biking, skiing, and traveling.
- Public Entity
- Government Ethics
- Municipal Law
- Government Relations
- Business and Corporate Law
- Non-Profit Law
- Land Use
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Public Works
- California Western School of Law, J.D., 2008
- University of California, San Diego, B.A., 1988
- California
- Member, San Diego Defense Lawyers
- Member, San Diego County Bar Association
- Member, Council of Governmental Ethics Laws
- How Citizens United Affects State and Local Government (MCLE Self Study Article) Public Law Journal, California Bar Association, Vol. 34, No. 4, Fall 2010.