Ms. Coy has been with the Division of Housing Policy Development of the State Department of Housing and Community Development since 2005. Ms. Coy is responsible for supporting effective implementation of housing policy and land use laws including the review of local housing elements of the general plan, the provision of technical assistance to local governments, and oversite of HCD’s new Local Government Accountability and Enforcement activities.  

Matthew Glesne is a Senior City Planner for the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.  In this position he leads the Department’s Housing Policy Unit, which is responsible for developing various citywide housing related initiatives. He has recently led the development of the City’s Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) policy, the  Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) affordable housing incentive program, the Home Sharing Ordinance, the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee, Permanent Supportive Housing Ordinance, as well as coordinating the implementation of state legislation. 

Dave Rand specializes in land use law and governmental regulatory matters. His expertise includes various aspects of municipal law, the planning and entitlement process, the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the Subdivision Map Act, and the Coastal Act. He has represented clients on a wide range of office, residential, retail and mixed-use development projects.  

Paavo Monkkonen is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, director of the Latin American Cities Initiative, the coordinator of the Regional and International Development Concentration, and a Faculty Cluster Leader for the Global Public Affairs Initiative. Paavo researches and writes on the ways policies and markets shape urbanization and social segregation in cities around the world. His scholarship ranges from studies of large-scale national housing finance programs to local land use regulations and property rights institutions often not recognized for their importance to housing. 

Chris Tourtellotte serves as a Managing Director of LaTerra. Chris is responsible for overseeing the Development group, sourcing and closing new acquisitions, sourcing debt and equity for LaTerra’s projects, and growing LaTerra’s apartment and mixed use development platform, which currently includes over 3,000 apartment units either under construction or in the pipeline.