Nadia Costa

J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (2001)

M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles (1996)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara (1992)

American Bar Association, State and Local Government Section – Council Member

Building Industry Association 

• Professional Women in Building Council

California Association of GHADs – Board Member

Diablo Regional Arts Association – Board Member 

International Council of Shopping Centers 

STAND! For Families Free of Violence – Board Member

Sugar Bowl Ski Team & Academy – Board of Trustees

Urban Land Institute 

Best Lawyers®– Land Use & Zoning Law (2023–2024)

Super Lawyers Northern California (2009–2011, 2023)

East Bay Business Times – “40 Under 40” (2006) 

University of California, Los Angeles – Outstanding Academic Achievement Award 

“Inclusionary Housing Programs: Local Governments Respond to California’s Housing Crisis,” Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2003(co-author)

“California’s Response to the Affordable Housing Crisis,” American Bar Association Land Use Institute: Planning, Regulation, Litigation, Eminent Domain, and Compensation, August 25–27, 2005 (co-author)

“Recent Developments in Land Use,” The Urban Lawyer: Planning and Zoning, Vol. 35, No. 4, Fall 2003 (co-author)

“Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Survives Constitutional Challenge in Post-Nollan-Dolan Era: Homebuilders Association of Northern California v. City of Napa,”Land use Law & Zoning Digest, Vol. 54, No. 8, August 2002 (co-author)

“Water Planning in California’s Continuing Drought: Impacts on Agriculture, Municipalities, and Other Water Users,” The Seminar Group, Napa, CA, March 1, 2017

“The Intersection of Land Use and Affordable Housing,” Moderator, ABA, State and Local Government Section, October 2015

“What’s Preventing Developers from Developing in California?” ICSC Northern California Idea Exchange, Napa, CA, October 28, 2013

"Developing the "PDA" (Priority Development Area) of the Sustainable Communities Strategy," ICSC Northern California Alliance Program, Sacramento, CA, February 21, 2013

“CEQA: Basics and New Developments,” The State Bar of California 31st Annual Real Property Law Section Retreat, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2012

“Inclusionary Housing in the Wake of Palmer and Patterson,” Land Use Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2010

“Reconciling SB 375 and the BAAQMD Guidelines,” Moderator, ULI Presentation, 2010 

“CEQA Legislation, Litigation, Mitigation and More,” The Second Annual Seminar on the California Environmental Quality Act, Los Angeles, CA, August 2006 and San Francisco, CA, September 2006