Overview

Scott G. Cross is the Managing Partner of Lozano Smith's Fresno office. Mr. Cross serves as the City Attorney for the Cities of Clovis and Fowler. He is responsible for the full range of legal services including advising legislative bodies at public meetings and day-to-day legal services and advice to agency staff. He also provides general and special counsel services and advice in all aspects of public agency law for many other public agency clients.

His practice includes general counsel and governance issues, government liability and risk management, land use, and negotiating and preparing the full range of agreements for all types of municipal services and issues faced by public agencies. He also assists clients with real property acquisitions, including eminent domain, and Brown Act, Public Records Act, and conflict of interest issues and compliance.

In his civil litigation practice, Mr. Cross has litigated cases in administrative proceedings, trial courts and appellate courts of the State of California, and the federal court system. His litigation practice primarily focuses on real property disputes, including eminent domain, breach of contract, and defending public entity liability claims.

Education

Mr. Cross received a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Fresno. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with distinction.

New California Law Provides COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Service Workers, Health Care Providers and Emergency Responders

By: Scott Cross- 10/15/2020

October 15, 2020Number 71Recently enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 1867 created new Labor Code sections 248 and 248.1 which require employers to provide additional COVID-19 paid sick leave (CPSL) to food service workers, health care providers, and emergency responders. AB 1867 went into effect immediately upon being signed on September 9, 2020.Sections 248 and 248.1 codified Governor Newsom’s prior Executive Order (EO) N-51-20 pertaining to CPSL, and also added additional provisions and clari...

Important Update: The deadline to file the Annual Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) has been extended from April 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020

By: Scott Cross- 03/30/2020

March 2020Number 18In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has announced it is allowing a 60-day extension for those required to file a 2019 Annual Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700). As a result of this extension, Form 700's normally due no later than April 1, 2020 will be accepted by the FPPC as timely filed if submitted by June 1, 2020. This extension applies to all officials required to file in April pursuant to Commission Regulati...

New Law Clarifies Defense And Indemnity Obligations For Architects And Engineers

By: Scott Cross, Arne Sandberg- 01/01/2010

New Law Clarifies Defense And Indemnity Obligations For Architects And Engineers...

Removal Of Governing Board Member's Vice Presidency Title Did Not Violate Free Speech Rights

By: Scott Cross- 01/01/2010

July 2010 Number 23 CLIENT NEWS BRIEF REMOVAL OF GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER'S VICE PRESIDENCY TITLE DID NOT VIOLATE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a school district's governing board did not violate a governing board member's free speech rights when it voted to remove his title of Board Vice President. In Blair v. Bethel School District (9th Cir. 2010) ___ F.3d ___ [WL 2351928], the appellate court found that a public official may not ...

Significant Cases
Mr. Cross successfully represented a number of public agency clients in the published case Chisom v. Board of Retirement of Fresno County Employees' Retirement Assn. (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 400. He has also successfully represented public agency clients in numerous other administrative, trial court, and unpublished appellate court cases.