Managing Partner Brian Plante testified before the California Assembly Housing Committee regarding Senate Bill 326, involving proposed legislation affecting vote requirements for construction defect litigation in project CC&Rs. As the lead trial and appellate attorney in the underlying Branches Neighborhood Corp. v. CalAtlantic Group, Inc. litigation, wherein a similar vote provision was upheld, Mr. Plante was asked by the Building Industry Association to testify on behalf of homebuilders regarding the need to curb construction defect litigation to maintain affordable housing in the State of California.