Overview

Daniel Maruccia is a Partner in Lozano Smith's Sacramento office and co-chair of the firm's Public Finance Practice area. His areas of expertise are public finance, facilities and business, and local government. Mr. Maruccia advises clients on a variety of transactional matters affecting school districts including facilities funding, public contracts, and other business transactions. He is nationally recognized as municipal bond counsel in the Bond Buyers' Municipal Marketplace Guide, commonly referred to as "The Red Book."

Additional Experience

Previously, Mr. Maruccia was deputy legislative counsel for the State of California, Office of Legislative Counsel. During his tenure, he provided legal services to members of the California Legislature. He regularly appeared as counsel for the Assembly and Senate Committees on Education. Mr. Maruccia drafted and analyzed legislative measures concerning public education, and prepared in-depth legal opinions on a variety of constitutional and statutory educational law matters with specific emphasis on issues regarding public education governance, administration, and students.

On behalf of the California School Boards Association Education Legal Alliance Dan Maruccia prepared the amicus curiae brief in the matter of Traiman v. Alameda Unified School District before the Superior County of Alameda County, relating to the education parcel tax uniformity requirement.

Articles

His articles include "Deadbeat Developers and Cruel Covenants: Collecting on Delinquent Mello-Roos Taxes" published in the Daily Journal, June 2010 and "From Sacramento With Love: Impending Bond Legislation" published in the Small School Districts' Association Newsletter, January/February 2013.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Maruccia is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the State Bar of California, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Public Law Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association.

Education

He received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law and a B.A. from the University of San Diego.

Attorney General Takes Hardline Position on Permissible Use of School Bond Premium

By: Daniel Maruccia- 05/31/2022

Power to the People: California Court of Appeal Rules that Voter Tax Initiatives Are Not Subject to Super-Majority Vote

By: Daniel Maruccia- 09/10/2020

Federal Reserve Launches Municipal Liquidity Facility for Short Term Lending to Eligible States, Cities & Counties

By: Daniel Maruccia- 04/23/2020

In An Historic Move, California Paves Way For Public Banks

By: Daniel Maruccia- 12/30/2019

AB 48 Increases Bonding Capacity, Provides Facilities Funding At Multiple Levels, Prioritizes Small School Districts, And Reduces Available Developer Fees For School Districts ... But Only Applies If Voters Approve A School Facilities Bond In March

By: Harold Freiman, Daniel Maruccia, James McCann- 10/22/2019

Legislature Takes Another Run At Bond Measure Ballot Language Requirements

By: Daniel Maruccia- 10/01/2019

SEC: Bank Loans and Other Private Placements to Trigger 10-Day Continuing Disclosure Reporting

By: Daniel Maruccia- 12/12/2018

Episode 44 EIFD and Tax Increment - A Public Finance Practitioner Discussion of the Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District Financing Tool

By: Daniel Maruccia, Constantine Baranoff- 06/22/2021

Lozano Smith attorneys Dan Maruccia and Constantine Baranoff join host Sloan Simmons in an informative and detailed discussion of how Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts have evolved in California with attorneys who focus on public finance and who have formed EIFDs throughout the state. They also discuss available financing structures and explore projects (including freeway overlay and flood control) which EIFDs may be used to finance.

AB 48 Would Have A Big Impact on School Facilities - If Voters Approve (A Bonus Episode of the Lozano Smith podcast)

By: Daniel Maruccia, Harold Freiman- 11/05/2019

Host Devon Lincoln talks with attorneys Daniel Maruccia and Harold Freiman about what AB 48 could mean for school facilities funding if approved by the voters in March 2020.

Watts in Your Wallet - Financing Clean Energy Projects (Part 2)

By: Daniel Maruccia- 07/03/2019

In Part 2 of our discussion on the complex topic of clean energy projects and how they are financed, Sloan Simmons talks with Devon Lincoln and Daniel Maruccia about the options for financing such projects and the overarching themes impacting this area of the law.

Watts in Your Wallet - Financing Clean Energy Projects (Part 1)

By: Daniel Maruccia- 05/28/2019

In Part I of a discussion on the complex topic of clean energy projects and how they are financed, Sloan Simmons talks to Dan Maruccia and Devon Lincoln about the wide range of such projects, and the challenges public agencies face in determining how to finance them.