Alfred Fraijo, Jr. is a Terner Center Fellow. He is the founder and partner of the SOMOS Group. Prior to that, he was a partner in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice in the firm’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. He has significant experience in obtaining and negotiating land use entitlements for complex housing and mixed-use development projects throughout California, including advising clients with innovative, urban renewal projects in the inner-city and other sectors with emerging markets. He is also the founder of Inclusive Action for the City, a nonprofit that works to create multi-disciplinary alliances focused on designing, building, and promoting sustainable communities. He holds degrees from Harvard University and Loyola Law School.