Kelly J. Salt

Of Counsel

San Diego
655 West Broadway
15th Floor

TEL: (619) 525-1375
FAX: (619) 233-6118
Kelly.Salt@bbklaw.com

Kelly Salt is Of Counsel in the Public Finance Practice Group of Best Best & Krieger LLP, resident in the San Diego Office. Since joining Best Best & Krieger LLP in 2006, she has worked as bond and disclosure counsel with numerous cities and public agencies on financing major public facilities through the issuance of certificates of participation, revenue, lease revenue, assessment district, and community facilities district bonds.  In addition to her bond and municipal finance work, Ms. Salt’s practice areas include rate setting and compliance with Proposition 218, and drought management and water conservation programs. 

Prior to joining Best Best & Krieger LLP, Ms. Salt worked for the San Diego City Attorney’s Office for over sixteen years and served as the primary attorney on bond finance matters for the City’s public works projects.  These projects are as varied as the billion dollar expansion and reconstruction of the City’s water and wastewater infrastructure programs and the $169.6 million lease revenue financing for the construction of Petco Park.  She was also the Chief Deputy City Attorney of the City Attorney’s Office Public Works Section and supervised other attorneys on, among other issues, public works contracting, and water, wastewater, and solid waste regulatory compliance matters. 

Prior to joining the City Attorney’s Office, Ms. Salt worked for the University of San Diego School of Law. At the Law School she was an instructor and also served as the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.

Ms. Salt is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the State Bar of California. She has served as a member of the League of California Cities, City Attorneys’ Department Proposition 218 Committee and contributed to the preparation of the update of the League’s Proposition 218 Implementation Guide (2007 Edition).  Additionally, she has been a featured speaker on Proposition 218 at, among others, the League of California Cities and the Association of California Water Agencies.  She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1985, where she was a Comments Editor for the Law Review and a member of the Jessop International Moot Court Team. Receiving her bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1981, she graduated with high honors (cum laude) and phi betta kappa.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California, 1985

Education

• JD, University of San Diego School of Law
• BA, University of California, Santa Barbara