With expertise encompassing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Clean Water Act, he represents homeowners associations, non-profit organizations, and neighborhood groups and individuals. Earlier in his career, he worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Los Angeles, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund in Denver, and the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies in Boulder, Colorado. DeLano lives in Valley Center and his firm, DeLano & DeLano, is based in Escondido.