Proficiencies



GVR has deep proficiency in:

  • Evaluating development and acquisition opportunities for entitlement risk
  • Developing comprehensive entitlement and risk management strategies
  • Coordinating environmental review and documentation (CEQA / NEPA)
  • Pragmatically navigating all phases of the entitlement process
  • Negotiating related transactional documents, including joint ventures and agreements dealing with vested rights, affordable housing, infrastructure, mitigation and hotel management 
  • Coordinating legally defensible findings, conditions and related project approval documentation 
  • Guiding post-approval implementation and re-positioning of entitlements


Expertise



GVR’s proficiencies derive from its vast understanding of relevant laws, including:

  • CEQA and NEPA
  • Planning and Zoning Law
  • Housing Accountability Act
  • SB 330
  • Builder’s Remedy
  • Density Bonus Law
  • Development Agreement Law
  • Subdivision Map Act
  • LAFCO Law (boundary changes)
  • Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts
  • Permit Streamlining Act
  • Prevailing Wage Law
  • Mitigation Fee Act
  • Surplus Lands Act
  • Initiative / Referendum Law