Ashley Weinstein-Carnes provides advice and counsel on land use issues with a focus on local administrative permitting, including the negotiation of agreements with local governments and public agencies; coordination of environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and processing of entitlements through public hearings and other administrative proceedings. She has successfully obtained land use approvals for large-scale projects, including mixed-use and multifamily residential developments, corporate R&D and office campuses, professional sports arenas, hospitals, and industrial facilities.
In addition to land use permitting, Ashley conducts due diligence for the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of property. She advises institutional investors, lenders, developers, landowners, and lessees and lessors with regard to existing land use restrictions and agreements, as well as strategies and requirements for the re-entitlement of property.
Ashley has significant experience with California’s planning and zoning laws, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Subdivision Map Act, exactions and takings, and affordable housing laws. She has a particular interest in housing development, including strategies for streamlining residential and mixed-use residential projects, and regularly speaks and writes on changes in the regulatory landscape impacting housing production in California.
Ashley Weinstein-Carnes provides advice and counsel on land use issues with a focus on local administrative permitting, including the negotiation of agreements with local governments and public agencies; coordination of environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and processing of entitlements through public hearings and other administrative proceedings. She has successfully obtained land use approvals for large-scale projects, including mixed-use and multifamily residential developments, corporate R&D and office campuses, professional sports arenas, hospitals, and industrial facilities.
In addition to land use permitting, Ashley conducts due diligence for the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of property. She advises institutional investors, lenders, developers, landowners, and lessees and lessors with regard to existing land use restrictions and agreements, as well as strategies and requirements for the re-entitlement of property.
Ashley has significant experience with California’s planning and zoning laws, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Subdivision Map Act, exactions and takings, and affordable housing laws. She has a particular interest in housing development, including strategies for streamlining residential and mixed-use residential projects, and regularly speaks and writes on changes in the regulatory landscape impacting housing production in California.
