Matthew S Gray

Practice Areas

Land Use & Development

Real Estate & Land Use

Environment & Natural Resources

California Environmental, Land Use, Energy & Resources

Land Development

Hospitality

Clean Technology

Mining

Career

Matt Gray focuses his practice on land use entitlement processing, environmental compliance, and real estate transactions. He represents developers, landowners, and local agencies in all stages of the development process and has processed land use entitlements for some of the largest mixed-use redevelopment projects in California. He negotiates and secures approval of development agreements, general plan amendments, specific plans, zoning, subdivision approvals, and annexation of property into cities and special districts; regularly appears before planning commissions and city councils; and advises clients on compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and other federal and state regulatory programs during the development process. Matt also has experience negotiating affordable housing agreements, mitigation fee agreements and conservation easements; and using the initiative and referendum process in the land use planning context. Matt is co-author with Cecily Barclay of the California Land Use and Planning Law treatise used by lawyers and planners throughout the state.