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Alan Murphy focuses his practice on land use and development matters, including associated environmental review. He secures and defends land use entitlements and counsels clients in preparing development applications, throughout the approval process and in due diligence. Alan has significant experience with general plan and zoning interpretation and amendments, use permits, variances, development agreements, the Density Bonus Law, the Housing Accountability Act, SB 35 streamlining, other state housing legislation, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
In his practice, Alan strives to identify innovative solutions to complex and politically sensitive development challenges. He routinely interacts with public agency staff and regularly represents clients before city councils and boards of supervisors, planning commissions and local appellate boards. He also represents property owners in zoning enforcement actions.
Among Alan's clients are developers, landowners, educational and financial institutions, and public agencies. His experience includes representing clients in securing entitlements to develop hundreds of new residential units in the San Francisco Bay Area, to redevelop property into three life sciences buildings totaling 595,000 square feet in Foster City, and to redevelop over 500,000 square feet of office and R&D space in Mountain View. Alan also has experience with preparing a citizens' initiative for a major project in the South Bay and analyzing multifamily residential development options on numerous properties between San Francisco and San Jose.
Alan co-chairs CLE International’s conference on California land use law, has lectured at Stanford University on CEQA, and speaks elsewhere on various issues, including state housing law. Alan served as chair of the Program Committee for the Association of Environmental Professionals 2017 state conference, and he also actively participates in Bay Area Council and Urban Land Institute initiatives.
