The first question anyone should ask when looking at a property is “what can I actually do with this building/land?” This is where professional assistance can be a huge time and money saver. Let us determine applicable regulations and potential constraints to development so you can decide what the best use of your property may be.

Navigating entitlement and permitting processes can be a bureaucratic nightmare. This is where our expertise comes in! With over 20 years’ experience in the public and private land development sectors, WSM staff knows how to work through these processes. Let us take on the day-to-day management of your project so you can sleep soundly while your project gets entitled.

WSM will manage and process all aspects of entitlement planning to obtain necessary permits and approvals ensuring project delivery in a timely and efficient manner.

Experience has taught us to apply our CEQA knowledge to our land planning assignments to get in front of environmental impact challenges from the start. We can then guide applicants and lead agencies towards solutions sooner, resulting in more successful and faster projects. We pride ourselves on finding creatively logical solutions to complex environmental constraints.

WSM’s Sally Schifman has extensive experience with federal, State, and local land use regulations, and has managed and written dozens of CEQA documents of varying complexity over the course of her career.

Sally is an adept public speaker having presented at well over 200 industry conferences, public workshops, community groups, planning commissions, city councils, and county boards of supervisors.