Tamsen Plume

Practice Areas

Tamsen Plume is the executive partner of Holland & Knight's San Francisco office, with more than 23 years of experience in complex land use and environmental law. Ms. Plume also is a regional co-chair of the firm's national Land Use and Government Team. She represents project proponents in land use and environmental permitting, compliance and due diligence matters for complex land use, development and redevelopment projects, including acquisition of public property. Ms. Plume's practice includes all aspects of land use entitlements, including development agreements and other specialty land use contracts, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Planning Law, Subdivision Map Act, State Density Bonus Law and Housing Accountability Act.

Ms. Plume's practice includes:

land use and environmental due diligence for real estate transactions, including coordination of complex multistate diligence efforts

local land use entitlements, including development agreements, general plan, specific plan and zoning compliance and amendments, use permits, design review and permitting

former redevelopment (dissolution law) compliance, including Oversight Board and Department of Finance approvals

Subdivision Map Act compliance, including Vesting Maps, phasing, exemptions and extensions

State Housing Law, including State Density Bonus Law, Housing Accountability Act, SB 330, SB 35, AB 2011, AB 2097, Housing Element Law, Builder's Remedy and related compliance and enforcement

environmental review and compliance, including CEQA and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

acquisition of public property, including disposition and development agreements, purchase and sale agreements and Surplus Lands Act compliance

resource agency permitting and compliance, including Clean Water Act (CWA) compliance, CWA Section 404 wetlands fill permits, CWA Section 401 water quality certification, federal and state Endangered Species Act

advice related to a wide range of land use issues: Tribal resources, historic resources, architectural resources, local agency formation commission (LAFCO) and annexation and incorporation, special districts, climate, transit, transportation, transportation management associations (TMA), park, school mitigation agreements, conservation easements, agriculture, Coastal Zone and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), state lands, public lands, fees, exactions and mitigation measures