The San Francisco office of Perkins Coie LLP is seeking a mid-to-senior level associate or counsel to join its Real Estate and Land Use group. Applicants should have a minimum of three years’ (and preferably more) experience with California planning and zoning laws; processing local and state development permits; processing initiatives and/or opposing referenda; analyzing consultant reports (traffic, air quality, GHGs, geotechnical, biological, water demand, water supply) for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act; preparing resolutions, ordinances and findings for approvals of development projects; meeting with agency staff (cities, counties, special districts) concerning development proposals and mitigation; processing applications for tentative and parcel maps under the California Subdivision Map Act; negotiating and drafting development agreements consistent with California law; and drafting other real estate/development documents, including encroachment agreements, use permits, use easements, acquisition and disposition agreements, leases and conservation easements. Experience with real estate and land use litigation would be helpful, but is not required.