Real estate
Jennifer Lynch at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP advises developers on complex land use and entitlement projects across California. With a specialism in CEQA, she guides clients through regulatory approvals, community engagement, and litigation, handling both residential and industrial developments. Her work includes high-profile housing projects, senior living facilities, and large-scale industrial sites, often involving novel scientific or regulatory issues. Lynch combines transactional and litigation expertise, providing counsel from project inception through permitting and compliance.
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Key clients
- City of Millbrae
- MBK Senior Living
- New Urban West
- Cottonwood El Cajon
Work highlights
Successfully defended New Urban West’s Meadows at Baily Canyon Project in Sierra Madre, California, against claims that it violated the State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations, with the case now on appeal.
Representing the City of Millbrae in litigation challenging San Mateo County’s proposed acquisition and conversion of a local hotel, which generates approximately $600,000 in annual tax revenue, into homeless housing without voter approval under Article 34 of the California Constitution.
Representing MBK Senior Living in a CEQA-based challenge in Sacramento County, seeking to protect one of its assisted living and memory care facilities from a proposed adjacent development that could adversely affect residents, operations, and property.