Caroline Andrea Guibert

Caroline Guibert Chase has particular expertise in assisting commercial and residential developers with obtaining the requisite approvals to develop real property, primarily in the City and County of San Francisco. Having worked as an urban planner for five years in the public and private sectors before attending law school, Caroline has a unique ability to understand and counsel clients on the governmental planning processes and, in particular, the continuing process to change the area plans in the City and County of San Francisco, including the rezoning of the Eastern Neighborhoods, Western SoMa, the Central Corridor and the Transit Center District Plan Area. Caroline also has significant experience with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other state and local laws affecting the development of real property, and is an accredited LEED® Green Associate.

Caroline's involvement and passion for her practice is also evident outside of the firm. Caroline is on the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition (SFHAC) Board, the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Housing Policy Board and the SPUR Land Use Planning and Rebuilding Task Force and co-authored SPUR’s publication On Solid Ground: How Good Land Use Planning Can Prepare the Bay Area For a Strong Disaster Recovery. As part of her involvement in the SFHAC Regulatory Committee, Caroline participated in the drafting of now-effective legislation to encourage the production of much-needed student housing in the City and County of San Francisco. Caroline is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a nonprofit education and research institute focused on land use issues.