Government
Jan. 1, 2003
Coastal Commission Loses Crucial Appeal
SAN FRANCISCO - Like a judicial tsunami, a state appellate court all but wiped out the California Coastal Commission on Monday. The 3rd District Court of Appeal effectively put the powerful, 12-member planning agency out of the enforcement business, ruling that it's too heavily stacked with legislative appointees to carry out executive functions such as granting and denying development permits.
The 3rd District Court of Appeal effectively put the powerful, 12-member planning agency out of th...