Environmental
Nov. 20, 2015
Appellate court blocks bid to mine sand out of SF Bay
Justices invoke rarely-used public trust doctrine in ruling that Lands Commission didn't account for harm to public resources
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A state appellate court on Wednesday blocked a private company's bid to mine sand out of San Francisco Bay, ruling the state agency that approved the project failed to look at its potential harm to public resources.
In reversing the lower court, the justices relied on the rarely-used public trust doctrine - a common law theory that requires the state to protect its waterw...
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