Government,
Environmental & Energy
Sep. 13, 2018
As California sea levels rise, so do state and local governments’ costs to address them
The California Coastal Commission's emerging requirements for shoreline development follow a new report predicting accelerated rates of sea level rise. But funding constraints pose a significant challenge.
John P. Erskine
Partner
Nossaman LLP
Email: jerskine@nossaman.com
John counsels landowners, developers, lenders, receiverships, and public agencies on planning and land use matters.
In March, the California Ocean Protection Council submitted the "best available science" to the California Coastal Commission and other agencies and stakeholders. But state and local governments, special districts and private coastal property owners are only now coming to understand the commission requirements for shoreline development to adapt to or retreat from predicted rates of sea level rise over the next 80 years.
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