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California Coastal Commission schedules hearing on PLF’s petition

We received word this week that the California Coastal Commission has scheduled a hearing next Friday, December 12, to hear our rule rescission petition.  That petition, filed on behalf of the Beach...

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California Supreme Court takes PLF’s seawall case

Today, the California Supreme Court granted PLF’s petition for review in Lynch v. California Coastal Commission.  The supreme court’s grant means that the court of appeal’s decision in favor of the...

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President’s weekly report — December 12, 2014

Property Rights — California Coastal Commission The California Coastal Commission has never been happy with our 1987 victory in Nollan v. California Coastal Commission where the United States Supreme...

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California Coastal Commission denies petition

Last Friday, the California Coastal Commission denied our petition, submitted on behalf of the Beach & Bluff Conservancy, to repeal the Commission’s after-the-fact permit fee regulation.  The...

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President’s weekly report — March 5, 2015

Environment — Victory for common sense in permitting reviews The California Supreme Court issued this opinion in Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of Berkeley Hillside Preservation v. City of...

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Arguing with the California Coastal Commission

Last week I had a hearing in San Diego in one of PLF’s Coastal Land Rights cases: Beach & Bluff Conservancy v. City of Solana Beach & California Coastal Commission. The case challenges certain...

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President’s weekly report — March 13, 2015

Property Rights — Coastal project victory We had another fine preliminary victory against the California Coastal Commission in Beach & Bluff Conservancy v. City of Solana Beach and California...

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PLF’s Timothy Sandefur and Jennifer Thompson on property rights in California

I’m guest-hosting on KFMB AM 760 in San Diego all week between 10 and noon, and this morning I talked with PLF staff attorney Jennifer Thompson about our litigation in defense of property rights in...

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Can the Coastal Commission attach a dormant easement as a condition to a permit?

Today, PLF filed an amicus brief in the California Court of Appeal defending the property rights of La Jolla coastal landowners Ure and Dianne Kretowicz. The Kretowiczs purchased their blufftop home...

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President’s weekly report — June 26, 2015

The physical invasion of the raisin snatchers — a property rights victory at the Supreme Court  In a week marked by several major Supreme Court decisions that were quite disappointing to advocates of...

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PLF comments again on Marin County coastal plan

For several years now, PLF attorneys have been following Marin County’s efforts to amend its Local Coastal Program. In the past, we have submitted comment letters both to the Coastal Commission and the...

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Adverse decision in sea otter case

Late Friday afternoon, the district court issued an adverse decision in PLF’s challenge to the termination of the sea otter management zone in Southern California. This zone was required under a...

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President’s weekly report — October 2, 2015

Endangered species — Utah prairie dog Oral argument was held this week in People for Ethical Treatment of Property Owners v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service, the case where we are challenging...

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A year of victories for liberty

This weeks Courting Liberty podcast provides a summary of major PLF cases in 2015 for economic liberty, free speech, and property rights. It was certainly a year to remember for PLF, with great...

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PLF’s Director of Litigation recaps big PLF victories of 2015

PLF Director of Litigation James Burling appeared on the Andy Caldwell show to discuss noteworthy and landmark legal victories across the United States for Pacific Legal Foundation in 2015, including...

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Coastal Commission radio discussion

Tune in Monday morning at 9 am for San Francisco KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny. I’ll be on the program to discuss current controversies surrounding the California Coastal Commission, including the...

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Controversy over the Coastal Commission’s executive director

Tomorrow, the California Coastal Commission will consider whether to dismiss Charles Lester as the agency’s executive director.  Not surprisingly, the environmental community has come out strongly in...

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President’s weekly report — March 4, 2016

Hawkes: 16 – 0 We received sixteen briefs in support of our client, the Hawkes Company, and none in support of the government in Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes. From 29 states to farmers and think...

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Big changes within the California Coastal Commission on Courting Liberty

In this week’s episode of Courting Liberty, PLF Director of Communications Harold Johnson speaks with PLF Attorney Damien Schiff about the California Coastal Commission’s board vote to dismiss...

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What do the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coastal Commission have in common?

To begin with, they often give property owners a very hard time.  Last week, my colleague Reed Hopper argued for one of those property owners in the United States Supreme Court. The case, United...

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