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“Americans have a constitutional right to significant due process protections when the government seeks to impose punitive financial penalties on them or their property,” said Jeremy Talcott, attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation. “By failing to provide procedural safeguards during its investigations or before imposing fines, the Coastal Commission is violating the Fourteenth Amendment rights of Californians like John Levy.” 

Mr. Levy argues that this method of operation makes the California Coastal Commission prosecutor, judge, and beneficiary—in violation of Americans’ Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Laguna Beach homeowners are taking the California Coastal Commission (CCC) and the City of Laguna Beach to court over their illegal attempts to prevent the homeowners from building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on their property.

The Reineckes are fighting back in state courts to force the City of Laguna Beach and Coastal Commission to follow the rules, mandatory procedures, and state law.

There are legal victories, and then there are legal victories—court rulings so decisive, so sharply written, that they can only be considered a judicial knockout.  Case in point: Al Hadian and Ralph Bookout's New Year's Eve victory against the California Coastal Commission.  The (brief) backstory  Al and Ralph sued the Commission in 2022 ...

San Luis Obispo County, California; January 3, 2025: Two Cambria property owners will be able to build homes on their land after a California court ruled their building permits were illegally voided by the California Coastal Commission (CCC). A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Al Hadian and Ralph Bookout, finding […]

California builder battles Coastal Commission’s illegal permit veto and power grab PLF to challenge CCC’s willful disregard for its own rules at California Supreme Court Tim Shea followed all the rules. He had county approval. So why can’t he finish building homes in California? The answer is a stunning abuse of power by the California […]

On Tuesday, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk filed a federal lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission. The past week has been a mix of successes and setbacks for Musk, who celebrated the victorious test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Sunday, just days after the California Coastal Commission put the kibosh on plans to launch more r ...

The California Supreme Court will consider whether the California Coastal Commission (CCC) can unilaterally inject itself into the local land-use approval process and overrule a local government’s prior approvals of new housing permits.