Laguna Beach couple sues California Coastal Commission over property rights violation
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.
Reinecke v. California Coastal Commission
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.
Victory! Court rules against the California Coastal Commission in San Luis Obispo
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 ...
Court rules Coastal Commission violated local planning laws, says property owners can build
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 […]
At Stake: California builder battles Coastal Commission’s illegal permit veto and power grab
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 […]
The California Coastal Commission’s political retribution against Elon Musk
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 ...
California Supreme Court to hear case challenging Coastal Commission’s authority
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.
Shear Development Co., LLC v. California Coastal Commission
Shear Development is asking the California Supreme Court to reverse the CCC’s unlawful permit denial, confine the CCC to its proper role under the Coastal Act, and affirm that courts, not agencies, should resolve questions of statutory interpretation
Al Hadian, et al. v. California Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) is among the nation’s worst offenders. By twisting its own agreed-upon and certified language of Local Coastal Programs (LCPs,) the CCC has become a super-zoning board, overriding local governments’ permitting power with its own, in violation of state law.