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PLF fighting for a clean environment against the California Coastal Commission
Author: Damien M. Schiff “Balloon Track” Site Yesterday, PLF announced the filing of a lawsuit challenging the California Coastal Commission’s decision to delay, and perhaps even stop, a much-needed cleanup plan for a contaminated property (known as the “Balloon Track” site) in downtown Eureka, California. ...
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Playing hard ball with the California Coastal Commission
Author: Damien M. Schiff Last month, PLF filed a lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission on behalf of a concerned group of citizens, arguing that the Commission has no authority to stop a needed cleanup of a blighted brownfield property in downtown Eureka, California. Well, shortly after filing, the Eureka Times-Standard ran a ...
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Coastal Commission update
Author: Damien M. Schiff On Tuesday, I traveled up to Eureka for argument in PLF's lawsuit, Citizens for a Better Eureka v. California Coastal Commission, filed on behalf of concerned residents in Humboldt County, to tell the Commission to butt out of the cleanup of the blighted and polluted Balloon Track property in downtown Eureka. ...
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Disappointing loss in the Balloon Track case
Author: Damien M. Schiff Yesterday, the Superior Court of Humboldt County heard arguments in Citizens for a Better Eureka v. California Coastal Commission, a case challenging the Commission's assertion of appellate jurisdiction over the Balloon Track cleanup. At the hearing's conclusion, the court announced from the bench its ...
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Oral argument in the Balloon Track case
Author: Damien M. Schiff Today, I argued our appeal in Citizens for a Better Eureka v. California Coastal Commission, in the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco. The video below captures my thoughts on the argument, minutes after it was over. … ...
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A disappointing Balloon Track decision
Author: Damien M. Schiff Late yesterday, the California First District Court of Appeal ruled in Citizens for a Eureka v. California Coastal Commission that the Commission has Coastal Act appellate jurisdiction over the Balloon Track nuisance abatement. PLF attorneys represent the Citizens, and had argued that the Coastal Act's pro ...
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Coverage of the Balloon Track decision
From the Eureka Times-Standard. … ...
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The Balloon Track fight continues
Author: Damien M. Schiff Today, PLF's client the Citizens for a Better Eureka filed a petition for review in the California Supreme Court, asking it to review the First District Court of Appeal's decision holding that the Coastal Commission has jurisdiction over the clean-up of the blighted and polluted Balloon Track property in down ...