Articles

Will the Commission kibosh another fireworks display?

March 03, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Over the last several years, the California Coastal Commission has been asserting jurisdiction, under the Coastal Act, over coastal fireworks displays.  Recently, PLF attorneys represented the Gualala Festivals Committee in an ultimately unsuccessful suit challenging the Commission's jurisdiction over ...

Articles

More Coastal Commission updates

March 26, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Yesterday my colleague Paul Beard reported on a disappointing decision in the First District.  Today's Santa Rosa Press Democrat has an article on the decision.  Also, a few days ago I reported on a Coastal Commission controversy in Dana Point.  Here's a piece discussing the City's decis ...

Articles

The California Coastal Commission is at it again

March 22, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff A few weeks ago I reported on a new PLF lawsuit challenging the Coastal Commission's jurisdiction to delay, and possibly stop altogether, a needed cleanup of a brownfield site in Eureka, California.  And today, I argued in the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco on behalf of the Gualala … ...