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Commission Creep : Under rule of dysfunctional coastal agency, every act is illegal "development"

February 12, 2016 | By J. DAVID BREEMER

So this is where the California Coastal Commission experiment ends:  if you put a lock on a gate, paint a billboard, say mean things at a surf break, try to keep trespassers off your coastal land, or move a cow into a new pasture, you are engaging in unpermitted “development” and violating the Coastal Act. Ordinary people … ...