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PLF's Timothy Sandefur and Jennifer Thompson on property rights in California

May 27, 2015 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

I’m guest-hosting on KFMB AM 760 in San Diego all week between 10 and noon, and this morning I talked with PLF staff attorney Jennifer Thompson about our litigation in defense of property rights in California. We talked in particular about the Lynch case, in which the court held that a property owner is not … ...

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Seawall and staircase decision draws local outcry

September 29, 2014 | By PAUL BEARD

Over the weekend, San Diego journalist, Thomas K. Arnold, penned a stinging rebuke of the 2-1 court of appeal decision in Lynch v. California Coastal Commission, which threatens bluff-top homeowners’ property rights—including the right to protect their homes with seawalls. Arnold rightly criticizes the Coastal Commission’s “ ...