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Decision in Sterling “forced farming” case : agricultural easement “flat out unconstitutional”
June 25, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
Author: J. David Breemer On June 18, the San Mateo Superior Court issued its Statement of Decision in Sterling v. California Coastal Commission. The case involves the CCC's attempt to require the Sterlings to actively farm or graze 140 acres of their land forever, and to deed an easement to this effect to the State, in return for permit to bui ...
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PLF in the New York Times
May 11, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
Author: Damien M. Schiff Last Sunday's Bay Area edition of the New York Times featured an article on Peter Douglas, the California Coastal Commission's long-serving executive director. While noting Mr. Douglas' impeccable environmentalist and anti-development credentials, as well as his self-described "radical pagan heretic" beliefs, the artic ...