The California Coastal Act provides a layer of protection to land use decisions in the Coastal Zone, especially in upholding public access to the coast and preserving sensitive coastal and marine habitat and biodiversity. Our attorneys have experience with the Coastal Act, including litigation challenging the Coastal Commission's approval of the filling of wetlands at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, and an administrative challenge before the California Coastal Commission to the placement of facilities on the beach in Coronado without adequately evaluating storm surges and sea level rise.
The Coastal Act can also intertwine with CEQA, described by one appellate justice as “effectively overlaying the enigmatic with the abstruse” in a case Josh Chatten-Brown litigated, successfully challenging Caltrans’ use of an exemption to avoid environmental review of a freeway flyover project.
The Coastal Act can also intertwine with CEQA, described by one appellate justice as “effectively overlaying the enigmatic with the abstruse” in a case Josh Chatten-Brown litigated, successfully challenging Caltrans’ use of an exemption to avoid environmental review of a freeway flyover project.
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