CPOA Letter to the County Board of Supervisors 12-8-19 regarding final changes to the LCP

Dec 9, 2019 | Meetings, Santa Cruz County

Given the magnitude of the changes in the latest draft of the LCP, the inadequate timeframe provided for review, the adverse consequences to coastal property owners and the increasing possibility that Santa Cruz County will be open to undesirable litigation, we can no longer support the proposed LCP and ask that the Board of Supervisors postpone adoption of this proposed LCP such that a proper review can be conducted and a better resolution developed among the interested parties.

Steve Forer
President, CPOA-SC

Urgent Call to Action – Attend the Board of Supervisors Mtg 12/10/19

Dec 7, 2019 | Meetings

We have not had sufficient time to complete a thorough review of the 6.4 Public Safety Element Amendments and Chapter 16.10 Ordinance Code Amendments Regarding Geologic Hazards. There have been substantial changes from prior draft approved by the Planning Commissioners, there are apparent discrepancies between the LCP and Code Amendments, and a number of issues still require further clarification. Therefore CPOA-SC can no longer support the LCP until we have completed our review of these documents and obtained an outside legal opinion on how these changes may affect the rights of property owners. We urge you to attend this important Board of Supervisor’s meeting on December 10, 2019 @ 10:45 a.m..

County Revised LCP 11/13/19 version

Nov 14, 2019 | Articles - Misc

At this morning’s meeting, the Planning Commissioner’s voted to approve a revised version of the County’s proposed Local Coast Program, with additional changes and clarifications based on public comments at the meeting, and a motion made by Commissioner Guth. At the beginning of the meeting, David Carlson passed out a new revised version of the LCP (11/13/19) with additional blue lined changes based on input from CPOA and others. The latest LCP version 11/13/19 was passed, with additional changes as outline in Commissioner’s Guth’s motion. A copy of the revised LCP 11/13/19, can be downloaded here. This is not the final LCP.