On February 8, 2008, the Coastal Commission will hold a hearing on 1) minor amendments requested by the OAL of the Commission’s regulations concerning filing fees, as adopted by the Commission on November 14, 2007, and 2) revision to the Initial Statement of Reasons (ISR), and Commission action on said minor amendments to section 13055(h) and revisions to ISR.
Beginning February 2007 the public will be able to watch the Coastal Commission’s public hearings live via the Internet. Past meetings may also be viewed as archived by the Coastal Commission.
For decades, the ocean has slowly devoured East Cliff Drive along the Pleasure Point neighborhood. At times, the world-renowned surfing waves merely nibble at the crumbling bluffs beneath the road and the popular pedestrian corridor. At other times, storm swell takes ravenous bites out of the Purisima sandstone, and chunks of pavement suddenly collapse.
The California Coastal Commission last week signed off on the county’s plan to build one of the largest, and perhaps most decorative, seawalls on the Monterey Bay
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff has recommended approval of the above project conditional upon their recommendations as can be found on page 11 of their staff report.
California, Oregon, and Washington release Draft Action Plan to Implement West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health
Peter Douglas, executive director of the California Coastal Commission, wins the lifetime achievement award for cheek. He not only wrote into the 1976 Coastal Act incredible power for the position he has held for 20 years. He has also long circumvented a part of the act rewritten to trim that power.
The California Coastal Commission is considering changes to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. The contact person must receive all written comments concerning the proposed modifications on or before October 29, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.