NORTH COUNTY —- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sent letters to a pair of federal agencies last week in a bid to jump-start a stalled $4.5 million study examining options for fortifying three miles of battered North County coastline.
(FYI – I thot this article explained a little of what has been going on. I personally am not for Marco Gonzales’ suggestion of compromise. Just another way to stick it to the homeowners. Will keep you posted. Ann)
SOLANA BEACH ““ Bluff-top homeowners may bear the brunt of special assessments to pay for the removal of sea walls they erected to protect their properties.
Steven Aceti is executive director of the California Coastal Coalition (calcoast.org), an Encinitas-based lobbying group that is comprised of 35 coastal cities and various regional agencies committed to restoring the state’s shoreline.
The state Coastal Commission has no authority to charge a $248,000 “loss of recreational benefits fee” as a condition of approving a sea wall, members of Las Brisas Condominium Association said Tuesday. The association filed a lawsuit in Superior Court this week.
The California Coastal Commission apparently did not get the memo: In the aftermath of the recent Gulf Coast emergencies, delay is now the greatest crime a government agency can commit.
In an 11-0 vote, the commission ruled that the owners of the 36-unit Las Brisas condominiums must pay a mitigation fee of $271,658 for loss of sand public beach that would be occupied by the sea wall.
Two new studies by scientists at UCSD found that erosion of Southern California’s sea cliffs is the primary source of the region’s beach sand.
A decade of feuding ouver sea walls and the resulting beach erosion has come to an end – at least for now.
Surfrider Foundation Perspectives