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Coastal conservation in Morro Bay

Written on 8 Oct, 2012 in Opinion | 11 comments

OPINION by JOE GEEVER The city of Morro Bay has two years to build a new sewage treatment plant, and local authorities are very close to making the wrong decision — against the will of local citizens. They want to... (Continue reading)

PG&E considering less seismic testing

Written on 28 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The California Coastal Commission will no longer hear PG&E’s case for a seismic testing permit in October, but rather at its November meeting. PG&E revised its planned seismic survey Thursday, causing the Coastal Commission to postpone its hearing on the... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay battling California Coastal Commission

Written on 28 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

While Morro Bay needs to upgrade its aging sewer plant, can it afford the extra $60 million in cost needed to comply with the California Coastal Commission’s recommendation that the plant be moved a mile from the coastline? California’s coastal... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission weighs in on Cayucos property rights issue

Written on 20 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

By KAREN VELIE The California Coastal Commission is slated to determine if Dr. Marshall Lewis can build a two-story, 4,555-square-foot house on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean in Cayucos. Following rejections of Lewis’ proposal to tear down an existing... (Continue reading)

Coastal Commission’s Douglas dies at 69

Written on 3 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Peter Douglas fought many battles during his quarter-century as executive director of the California Coastal Commission, but he lost his fight with throat and lung cancer, succumbing Sunday at his sister’s Palm Springs home where he spent his final days.... (Continue reading)

Cambria desalt plant plan hits snag

Written on 16 Dec, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Current plans for a desalination plant to serve the Cambria area were waylaid Thursday by the California Coastal Commission when the panel ruled Santa Rosa Creek is off limits for intake and outfall facilities. Specifically, the commission agreed unanimously that... (Continue reading)

Peter Douglas steps down from Coastal Commission

Written on 11 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

After 26 years as executive director of the California Coastal Commission, Peter Douglas, an outspoken opponent of coastal development who helped write the state’s landmark Coastal Act, announced his retirement Wednesday. [Los Angeles Times] Douglas, 68, has been fighting lung... (Continue reading)

California’s ‘whale’s tail’ license plate gets remake

Written on 3 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

One of California’s most popular specialized license plates, the “whale tail,” got a makeover recently as a result of a legal battle between the California Coastal Commission and artist Robert Wyland. [San Francisco Chronicle] The commission unveiled the redesign Tuesday,... (Continue reading)

Gibson and Marx lose bid for Coastal Commission

Written on 15 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

Brian Brennan, a Ventura city councilman and a member of the Surfrider Foundation, was appointed to the California Coastal Commission over San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx and County Supervisor Bruce Gibson. A coalition of 10 statewide environmental and coastal... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay commissioner under fire

Written on 12 Apr, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 46 comments

John Diodati, who chaired the Morro Bay City Planning Commission when it unanimously voted against the city's proposed wastewater treatment plant project in December, is being targeted for removal from the Commission by Carla Borchard, a member of the Morro... (Continue reading)