The California Coastal Commission has unanimously rejected the county’s proposed update to its Local Coastal Program for the unincorporated Midcoast, as recommended by its staff.
We’ll post more details later, but this means that the ball is back in the court of Board of Supervisors.
The link below is for the Deputy Director’s report for the North Central Coast District.
Deputy Director’s Report, 12-10-2009
On page 2 you can seee a list of all the peoople who faxed in comment letters, and then the actual letters are attached to the end of the report.
Many thanks to those who sent in letters supporting the Costal Commmission staff recommendations which seem to have prevailed.
Let’s hope the Board of Supervisors does the right thing and accepts the modifications.
What the Commission did is the normal procedure: they cannot themselves make changes in a submitted LCP amendment, so what they do is first move to approve it as submitted, recommending a “no” vote. Then when that motion fails, they make another motion to approve with modifications, generally as recommended by their staff. If that passes, they are essentially “pre-approving” the modified version if the submitting agency agrees to accept the modifications. The Board now needs to agendize and hopefully approve the modifications in order for the update to take effect.
Shocker… (sarcasm) that the CCC recommended a NO vote. Anything less would of been as hypocritical as Al Gore not flying commercial in coach.
I noticed in the Dep Dir’s Report a letter from a resident of ~50 years, whom 10+ years ago followed the appropriate protocol via permits and such to build, and frankly will be left only to sue if the LCP moves forward. I’m curious if there’s “nothing to see here”, or if once again, no-growthers and NIMBYism is setting legal ‘trip wires’ for themselves to stumble into once again. Lack of a better analogy, I see an effort in doing your best to remove the “chicken” of allowable infrastructure, so as to prevent the “egg” of coastal growth & progress.
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Today: Sunny, with a high near 63. NNW wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. NNW wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 62. NNW wind between 9 and 14 mph.
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Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming WNW between 4 and 7 mph.
Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 48.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69.
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Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
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Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
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