Meeting Overview
Many items of interest came before the California Coastal Commission at its June meeting including offshore fracking, coastal armoring and blufftop development.
Issues voted on at this meeting:
This application for a new residence on a coastal bluff sparked grave concerns from coastal advocates, who cited the Coastal Act’s prohibition against new development that would require “protective devices that would substantially alter natural landforms...
Other Discussions
June 2016 Coastal Commission Hearing
Back in April, a controversial attempt by State Parks to impose parking fees on undeveloped lots in Sonoma County brought out hundreds of people in protest. At that time, Commissioners could have voted against the proposal and ended the years-long controversy. Instead, and against staff’s recommendation, Commissioners opted to direct staff to keep trying to work with Parks and the County of Sonoma to determine if moving forward was possible.