LYNCH v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COM.

No. S221980.

3 Cal.5th 470 (2017)

BARBARA LYNCH et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Mark J. Breckler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, John A. Saurenman , Assistant Attorney General, Jamee Jordan Patterson and Hayley Peterson , Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

Janis L. Herbstman for California State Association of Counties, League of California Cities and International Municipal Lawyers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Fran M. Layton and Catherine Malina for American Planning Association and American Planning Association California Chapter as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Ralph Faust ; Environmental Law Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School, Deborah A. Sivas , Alicia E. Thesing and Matthew J. Sanders for Surfrider Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Axelson & Corn, Jonathan C. Corn ; Pacific Legal Foundation, James S. Burling , John M. Groen , Paul J. Beard II and Jennifer F. Thompson for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Briscoe Ivester & Bazel and Peter Prows for Beach and Bluff Conservancy, Protect the Beach.org, Seacoast Preservation Association and Coastal Property Owners Association of Santa Cruz County as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Alston & Bird and Paul J. Beard II for California Association of Realtors and National Association of Realtors as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Rutan & Tucker and David P. Lanferman for California Building Industry Association, California Cattlemen's Association and California Farm Bureau Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

After winter storms damaged the seawall protecting their blufftop properties, homeowners sought a permit from the California Coastal Commission (Commission) to build a new seawall and repair their beach access stairway. The Commission granted the permit subject to several mitigation conditions. The owners...

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