SURFRIDER FOUNDATION v. MARTINS BEACH 1, LLC

Nos. A144268, A145176.

14 Cal.App.5th 238 (2017)

SURFRIDER FOUNDATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARTINS BEACH 1, LLC, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

August 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bancroft, Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy ; Hopkins & Carley, Jeffrey E. Essner , Allonn E. Levy and Dori L. Yob for Defendants and Appellants.

J. David Breemer and Raymond J. Nhan for Pacific Legal Foundation, California Farm Bureau Federation, California Cattlemen's Association, Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association, California Association of Realtors and California Business Properties Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Joseph W. Cotchett , Eric J. Buescher ; Mark A. Massara ; Law Office of Herb Fox and Herb Fox for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, John Saurenman , Assistant Attorney General, Christiana Tiedmann and Joel Jacobs , Deputy Attorneys General; John C. Beiers , County Counsel (San Mateo), John D. Nibbelin , Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Kimberly A. Marlow , Deputy County Counsel, for California Coastal Commission and County of San Mateo as Amici Curiae on behalf Plaintiff and Respondent.

Environmental Law Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School, Deborah A. Sivas , Alicia E. Thesing , Elizabeth Jones and Elizabeth M. Vissers for Coastwalk California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

Nestled in a cove, sheltered on the north and south by high cliffs, Martins Beach lacks lateral land access.1 The only practical route to Martins Beach is down a road, known as Martins Beach Road, that leads from Highway 1 in San Mateo County to the beach.

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