I wish our Coastal Commission would ditch their "3-foot by 2100" estimate of sea level rise. That phony number is being used to unnecessarily deny people the use of their property. They extrapolate that phony number into a phony accelerated bluff retreat rate. They then argue that because the bluff retreat will make the parcel undevelopable in 75 years, it's undevelopable now. Furthermore, they insist that most people knew (or should have known) that the lot was undevelopable (due to phony numbers) and therefore their action does not constitute a "taking" under the US Constitution.
The Charter of the California Coastal Commission is good -- prevent private property owners from blocking beach access or from destroying coastal resources (wetlands and ESHA). But when environmental extremists took over the commission they began abusing their power by using the Coastal Act to stop development under any pretext possible. On Jun 2, 2012, at 10:24 AM, M Christol wrote: > > http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/06/01/sea-level-bill-would-allow-north-carolina-to-stick-its-head-in-the-sand > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
