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California Courts of Appeal

Sep. 12, 2014

Appellate panel sides with state on seawall limits

A state appellate court has handed a victory to the Coastal Commission in a dispute over whether it can impose time limits on seawalls that beachfront landowners build to protect their properties from erosion.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state appellate court has handed a victory to the Coastal Commission in a dispute over whether it can impose time limits on seawalls that beachfront landowners build to protect their properties from erosion.


The case is a sign of the conflicts likely to grow as sea level rise and increased extreme weather events, due to climate change, create a tension between private property rights and state polic...

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