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Real Estate/Development,
Administrative/Regulatory

Nov. 30, 2023

Don’t use the Coastal Act to abuse the Coastal Act

Short-term rentals expand overnight stay opportunities for coastal visitors, but have sparked complaints from locals about increased traffic, parking conflicts, unwanted noise, excessive trash and crime. As a result, homeowner groups and local governments in the coastal zone started taking matters into their own hands.

Frank P. Angel

Angel Law

2601 Ocean Park Blvd Ste 205
Santa Monica , CA 90405

Phone: (310) 314-6433

Fax: (310) 314-6434

Cooper Kass

Associate Angel Law

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If there's a lesson to be learned from the recent appellate opinion in Coastal Protection Alliance Inc. v. Airbnb, Inc. (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th 207 (CPA), it is: don't use the Coastal Act to abuse the Coastal Act. CPA and three earlier appellate opinions (Greenfield v. Mandalay Shores Community Assn. (2018) 21 Cal.App.5th 896 (Greenfield); Kracke v. City of Santa Barbara (2021) 63 Cal....

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