In the Media
Don’t Use the Coastal Act to Abuse the Coastal Act
By Frank P. Angel and Cooper Kass. Published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on November 30, 2023. 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…
Monterey Herald: Vacation rental group files lawsuit against county, board of supervisors
The Monterey Herald reported on our work on behalf of our client, the Monterey County Vacation Rental Alliance: The Monterey County Vacation Rental Alliance announced it has filed legal action against the county of Monterey and the Board of Supervisors — opposing the board’s stricter vacation rental policies. The Vacation Rental Alliance, a nonprofit organization…
Easy Reader: Hermosa Beach refunds Short Term Vacation Rental fine, but maintains Coastal Zone ban
Angel Law attorney Frank Angel was quoted in the Easy Reader’s reporting on our work concerning short-term rentals in Hermosa Beach: Absent Coastal Commission approval, Angel contended, “The City of Hermosa and their officials incur significant liabilities under the Coastal Act and the Bill of Rights by collecting fines from property owners in the Hermosa…
Easy Reader: Coastal Commission targets Hermosa Beach short term vacation rental ban
Angel Law principal attorney Frank Angel was quoted in the Easy Reader’s reporting on Hermosa Beach’s short-term rental ban. Attorney Frank Angel represented the plaintiff in Keen v. City of Manhattan Beach. He believes Hermosa’s ban of STRVs in the residential coastal zone is unenforceable without Coastal Commission approval. “Hermosa Beach is playing with fire,”…
CV Independent: Lawyered Up: With an Attorney’s Help, Lake Tamarisk Residents Voice Their Opposition to a Nearby Large-Scale Solar project
“With Angel’s assistance, residents arranged to have the communities of Desert Center and Lake Tamarisk jointly designated as an unincorporated community called Active Communities/Desert Center (AC/DC). The AC/DC team took on administrative titles and roles, and with Angel’s help, worked for 45 days on their DEIR comment letter, stating their objections to the Easley construction…
Easy Reader: CA Supreme Court rejects Manhattan Beach Short-Term Rental ban
“The City of Manhattan Beach’s long legal fight to uphold its ban on short-term rentals in neighborhoods near the beach was dealt a third and final blow last month when the California Supreme Court declined to take up the case.” […] “Angel said Manhattan Beach had badly overreached, in blatant disregard for state law intended…
Easy Reader: The city of Manhattan Beach Short-term rental ban rejected by Court, again
“A state appeals court last week ruled that the City of Manhattan Beach’s ban on short-term rentals flouted California law protecting coastal access, and is not legal. “A sharply worded 11-page opinion, issued by the three-judge Second District Court of Appeal panel, and authored by Justice John Shepard Wiley Jr., rejected the City’s argument that…
Daily Breeze: State Court of Appeals upholds ruling against Manhattan Beach’s short-term rental ban
“The California Court of Appeal has denied Manhattan Beach’s appeal to the Los Angeles Superior Court’s decision from nearly two years ago that ordered the city to cease a ban on renting rooms right next to the beach.” Read about Angel Law’s recent appellate victory concerning the short-term rental ban in the Manhattan Beach coastal…
Frank Angel Interviewed by Luxembourgish TV about Biden Climate Policies
With President Biden now in office, Angel Law attorney Frank Angel was interviewed by Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL about the climate policy directions of the new administration. Watch the interview here: https://www.rtl.lu/video/3231441 (interview in Luxembourgish)
Easy Reader: Judge rules Manhattan Beach’s short-term rental ban is illegal in coastal zone
Angel Law’s successful court challenge to Manhattan Beach’s short-term rental ban in the California coastal zone has received further coverage in The Easy Reader News: “Judge rules Manhattan Beach’s short-term rental ban is illegal in coastal zone” by Mark McDermott (9/4/2020). “ ‘This strikes me as a blatant disregard of their responsibilities to provide public…
