Angel Law is pleased to announce a court victory on two important statewide coastal issues in the continuing struggle for effective public participation in California Coastal Commission decisions. On November 30, 2009, Judge James C. Chalfant of the Los Angeles County Superior Court decided in favor of our clients, William and Steve Littlejohn, in their case against the Coastal Commission and an applicant for a coastal development permit (CDP) for a large single-family residence with a six-car garage in Malibu Colony, located adjacent to the wetlands of Malibu Lagoon, a mapped environmentally sensitive habitat area (ESHA).
To read more about this case and why the decision further enhances public participation as well as governmental decision-making in the coastal zone, check out the Angel Law December 2009 Newsletter: