California Coastal Commission

Coastal Commission Caves: Apologizes to Elon Musk in SpaceX Bias Settlement

May 1, 2026 2:17 pmMay 1, 2026 2:17 pm

In a significant victory for free speech and regulatory accountability, the California Coastal Commission has issued a formal apology to Elon Musk and SpaceX as part of a settlement resolving a federal lawsuit accusing the agency of retaliating against the...

California Supreme Court Unanimously Reins in Coastal Commission’s Overreach in Major Property Rights Victory

April 24, 2026 9:31 amApril 24, 2026 9:39 am

In a unanimous decision hailed as one of the most significant checks on the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) power in nearly 40 years, the California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the agency unlawfully overrode a county-approved building permit for a...

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial and Environmental Catastrophe

April 9, 2026 8:00 amApril 9, 2026 8:01 am

Earlier this year, the California Coastal Commission released a report titled “Statewide Strategy for the Coexistence of California Fishing Communities and Offshore Wind Energy.” In addition to providing a “guiding framework” to protect California’s fishing communities, it “presents a roadmap for...

Pacific Palisades Rebuilding Obstruction: The California Coastal Commission

December 9, 2025 8:28 amDecember 9, 2025 8:40 am

The California Coastal Commission: A Story of Power, Extortion, and Ruin, by the Pacific Legal Foundation is a powerful documentary about the sordid history of the highly politicalized commission, as well as their current obstruction in the rebuilding of the...

The California Doom Loop vs the Original No Kings Movement!

July 3, 2025 3:20 amJuly 3, 2025 3:21 am

I have written previously about California’s war on energy which is destroying our economy. Yet, the war on energy is but one facet of the war on our liberties and freedoms. I sat in on a meeting decades ago with...

Ringside: Ways to Rein in the California Coastal Commission

April 17, 2025 2:55 amApril 17, 2025 12:08 pm

There is a growing bipartisan consensus even here in California that environmentalist restrictions have gone too far. It would be a dishonest oversimplification to pretend environmentalists have outlived their usefulness, or that many of the accomplishments of environmentalists over the...

Ringside: Desalination at Scale is Cost Competitive

March 13, 2025 3:30 amMarch 13, 2025 3:31 am

On May 22, 2022, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny final approval for a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. It would have produced 56,000 acre feet of fresh water per year, and would have been privately financed. To...