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SpaceX's First Amendment Claim Against California Coastal Commission

The California Coastal Commission recently decided to block SpaceX's increase in annual launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base from 36… The post SpaceX's First Amendment Claim Against California Coastal Commission appeared first on Reason.com.

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NIMBY Towns, Fake Parks, and Eminent Domain

Plus: unpermitted ADUs in San Jose, Sen. J.D. Vance's mass deportation plan for housing affordability, and the California Coastal Commission's anti-housing record.

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Supreme Court Oral Argument Indicates "Radical Agreement" that there is no "Legislative Exception" to the Takings Clause

That's the big takeaway from yesterday's oral argument in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado. But it's not clear whether the Court will resolve any additional issues, and if so how.

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Monterey Bay desalination project is approved despite environmental injustice concerns

SALINAS, Calif. — In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underserved community.

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Top Democratic women call out California senator for downplaying unwanted hugging

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California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County

LOS ANGELES — Less than six months after rejecting a proposal for a major desalination plant in Huntington Beach, the California Coastal Commission on Thursday approved plans for a different, smaller project in Orange County they say could serve as a model for future projects.

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How an 'ancient landslide' keeps threatening a railroad, homes in San Clemente

LOS ANGELES — When heavy rains and high surf from Tropical Storm Kay battered much of Southern California's seaboard this month, the ground shifted — ever so slightly — under the railroad along San Clemente's coast.

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A wealthy Orange County insider fenced off public land in Newport's Back Bay. When will it open?

LOS ANGELES — Sloping down a dusty hill toward the Upper Newport Bay, where recreational enthusiasts share a path that runs alongside the marshy water, is a chain-link fence that separates public land from a sprawling bay-view property.

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California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant

LOS ANGELES — After hearing hours of heated debate, the California Coastal Commission voted against a controversial plan by the company Poseidon Water to build a huge desalination plant in Huntington Beach.

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Desalination project should be approved by California Coastal Commission, Gov. Gavin Newsom says

Citing California’s worsening drought conditions, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday urged the California Coastal Commission to give final approval in two weeks for construction of a new $1.4 billion desalination plant on the state’s coastline.

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Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms

LOS ANGELES — Among the many complex arguments over water in California, one particularly heated debate centers on whether the state should seek more drinking water from a plentiful but expensive source: the Pacific Ocean.

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Coastal Commission OKs cap on short-term rentals in San Diego — with a key provision

The California Coastal Commission approved San Diego's cap on short-term rentals Wednesday after commissioners added a key provision requiring the city to revisit the new regulations in seven years to assess their effects.

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