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Monthly Archives: July 2008

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Starving the Beast: The Coastal Commission’s Shrinking Budget

Posted on July 31, 2008 by PLF

As reported in this Capitol Weekly story, the Coastal Commission is facing a major budget cut of 10% this year.  Projections are that the Commission will have to lay off 19 to 25 members of its 125-member staff.  The Commission's … Continue reading →

Pacific Legal Foundation launches legal challenge to polar bear listing

Posted on July 30, 2008 by PLF

Pacific Legal Foundation has filed a 60-day notice with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for violations stemming from FWS's decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species.  The notice was filed on behalf for the California … Continue reading →

Mt. Holyoke Homes: Fighting Back against Coastal Commission Permitting Delays

Posted on July 29, 2008 by PLF

Perhaps highlighting the potency of our amicus brief in Mt. Holyoke Homes v. California Coastal Commission, the Coastal Commission filed its response.  Mt. Holyoke concerns a home owner's attempt to defend a coastal development permit (approved by the City of … Continue reading →

More on Huell Howser’s Puff Piece About Eminent Domain

Posted on July 29, 2008 by PLF

Larry Gilbert spoke to PBS TV host Huell Howser about why he would produce a 14 part miniseries about the supposed successes of redevelopment in California without any discussion of its failures and its costs. When I asked him to … Continue reading →

lawsuit/60-day notice filed over Navy’s operations in Puget Sound

Posted on July 29, 2008 by PLF

Yesterday the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Wild Fish Conservancy filed a complaint against the United States Navy.  The lawsuit alleges that the Navy has failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act because Explosive Ordnance Disposal … Continue reading →

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations v. Gutierrez

Posted on July 28, 2008 by PLF

Earlier this year, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California held that the National Marine Fisheries Service's 2004 Biological Opinion on the effects of California and federal water projects on endangered and threatened salmon was arbitrary and … Continue reading →

Wyoming congressional candidates discuss the Endangered Species Act

Posted on July 28, 2008 by PLF

Yesterday's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle contains an article devoted to how the candidates for Wyoming's lone house seat feel about the ESA.  Apparently, all agree that change is needed: "The sad thing about politics in America in 2008 is that we got … Continue reading →

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