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The organization doing this is the California Coastal Commission - Do a search on "California Coastal Commission" and "land grab"
Plenty of good reading......
California Coastal Commission Still Calling Shots
The California Coastal Commission is up to its old tricks again now that it is back in business after the state legislature provided a “fix” to the court declaring it unconstitutional. [snip]
The Coastal Commission has long been criticized for its political leanings; in 1987 the U.S. Supreme Court “described its demands for land in exchange for permits as an out-and-out plan of extortion.”
And a few years ago, the San Francisco Chronicle reported “that Gov. Davis’ re-election campaign received $8.3 million from donors with business before the Coastal Commission.” Most of the donors got their permits.
Coastal improvement projects conducted by private entities have proven quite successful in other states, but the record of the CCC indicates there is little reason to believe private industries in California will get the chance to prove their abilities.
ALSO:
Pacific Legal Foundation’s Coastal Land Rights Project
The California Coastal Commission repeatedly exceeds its authority and represents a dangerous threat to property owners within the state’s coastal zone. This state agency:
* is notorious for its regulatory high handedness and arbitrary treatment of property owners;
* forces cities and counties to put all sorts of objectionable items into their local coastal plans;
* is infamous for micromanaging landowners—even dictating the type of plants they may put in their gardens and the number of parking spaces they may have;
* disregards constitutionally protected private property rights.