Friends of Oceano Dunes v. Cal. Coastal Commission CA2/6

Background In 1971, the Department identified a “critical shortage” of areas available for “dune buggying” in the state. Oceano Dunes was a major center where such activities occurred. That led the Department to establish the first state vehicular recreation area (SVRA) there in 1974. In 1976, “the Legislature enacted the Coastal Act ‘ “as a comprehensive scheme to govern land use planning for the entire

2 The Surfrider Foundation, Oceano Beach Community Association, Northern Chumash Tribal Council, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper filed an amicus brief in support of the Commission’s appeal, while the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians filed an amicus brief in support of the cross-appeal filed by Friends. We deny Friends’s request for judicial notice supporting its answer to the Surfrider brief, filed November 25, 2024, because it is unnecessary to our resolution of the issues presented here. (Soukup v. Law Offices of Herbert Hafif (2006) 39 Cal.4th 260, 295, fn. 21.)

4 coastal zone of California.” ’ [Citation.] The Act mandates careful planning of coastline developments, and requires ‘any person wishing to perform or…