Talleur

Appellant State of California sought by eminent domain proceedings to condemn respondents’ property for public use as a park, The issue on appeal is whether the court erred when it excluded testimony as to the regulations and policies of the coastal commission in determining the value of respondents’ property, and in instructing the jury to disregard the effect on the value of the property arising directly or indirectly from any rule, regulation or activity of the State of California acting through the Coastal Zone Conservation Commission or the North Central Coast Regional Commission.

Respondents’ property consists of approximately 25 undeveloped acres in Sonoma County lying between State Highway 1 and the Pacific Ocean and adjacent to Wright’s Beach. On the stipulated date of the valuation of the property, March 26, 1975, the property was subject to the Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972 (former Pub. Resources Code, § 27000 et seq.) (the Act). In enacting the Act, which was an initiative measure, the People declared that the California coastal zone was a “distinct and valuable natural resource,” that “the permanent protection of the remaining natural and scenic…