Marine Forests Soc. v. Cal. Coastal Com.
Opinion
Opinion
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Joseph E. Petrillo, David P. Lanferman, Thomas D. Roth, Peter F. Ziblatt, San Francisco, for the Home Builders Association of Northern California, The California Building Industry Association, The Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation, The Building Industry Association of San Diego and The California Association of Realtors.
M. Reed Hopper and Anne M. Hayes, for Pacific Legal Foundation.
Jenkins & Hogin, Christi Hogin, Malibu, and Gregg Kovacevich, for the City of Malibu.
Berger & Norton and Michael M. Berger, Los Angeles, for Signal Landmark and Hearthside Homes as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Barbieri, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Lisa Trankley, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Appellants.
SCOTLAND, P.J.
The California Coastal Commission (the Commission) is the "state coastal zone planning and management agency" with the primary responsibility for implementing the provisions of the California Coastal Act of 1976. (Pub. Resources Code, §§…