Beck

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This matter came on for hearing on May 21, 1979, before the Honorable A. Andrew Hauk, United States District Court Judge, upon Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. After reviewing all the papers in support of, and in opposition to, defendants’ motion and all the applicable case law, the Court herein renders its Memorandum of Decision and Order of Dismissal.

Plaintiff Paul R. Beck is an owner of real property situated along the California coastline in Malibu, California. Within the past few years the California coastline has come under strict regulation. On November 7, 1972, the People of the State of California adopted as an initiative measure the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972 (hereinafter “the 1972 Act”), former Cal.Pub.Res.Code § 27000, et seq. Under the 1972 Act, the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission and six regional commissions were established and were directed to submit to the California Legislature a coastal plan for preservation, restoration and enhancement of the resources of the coastal zone. The Coastal Plan was adopted and submitted to the…