TAHMASSEBI

Amir Tahmassebi appeals from a trial court order granting respondent California Coastal Commission’s motion to enforce a judgment previously entered. We affirm the trial court.

Procedural History

Appellant owns a plot of land in Malibu. In November of 1991, the California Coastal Commission (the Commission) filed suit against appellant in the superior court, alleging that he had violated the California Coastal Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 30000 et seq.) by performing various work on the property, including grading, filling, and installing a culvert, without a coastal development permit. The Commission sought injunctive and declaratory relief and civil fines.

In August of 1992, judgment in that lawsuit was entered in favor of the Commission, by stipulation of the parties. The stipulated judgment required appellant to obtain various permits, pay a fine of $15,000, and to restore the property, if restoration was necessary, within 30 days of the Commission’s approval of appellant’s restoration application. The judgment specified that if appellant violated any of the deadlines set out therein, he would be liable for a penalty of $1,000 for each day of violation. The judgment…