Keen

Filed 4/6/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

DARBY T. KEEN, as Trustee, B307538 etc., Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 19STCP02984

v.

CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH

et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, James C. Chalfant, Judge. Affirmed.

Richards, Watson & Gershon, Quinn M. Barrow, Ginetta L. Giovinco and Marvin E. Bonilla for Defendants and Appellants.

Angel Law, Frank P. Angel and Talia E. Nimmer for Plaintiff and Respondent.

____________________ This case is about getting a room near the beach. By law, public access to the beach is a California priority. The California Coastal Commission enforces this priority by reviewing amendments beach towns make in municipal laws affecting coastal areas. Amendments require approval. The legal question here is whether there was an amendment. In 1994, the City of Manhattan Beach enacted zoning ordinances, which the Coastal Commission then certified. Did these old ordinances permit rentals of a residential property for fewer than 30 days? The…