Never going to happen, the Nazi’s on the Coastal Commission will NEVER let this plan go through
The Coastal Commission is full of the worst tyrants in the nation. In my younger days I worked construction with my brother down in SoCal. They lie and they are ruthless. One house had full approval from everything needed. EVEN the coastal commission. After completely reframing and reroofing a house (mind you you aren’t allowed to just demolish and start over on certain houses and this was one of them) a Coastal Commission hack said the roof was too high by about 6” and that was measured while on a boat off shore. This was AFTER approval from the very same jerks. So everything is put on hold, they reject the appeals, get the architect, drafter, and engineer, so all new permits are pulled the contractor had to rent a crane to lift the roof while we cut the side walls and lower the roof 6”. They were constantly halting construction.
The GC said he dealt with the mafia all the time and all you do for them is pay them off and hire their labor goons and they go away. But not the Coastal Commission.
You are correct that they would never let this in. Even with the abandoned power plants in places like Morro Bay and soon to be Diablo Canyon they must protect something.... Glad I don’t live in that state anymore.