Anybody else find it odd that the suit was adjudicated in San Francisco County courts? Venue shopping?
The property is in Santa Cruz County. The Sierra Club chapter suing is located in Santa Cruz County. The Coastal Commission is a state agency, and is certainly not based in San Francisco. The plans were approved by Santa Cruz County.
Oh, I also noted that Sierra Club members actually living in the affected comminity APPROVED of the Luer's plans.
I live about 30 min from Davenport. Down the coast from it. Seems like these "nature" clubs get too much money to burn. We should make a law, Whenever a Sierra club or Pita wins a case, they need to pay for damages to the owner, just like in this case with the Davenport property owner.
Why, it's the 'Golden Rule', isn't it? (..."He who has the gold, gets to make the rules?")
The Bee did a great expose on 'Big Green' a while back. It's not ABOUT the environment; it's about CONTROL.