The sole purpose of the coastal commission is to undermine private property. Naive voters never knew when the coastal commission was created that they were voting for a soviet style council government which is unconstitutional. The coastal commissioners do not protect individual rights as all elected officials should do but promote collective rights(i.e. statist control and ownership of the land). They add an additional layer of bureaucracy which undermines the concept of self-government, they add significantly to the cost of living in CA by requiring additional studies, fees and compliance to meet their statist goals.
To all you FReepers and Lurkers who are not upset by these land CONservancies, no matter how they are created... Then this powerfully cogent statement by hedgetrimmer, including the sentence that follows it, are the core of the reasons to oppose both the Coastal Commission and the Sierra-Nevada Conservancy, along with all the other state run conservancies!!!