Amended....
A state appeals court ruled Monday ...that was Tuesday, December 31, 2002 Today is Tuesday April 5, 2005.
The decision goes into effect in 30 days, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer said.(in 2002)
Have they being doing business as usual up to the supreme court hearing?
Appeals court says Coastal Commission violates state constitution
Appeals court ruling creates coastal disarray
The ruling does not take effect for 30 days. Coastal commission officials indicated that
they are likely to appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court and seek an order that would keep the commission operating until the case could be reviewed.
Coastal Commission ruled illegal Agency violates 'separation of powers,' court says
The state commission that regulates development along the California coast should be stripped of most of its powers or have them turned back to local governments, a lawyer argued Wednesday before a three-judge appellate panel in Sacramento.
Ronald Zumbrun, a longtime critic of the California Coastal Commission who is challenging its constitutionality on behalf of a Newport Beach marine research organization, already won a favorable ruling in the case 19 months ago in Sacramento Superior Court.
The 12-member commission, one of the most powerful in state government, regulates hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of coastal development and has come under periodic attack for being susceptible to possible influence peddling from wealthy developers.