California Court of Appeal

In proceedings seeking to compel defendant-California Coastal Commission to hear de novo plaintiffs' neighbor's application to develop a vacant lot next to plaintiffs' home, denial of a petition for writ of mandate is affirmed: 1) no substantial issues were raised by plaintiffs on appeal; and 2) California State's Land Commission's (CSLC) conclusion complied with Malibu Local Implementation Program (LIP) section 10.5's requirements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/29/2008
• Published 12/29/2008

Judges

• BIGELOW, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bingham McCutchen and Roland Tellis, Santa Monica, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Christina Tiedemann, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jamee Jordan Patterson and Hayley Peterson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent., Block and Block, Alan Robert Block, Michael N. Friedman and Justin Michael Block, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.