California Court of Appeal

Trial court order denying petition for writ of mandate ordering defendant to vacate its decision and nullify a coastal development permit is affirmed where: 1) the Commission did not add words to Pub. Resources Code sec. 30251, and considered and protected scenic and visual qualities pursuant to the statute when it approved the permit; 2) plaintiff did not establish that there was a lack of substantial evidence for the Commission's decision, and the Commission did not err in its interpretation of the Local Coastal Program; and 3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion to supplement the record and finding the proposed additional photographs would be cumulative.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2009
• Published 05/19/2009

Judges

• ARMSTRONG, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Jill M. Pietrini, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, John A. Saurenman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Laurie R. Pearlman, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.