Years of ferocious storms have threatened to gnaw away the western tip of a popular beachfront park two hours drive north of Los Angeles. Instead of building a 500-foot-long wooden defense next to the pier to tame the tide, the latest thinking is to flee.
The beach at Santa Cruz was a 10-mile hike to the west 18,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age
Ocean-front homes just look a lot more appealing to potential buyers in June, July and August than in December and January. Some very creative words are often used to describe those shoreline homes in the real estate ads: “on the sand” and “steps to the beach”, being good examples.
It’s been a bad month for the residents of the apartment complex on a high sandy bluff in Pacifica. They had to evacuate their homes as winter storm waves continued to erode the bluff fronting their two-story apartment building. Chunks of bluff continued to fail until their narrow concrete patios were left dangling over the edge, 80 feet above the ocean.
The following web address provides important information regarding the subject bill.
www.ab226.com
These bills, if enacted, would enable the California Coastal Commission to unilaterally declare a violation of the Coastal Act to exist, unilaterally assess a fine, unilaterally lien and ultimately foreclose a property without any external checks or balances.
SB 1295 is being introduced this month by State Senator Ducheny. The intent of this bill is to change the current procedure used by Coastal Commission staff to appeal coastal permit applications.
LONDON – More than two-thirds of the world’s large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a study released today.