[CPEO-BIF] "Coastal Commission Roundly Rejects Banning Ranch Development, " Newport Beach, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Coastal Commission Roundly Rejects Banning Ranch Development

By Amy Taxin and Molly Peterson
KQED California Report
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

NEWPORT BEACH — A California panel has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to build nearly 900 upscale homes and a hotel on a valuable stretch of Southern California coastline that has long been the site of oil drilling and now provides habitat for endangered and threatened wildlife.

After a 13-hour meeting with hundreds of speakers, the California Coastal Commission voted 9-1 late Wednesday night against the proposed project on the 401-acre site in upscale Newport Beach. A cheer went up among the project’s many opponents who had waited all day for the vote.

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Environmental advocates contend the oil mess should be cleaned up regardless of whether homes are constructed. While some oil wells still operate, many have been abandoned and old rusty pipes are strewn across the land overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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For the entire article, see
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/09/08/coastal-commission-roundly-rejects-banning-ranch-development/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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