Comments on: Fees for sea walls considered http://thecoastnews.com/2008/10/fees-for-sea-walls-considered/ Making Waves in Your Neighborhood Wed, 22 May 2013 15:58:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Free The Beach http://thecoastnews.com/2008/10/fees-for-sea-walls-considered/comment-page-1/#comment-6302 Free The Beach Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:19:38 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=36232#comment-6302 Steve B. is correct.

City and raft of paid consultants are off track — multiplying the cost of sand by the size of the seawall is a pennies for dollars folly designed to wall off the entire coast. The ONLY fair way to value the loss of the public beach is to require seawall applicants to purchase a nearby, unobstructed privately owned beach and require it be permanently dedicated to public recreation by Joe the Plumber and Tito the Surfer. Otherwise, you end up with people ‘buying’ a public beach for $50k, while the value of their house + seawall goes from $1 mil. to $3 mil. Nothing more than public welfare for millionaire seaside homeowners.

]]> By: Steve B http://thecoastnews.com/2008/10/fees-for-sea-walls-considered/comment-page-1/#comment-6301 Steve B Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:11:55 +0000 http://thecoastnews.com/?p=36232#comment-6301 The Coastal Act is the best land use law in the nation. It provides guidance for local governments to effectively develop a land use plan and a comprehensive local coastal program which can be amended from time to time as well as provides a State mandated 5 yr periodic review as a safeguard to amend its LCP because of change laws and scientific studies. Unfortunately, the Coastal Commission’s severe budget cuts has undermined the program’s mandates and goals. Unfortunately, it’s the citizens of this State who will suffer coastal access and coastal protection of its unique natural resources.

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