Dana Point City Council meets Tuesday April 19 2016.
There will be a Public Hearing for the Strands Beach Access.
The Council will be meeting at City Council Chambers at 6:00pm.
Chambers are located at 33282 Golden Lantern Street.
The public is encouraged to attend and comment.
Proposed Discussion Items Include: Continue reading “Dana Point Public Hearing for Strands Beach Access Tuesday April 19 2016”
The California Coastal Commission monthly public meeting concludes Friday March 11 2016 in Santa Monica.
Citizen protestors urged transparency from the Commission on March 9 2016 during the first day of Southern California meetings.
This was the first public Commission Meeting since the controversial firing of the California Coastal Commissions Executive Director Charles Lester.
The California Coastal Commission appointed Senior Deputy Director Jack Ainsworth as interim Executive Director while they seek a permanent replacement.
Locally, the City of Dana Point is working with the California Coastal Commission on removing the Gates at Strands Beach.
If you have concerns about this issue you can address the Coastal Commission at this local Meeting in Santa Monica. Continue reading “California Coastal Commission Concludes Santa Monica Meetings Friday March 11 2016”
The California Coastal Commission monthly public meeting is Wednesday March 9 2016 in Santa Monica.
The Meetings are ongoing thru March 11 2016.
The City of Dana Point is working with the California Coastal Commission on removing the Gates at Strands Beach.
If you have concerns about this issue you can address the Coastal Commission at this local Meeting in Santa Monica. Continue reading “Transparency Urged at California Coastal Commission Meeting in Santa Monica Wednesday March 9 2016”
Dana Point City Council meets Tuesday March 1 2016.
The Council will be meeting at City Council Chambers at 6:00pm.
Chambers are located at 33282 Golden Lantern Street.
The public is encouraged to attend and comment.
Proposed Discussion Items Include:
The City of Dana Point has retained the services of Aitken,Aitken and Cohn, LLP to provide legal services in regards to a reimbursement and indemnification dispute with Headlands Reserve LLC in regards to the Headlands project.
This is in relation to expenditures to litigation and Coastal Commission hearings pertaining to the Pedestrian Gates to the Headlands Project. Continue reading “Dana Point City Council Meeting Tuesday March 1 2016”
The California Coastal Commission monthly public meeting continues on Friday February 12 2016 in Morro Bay.
The public is encouraged to attend.
Late on Wednesday February 10 2016, the California Coastal Commission voted to fire Executive Director Charles Lester. The vote was 7 to 5. The Commission offered no public explanation.
Hundreds of supporters gave public testimony in support of Director Lester.
The City of Dana Point is working with the California Coastal Commission on removing the Gates at Strands Beach.
It is noted in the Agenda for February’s meeting that the California Coastal Commission will be meeting in a closed session to discuss pending litigation in relation to the Dana Point Headlands.
(City of Dana Point v. CCC (Dana Point Headlands LLC, RPI), Govt. Code § 11126(e)(2)(A))
If you have concerns about this issue you can address the Coastal Commission at the February meeting in Morro Bay or the local March Meeting in Santa Monica. Continue reading “California Coastal Commission Meeting Friday February 12 2016”
UPDATE 10:00pm February 10 2016: The California Coastal Commission voted late on Wednesday February 10 2016 in a closed session to fire Executive Director Charles Lester. The vote was 7 to 5. The Commission offered no public explanation.
Hundreds of supporters gave public testimony in support of Director Lester.
The public testimony was from citizens that came from all walks of life from all of California.
One supporter surmised that with all of the Environmental Agencies that came to give their support, that over one million citizens were represented at the meeting.
Many supporters implored the Commission to debate and vote in public.
In public testimony it was pointed out to the Commissioners that they are public officials and that they represent the public, not private interests.
A retired journalist stated that in all of his years of covering governmental meetings, that this resembled a “Kangaroo Court”.
The California Coastal Commission never made it clear why they wanted to fire Lester.
The lack of transparency has made the public suspicious of the motives of the Commissioners that wanted Lester’s removal.
Critics have stated that they fear that developers will now have the upper hand with the California Coastal Commission.
At this point the public needs to know the details behind the firing of Executive Director Charles Lester.
Then the public would not have to imagine nefarious intentions of the Commission.
It was pointed out in the meeting that perhaps part of the issue with Executive Director Lester was in his and his staffs communication skills.
The public communicated today that they wanted Lester to remain to lead the California Coastal Commissions focus of a open coast to all.
The problem is that it appears that the Commissioners communications skills are lacking.
Part of communication is listening.
The results appear that they did not.
The California Coastal Commission Monthly Meeting is in Moro Bay Wednesday February 10 2016.
The main focus of this meeting is The Dismissal of Executive Director Charles Lester.
There has been a overwhelming public reaction to the possibility of Lester’s removal.
The New York Times is reporting that over 14,000 citizens have written to the California Coastal Commission requesting that Lester retain his position.
Critics have said that the request of his dismissal is political driven within the Commission.
It is alleged that California Coastal Development interests is behind Lester’s proposed removal.
California Coastal Commission Executive Director Charles Lester responded to the Commission in a February 4 2016 letter.
In part he stated, ” I was well familiar with the controversy that often surrounds the Commission’s work, but my hope was that I could help to depoliticize the position of the executive director and focus on an array of programmatic concerns that I saw as needing to be addressed to keep the coastal program moving forward.”
Continue reading “California Coastal Commission Changes Possible Wednesday February 10 2016”
