BREAKING NEWS: Coastal Commission Unanimously Approves LOWWP CDP

On Friday, the California Coastal Commission unanimously approved the currently proposed wastewater treatment facility for Los Osos and issued the Coastal Development Permit. After receiving comments from San Luis Obispo County staff and a handful of public speakers who raised objections to CCC staff recommendations, the Commission concluded their short de novo meeting by approving the CDP via an unanimous roll call vote.

Live-blogged developments after the jump.

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TRANSPARENCY UPDATE: County Fails to Post Coastal Response

Since the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors nixed Los Osos wastewater project updates, County Public Works worked on their response to the California Coastal Commission’s substantial issues. On Tuesday, it was revealed that the County sent 500+ pages to the Coastal Commission for review. If you want a copy, you are more than welcome to drive to Santa Cruz and pay $300 for printed copies or you can read the materials at the Public Works office. Bring your best reading glasses. They won’t let you take it home. Adding insult to injury, the County has declined to post their documents online at the LOWWP web site. According to sources who have read the documents, the County’s response to the substantial issues is nothing more than 500 pages of recycled verbage that was sent to CC staff previously.

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Short List of Substantial Issues

Here are three of the most substantial issues that were raised by the commissioners of the California Coastal Commission regarding the Los Osos wastewater project permit (in no particular order). They will be the limited focus of the Commission’s de novo hearing in April:

1. “Double dipping” at the Broderson site. The Broderson site used 72 acres . . . → Read More: Short List of Substantial Issues

The ROCK Takes on the Coastal Commission

Here are two new articles hot off the presses!

COUNTY’S SEWER PROJECT TIMELINE DELAYED MONTHS

By ED OCHS

As a result of the Coastal Commission’s 7-5 vote last week to hold a limited de novo hearing in April to review finite details of the Los Osos Wastewater Project, the County will have to wait at least four to six . . . → Read More: The ROCK Takes on the Coastal Commission

Los Osos/Coastal Commission Analysis (Jan. 14)

The California Coastal Commission voted 7-5 in favor of having an additional hearing over substantial issues that were raised in the appeals. While anonymous supporters of the County and alleged supporters of Taxpayers Watch have launched an irate barrage of insults directed at the majority of those who voted against the motion to find no substantial . . . → Read More: Los Osos/Coastal Commission Analysis (Jan. 14)

Coastal Commission Says “Yes” on Substantial Issues Raised

The California Coastal Commission voted 7-5 to have another hearing on the Los Osos wastewater project after the majority of commission members said there were several substantial issues that their staff and the County staff did not adequately address.

Details . . . → Read More: Coastal Commission Says “Yes” on Substantial Issues Raised