Coastal Commission Appointments Deemed Unconstitutional
1 February 2003 - 1:00am
| Author: Paul Shigley
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The method of appointing members to the California Coastal Commission has been declared unconstitutional by the Third District Court of Appeal. The ability of the speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee to appoint eight of twelve commissioners and remove them at will violates the separation of powers doctrine, the court held.
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