San Luis Obispo County can’t approve a subdivision map because a condition involving the Coastal Commission has not yet been met, the Second District Court of Appeal has ruled.

Developer's argument that Local Coastal Program is a purely local policy that builders remedy can end-run falls flat.

The court was forced to interpret the meaning of a confusing map in the Local Coastal Plan. The justices concluded that the project was outside any environmentally sensitive area.

Probably not, but there will be more threats to California's independent power, and the Administration will likely do everything it can to undermine that power.