RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

July 2003

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California Coastal Commission's Administrative Appellate Jurisdiction Expires if No "Substantial Issue" Hearing Is Held within the 49-Day Statutory Time Limit
Encinitas Country Day School

In an opinion certified for partial publication, on May 8th, 2003 the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the California Coastal Commission lost appellate jurisdiction to review the grant or denial of a local coastal permit by an authorized city under an approved local coastal program when it failed to hold a "substantial issue" hearing within the 49-day statutory time limit.