BILL NUMBER: AB 2171	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 30625.5 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2171, as introduced, Jones. Coastal resources: development
review: appeals.
   Existing law, the California Coastal Act of 1976, requires any
person wishing to perform or undertake any development in the coastal
zone, as defined, in addition to obtaining any other permit required
by law from any local government or from any state, regional, or
local agency, to obtain a coastal development permit. The act further
provides for the certification of local coastal programs by the
California Coastal Commission. The act prohibits the commission,
except with respect to appeals to the commission, from exercising its
coastal development permit review authority, as specified, over any
new development within the area to which the certified local coastal
program, or any portion thereof, applies. The act specifies that any
appealable action on a coastal development permit or claim of
exemption for any development by a local government or port governing
body may be appealed to the commission by an applicant, any
aggrieved person, or any 2 members of the commission, except as
provided.
   This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions, and to the
extent permitted under federal law, authorize an applicant for a
coastal development permit, or any aggrieved person, as defined, to
file an appeal of any appealable action on a coastal development
permit or claim for exemption for any development proposed to be
located in an area subject to a certified local coastal program
directly to a superior court of competent jurisdiction, in lieu of
filing an appeal with the commission.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30625.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   30625.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent
permitted under federal law, an applicant, or any aggrieved person,
as defined in Section 30801, may file an appeal of any appealable
action on a coastal development permit or claim for exemption for any
development proposed to be located in an area covered under a
certified local coastal program directly to a superior court of
competent jurisdiction, in lieu of filing an appeal with the
commission pursuant to Section 30625.
   (b) Section 30802 shall not apply to an appeal filed pursuant to
this section.