Coastal Act

The Hermosa Review: Court Rules Hermosa Beach Short-Term Coastal Rental Ban Unenforceable
The Hermosa Review reported on our recent court victory concerning short-term rentals in Hermosa Beach. “A Hermosa Beach resident has won a significant legal victory against the city’s short-term rental enforcement regime, with a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruling that the city’s ban on short-term rentals in the coastal zone cannot be enforced until…
Don’t Use the Coastal Act to Abuse the Coastal Act
By Frank P. Angel and Cooper Kass. Published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on November 30, 2023. If there’s a lesson to be learned from the recent appellate opinion in Coastal Protection Alliance Inc. v. Airbnb, Inc. (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th 207 (CPA), it is: don’t use the Coastal Act to abuse the Coastal Act. CPA and

