Coastal Act

Easy Reader: Hermosa Short Term Rental lawsuit loss could be financial boon
Further coverage of our recent court victory overturning Hermosa Beach’s coastal short-term rental ban was published in the Easy Reader: “Hermosa Beach’s loss of a Short Term Rental (STR) lawsuit last week, Koerner v. Hermosa Beach, could, ironically, provide a financial windfall sufficient for the city to close its budget deficit.”

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


