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Homes vs. beaches: Court makes key decision in battle over California seawall construction amid ocean rise

Half Moon Bay case could impact thousands of property owners and millions of beachgoers across the state

After a storm collapsed 20 feet of bluffs in 2016, owners of a 4-unit apartment building, left, and a 10-townhome complex, right, on Mirada Road in Half Moon Bay, shown here on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, asked the California Coastal Commission for a permit to build a 257-foot concrete sea wall. The commission said no, and the ongoing lawsuit could affect billions of dollars of property and hundreds of public beaches along California’s shoreline.(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)”
After a storm collapsed 20 feet of bluffs in 2016, owners of a 4-unit apartment building, left, and a 10-townhome complex, right, on Mirada Road in Half Moon Bay, shown here on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, asked the California Coastal Commission for a permit to build a 257-foot concrete sea wall. The commission said no, and the ongoing lawsuit could affect billions of dollars of property and hundreds of public beaches along California’s shoreline.(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)”
Paul Rogers, environmental writer, San Jose Mercury News, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)
By | progers@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
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The case concerning 10 vulnerable townhouses near Half Moon Bay could affect thousands of property owners and millions of beachgoers across the state.

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