California Coastal Commission
Laguna Beach Trades 48 Parking Spaces for Permanent $7.3MM Car-Free Promenade on Forest
Laguna Beach has finished converting the block of Lower Forest Avenue nearest Main Beach into a permanent car-free plaza, a roughly $7.3 million...
Coastal Commission Clears $1B De Anza Natural Plan to Triple Mission Bay Wetlands in San Diego
The California Coastal Commission's approval clears the last major regulatory hurdle for De Anza Natural, an amendment to the Mission Bay Park Master...
120-Townhome Ponto Plan Heads to Coastal Commission as Carlsbad Park Campaign Makes Its Last Stand
A pending application to build 120 rental townhomes on an 11-acre coastal parcel in south Carlsbad is advancing toward an October California Coastal...
Laguna Beach Advances Permanent Lifeguard Towers Across 39 Beaches With $281K Stantec Design Contract
Laguna Beach has cleared the engineering hurdle standing between it and a coastline of permanent lifeguard towers, awarding a design contract that will...
Coastal Commission Backs Carlsbad’s Airport Land-Use Limits, Escalating Eight-Year Fight With San Diego County
A unanimous California Coastal Commission vote handed Carlsbad a procedural win in its long-running campaign to constrain McClellan-Palomar Airport, locking in zoning changes...
Developer Declares Two Dana Point Harbor Hotels ‘Dead’ After OC Supervisors Delay 66-Year Ground Lease Vote
The developer behind a luxury hotel and a surf lodge planned for the $600 million Dana Point Harbor overhaul says both projects are...
Berkeley Square Capital Partners Brings to Market 93-Unit Solis Isla Vista Portfolio in Supply-Starved UCSB Student Housing Submarket
An assemblage of seven properties steps from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the offering represents rare scale in one of the nation's...
Torrey Pacific Lists Fully Entitled 30-Home Torrey Crest Development Site on 6.65 Acres in Encinitas
The shovel-ready coastal project, which took years to navigate entitlements and environmental review, represents one of the last opportunities for new single-family construction...
Governor Newsom Escalates California Housing Crackdown as 15 Communities Face Legal Action
State issues final warning to noncompliant jurisdictions; developers gain leverage through Builder's Remedy pathway. California's housing shortage now has a new enforcement mechanism...
Dana Point Harbor Enters Critical Construction Phase in $600MM Overhaul Targeting 2028 Olympics
The public-private partnership between the County of Orange and Dana Point Harbor Partners advances into its commercial core buildout, with 12 new retail...
Newport Beach Commits $712,000 to Launch Airport Area Transformation Into Mixed-Use Village
Two-year planning contract with Kimley-Horn marks shift from strategy to execution on state-mandated housing targets The city has moved from planning to implementation...
Laguna Beach Moves Forward with $7.3MM Permanent Promenade Conversion
Project clears final regulatory hurdle, construction set to begin February 2026 The City of Laguna Beach has awarded a $5.5 million construction contract...
