Category: seawall

Laguna Beach Seawall to be Demolished After High Court Declines Review 

The California Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring a Laguna Beach couple to remove an unpermitted seawall in front their beachfront home and pay a $1 million fine for its illegal construction. The March 25 decision ends a lawsuit more than three months after an appellate court upheld the California Coastal Commission’s fine and cease and desist order. “In limited circumstances, shoreline armoring or seawalls…


Laguna Beach Couple Petitions Court to Keep Seawall

A Laguna Beach couple is appealing a court order to remove a seawall from its beachfront property and pay a $1 million fine. The latest ruling, in which a panel of three judges in an appellate court unanimously upheld an earlier order by the California Coastal Commission that required the couple to take down the…