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Dana Point council authorizes legal challenge to Coastal Commission enforcement action
Summary
After closed session, the City Attorney reported the council directed staff to seek a writ challenging a recent Coastal Commission cease-and-desist order, saying the commission lacked jurisdiction; the motion passed unanimously.
The Dana Point City Council on March 17 authorized legal action to challenge a recent enforcement step by the California Coastal Commission, the city attorney reported in a closed-session readout.
The city attorney told the council that, during closed session, members concluded the Coastal Commission did not have jurisdiction to issue a recent cease-and-desist enforcement order. "The council's view is that the coastal commission did not have the jurisdiction to take that action," the attorney reported. On a motion by Mayor Pedico, seconded by Council Member Frost and approved unanimously, the council authorized filing a mandate challenging the commission's jurisdiction.
The readout listed multiple closed-session matters that evening, including three named litigation matters and a separate negotiation over real property. The readout also identified the property negotiator for a Dhundy Park Road parcel as Ratana Tucker.
The council took no additional public action during the open meeting on the lawsuit direction; the attorney's statement at the readout is the formal public record of the closed-session outcome.
Next steps: the city's legal team will proceed with the mandate challenging the Coastal Commission's jurisdiction, according to the attorney's statement. No timeline or filing date was provided during the readout.
