TEEN DIES IN CASTROVILLE ACCIDENT vs
A CASTROVILLE TEEN DIED LAST NIGHT IN A 9:40 P.M. ACCIDENT. 18-YEAR-OLD JUVENAL GARCIA JUNIOR COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE POLE WHILE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON SOUTH MOLERA ROAD, ONE MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 1 IN CASTROVILLE. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CHP IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION, AND AN AUTOPSY IS PLANNED TO DETERMINE THE MANNER, AND CAUSE OF
DEATH.
DENHAM CALLS FOR COASTAL COMMISSION ELIMINATION vs
SENATOR JEFF DENHAM WANTS THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION ADDED TO THE LIST OF BOARDS THE GOVERNOR PLANS TO ELIMINATE. THE COASTAL COMMISSION WAS CREATED BY PROPOSITION 20, WHICH NARROWLY PASSED IN 1972. THE STATE LEGISLATURE LATER ACTED TO MAKE THE COMMISSION PERMANENT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP LOCAL COASTAL PLANS. BUT ACCORDING TO DENHAM, OVER THE YEARS, THE COMMISSION HAS DEVELOPED INTO A WASTEFUL BUREAUCRACY THAT HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THEY INCLUDE CORRUPTION, PAY-OFFS, VIOLATIONS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS,
ARBITRARY DECISION-MAKING, AND BUREAUCRATIC MISMANAGEMENT. ONE COMMISSIONER WENT TO JAIL FOR EXTORTING PAYMENTS FROM PEOPLE SEEKING PERMITS TO BUILD ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. THE 3RD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS RULED LAST YEAR THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS. DENHAM SUGGESTS THAT REGULATION OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THE COASTAL COMMISSION NOW HAS JURISDICTION IN 15 COUNTIES AND 45 CITIES.
