A CASE ABOUT CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACCESS MAY SOON BE HEARD BY THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT. AT ISSUE IS THE CASE OF VEE-nod KOS-la….WHO PURCHASED COASTAL PROPERTY IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEN CLOSED THE ACCESS TO MARTIN’S BEACH….WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN USING SINCE THE 1920’s. SEVERAL LOWER COURTS HAVE RULED THAT KOS-la VIOLATED THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT WHEN HE FAILED TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION TO CLOSE THAT ACCESS. THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION’S ATTORNEY, WHO FILED THE ORIGINAL SUIT, NOW HAS UNTIL JUNE 13th TO FILE HIS ARGUMENTS WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
