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Huntington Beach City Council approves zoning changes for Magnolia Tank Farm property The Huntington Beach City Council on Tuesday voted to approve land rezoning at the Magnolia Tank Farm site. (Screencap by Matt Szabo) Print The Huntington Beach City Council voted 5-2 to approve zoning changes to the controversial Magnolia Tank Farm site in southeast Huntington Beach during a virtual meeting Tuesday night. Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz, Dan Kalmick, Natalie Moser, Barbara Delgleize and Mike Posey voted for the zoning changes, which were considered after more than an hour of comments duri...

On December 18, 2020, the Fourth District Court of Appeal published 11 Lagunita, LLC v. California Coastal Commission, __ Cal.App.5th __ (2020) (Case No. G058436), a case involving a Coastal Development Permit issued by the California Coastal Commission in 2015 for the reinforcement of an existing seawall that was installed years earlier, before the Coastal Act, at the base of a 1950’s era Laguna Beach home. Because seawalls have negative effects on beaches and can impact public access, the Commission intended to allow the seawall to remain and be repaired only to protect the existing stru...