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The activities and successes of Coast Law Group attorneys are frequently highlighted in the media. Our attorneys are recognized authorities on a number of subjects, and are quoted on matters of significance by some of today's most influential media.
In the News
June 2008 June 5, 2008 - Santa Barbara Independant Shootout at Miramar Corral - Full EIR Could Prompt Developer Caruso to Leave While he wouldn’t give specifics, Coast Law Group attorney Marco Gonzalez said “documents and files maintained by the county show a pointed effort to push this project through at the expense of a full investigation and public disclosure.” He expected to release more details on documents he uncovered in a public records search at a future date. Read Full Story »
June 3, 2008 - San Diego City Beat Developer vs. Developer Gonzalez has been monitoring the Quarry Falls planning process on behalf of the group Save Our Forests and Ranchlands and is concerned that the city has forced Sudberry to spend energy and money on auto-oriented improvements that would be better spent on public transit. Read Full Story »
May 2008 May 16, 2008 - Ramona Sentinel County Corks Boutique Winery Ordinance
April 2008 April 23, 2008 - Voice of San Diego Nevada Record Dogs Francis' Green Push Environmentalists are clearly intrigued by Francis' promises. Marco Gonzalez, an attorney who has represented local environmental groups, said he's optimistic that Francis could offer an alternative to Sanders, but said he found it hard to support someone with Francis' "conservative mojo." "Anybody who campaigns on promises of good environmental deeds, it's hard to believe a little bit. I'll stay hopeful, but I'm not willing to throw my full support behind someone with an untested track record," Gonzalez said. "I don’t think anyone would be so fooled to think that Steve Francis is a male version of Donna Frye." Read Full Story »
April 10, 2008 - CNNMoney.com Stop Oahu North Shore Development Judges Asked to Stop Development on Oahu's North Shore In an effort to stop long-planned hotels and condos from being built on Oahu's North Shore, conservation groups asked an appeals court Wednesday to step in. Opponents of the Turtle Bay resort development say the 3,500-unit expansion would destroy the North Shore's largely rural character, add traffic congestion and threaten endangered sea turtles and monk seals. Read Full Story »
April 10, 2008 - The Honolulu Advertiser Turtle Bay Hearing Revisits Environmental Impact Public input matters when it comes to the proposed expansion of Turtle Bay, according to the attorney who argued yesterday that the city should have ordered a supplemental environmental impact statement for the project now that the owner is moving ahead with it after 23 years. ... California attorney Rory Wicks of Coast Law Group said the Hawai'i Environmental Policy Act calls for a supplemental study when a project has changed, causing likely changes of the impacts to the surrounding area. Read Full Story » April 9, 2008 - KHON2 - Honolulu Appeals Court Hears Turtle Bay Case Rory Wicks, the attorney for Keep the North Country and the Sierra Club argued before the three judge panel, saying conditions on the North Shore have changed dramatically since the original EIS was completed in 1985. He asked that a lower court's decision to not require a supplemental environmental review be overturned. Read Full Story » April 9, 2008 - KITV.com - Hawaii Appeals Court Hears Arguments On Turtle Bay Expansion The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals heard arguments on Wednesday over the future of development on the North Shore near Turtle Bay Resort. Kuilima Resort Co. wants to build a subdivision and expand Turtle Bay Resort, based on an approval it got in 1985. Lawyers for North Shore residents trying to stop the expansion want the court to require the developer to produce a new environmental impact statement. "All we're asking is that they do what the law requires. They should consider the environmental impact on this project, especially such a giant project, a dinosaur project, a project that was approved 23 years ago and hasn't been built," attorney Rory Wicks said. Read Full Story »
March 2008 March 18, 2008 - San Diego City Beat Going Underground - Could A Subway Break A Deadlock And Start A C Street Renaissance? Two years ago... City officials announced the formation of a committee to write a plan to reinvigorate C Street and turn it into a new commercial core. Alas. “I’ve never seen anything quite like this in a city,” said Sachin Kalbag, C Street project manager for Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC), which administers redevelopment Downtown. “We’ve been deadlocked a year-and-a-half on one issue.” Read Full Story » March 15, 2008 - North County Times Water Pollution Cops Reject Vista Settlement - City Faces Public Hearing, $1.1 Million Fine In a move that surprised Vista and Carlsbad officials this week, San Diego Regional Water Quality Control board members rejected a $700,000 fine that the cities had negotiated with the agency's staff. The cities now face a public hearing in June with the agency ---- the county's water pollution police ---- and the possibility of a larger fine, perhaps the $1.1 million figure that the control board recommended before settlement talks. Read Full Story » March 5, 2008 - Voice of San Diego 'Showers to Flowers' Struggles For Foothold The practice of using bathwater for irrigation, known as gray water recycling, has not spread widely across San Diego County. Since 1999, the county has issued just 53 permits for gray water recycling systems throughout the region. Despite the increased attention on this arid county's need to conserve and reuse every drop of water it can, gray water recycling hasn't gained widespread popularity. In a region where irrigation is responsible for 50 percent of all water consumption, the process could reduce demand for potable water. But gray water is untreated and, if done improperly, has the potential to pollute groundwater supplies or other waterways. Read Full Story » March 2, 2008 - North County Times Questions Pile Up For Carlsbad Desal Plant - Control Board Again Raises Environmental Concerns For the second time in three months, a government agency has raised environmental concerns about a plan to take seawater out of the ocean off Carlsbad and turn it into drought-proof drinking water. "It's absurd to us that any agency could pre-approve a project of this magnitude without having this information already tied down," said Marco Gonzalez, an environmental lawyer active in the Surfrider Foundation, which has sued to overturn the commission's permit approval. Read Full Story »
February 2008 February 7, 2008 - Voice of San Diego Live From Del Mar, It's The Toll Road Show On a day when the commission voted 8-2 to reject a plan to build a 16-mile toll road through San Onofre State Beach, a 3,000-acre state park that runs along San Diego County's northern border with Orange County, the atmosphere felt more like a concert tailgate than a formal government meeting. At least 2,000 people turned out to voice their opinions about the proposed project. Read Full Story »
January 2008 January 15, 2008 - San Diego Union Tribune Environmental Groups Sue Over Desalination Two environmental groups are suing the California Coastal Commission, challenging its approval of a proposed ocean-water desalination plant in Carlsbad. The lawsuit was due to be filed in San Diego Superior Court yesterday, said Marco Gonzalez, an attorney who prepared it on behalf of the Surfrider Foundation and Planning and Conservation League. Read Full Story »
Current Press Releases October 3, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Homeowners damaged by the Mount Soledad, La Jolla landslide on October 3, 2007, should immediately hire a competent subsidence, landslide and fgovernment claims attorney. A developer originally attempted to develop the 5700 block of Mount Soledad Road of La Jolla during 1961. However, grading resulted in a massive landslide. Pictures of that landslide made the front page of all San Diego newspapers. The developer then sued the City of San Diego alleging a dangerous condition of public property. The City settled the developer's lawsuit but the terms of the settlement were never disclosed to the public. Read Full Press Release »
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The activities and successes of Coast Law Group attorneys are frequently highlighted in the media. Our attorneys are recognized authorities on a number of subjects, and are quoted on matters of significance by some of today's most influential media. Many of our clients leverage these facts to their advantage, hiring them as speakers for their events.  |
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