Affordable housing in California's Coastal Zone: A tale of state authority vs. local autonomy
Abstract This article examines the efforts of the California Coastal Commission to pursue simultaneously goals of environmental quality and affordable housing in the same state‐imposed regulatory program. The authors conclude that the Commission made substantial progress toward realizing both ends. However, the coastal body fell victim to its own successes, and housing was removed from its jurisdiction. As the Coastal Commission exercised its authority, opposition grew in strength and numbers. Key opponents included local government, which lost land‐use regulatory power to the Commission, the building industry, whose relationships with coastal localities were disrupted, and local property owners, whose land was restricted to uses other than the most profitable one.
Coastal zone management—a new approach in California
Abstract California's eight‐month‐old comprehensive coastal zone planning and management program was enacted by vote of the people through the initiative process (Proposition 20). The new law created one state, and six regional commissions and requires them to prepare a comprehensive, long‐range plan for the conservation and use of California's coastal zone resources. During the planning process, the commissions must exercise strict permit controls over all new developments in the coastal zone. The major objectives of Proposition 20 include: 1) preparation of a comprehensive, long‐range and enforceable plan; 2) increased public access and recreational opportunities in the coastal zone; 3) slow coastal development pressures; 4) assure that coastal developments, undertaken during the planning process, are consistent with the intent of the Act; 5) provide a coordinated statewide coastal zone land and water use control system that protects regional, state and national interests. Although confronted by problem...
Bone changes in tuberous sclerosis mimicking metastases.
Sclerotic and lytic bone changes of tuberous sclerosis (TS) can mimic bone metastases. We report a case of bone metastases from bronchogenic carcinoma in a patient with TS bone changes. Bone scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging are useful in distinguishing the TS bone lesions from bone metastases.