The Coast News, May 31, 2013

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City OKs changes to land-use plan By Bianca Kaplanek

10-year-old Oceanside resident Millie Lawson marches with her father in the March Against Monsanto at Balboa Park.

Some people dressed in costumes, others made signs, but everyone at the March Against Monsanto in Balboa Park was passionate about the cause. Protesters used the day to urge people to grow their own food and to avoid genetically modified foods produced by companies like Monsanto and others. Photos by Daniel Knighton

Food for thought San Diego resident Christine Miller protests at the March Against Monsanto in Balboa Park on Saturday.

The area around the Bea Evenson Fountain in Balboa Park drew more than 2,000 activists in the worldwide March Against Monsanto on Saturday. Right, 7-year-old Chula Vista resident Isaac Romero based his sign on the popular character from the Beavis and Butthead cartoon.

USING HER HEAD Once faced with the glass ceiling, CEO Chris Berka is now working on devices to monitor the human brain to diagnose sleep disorders and help spinal cord injury patients recover limb movement. B1

Thousands of protesters gathered at Balboa Park to participate in the worldwide March Against Monsanto, which was held simultaneously on six continents, 36 countries.

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SOLANA BEACH — Despite objections from several bluff-top homeowners and an attorney representing them and about 2,000 others in a lawsuit against the city, council voted 4-1 at the May 22 meeting to approve amendments to a plan they adopted in February that will allow more control over development in Solana Beach. Resident and attorney Jon Corn said the changes to the Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan are legally necessary, “desperately needed” and an acknowledgement the document approved a few months ago “does have defects.” “I’m certainly glad that we’re pursuing the process,” Corn said. “It’s a start on what we need to do. And in some places it’s a very good start. In some places it goes backwards. And in some places it doesn’t go far enough.” On behalf of the Beach & Bluff Conservancy, which includes many coastal property owners, Corn filed a lawsuit April 26 against the city that named each council member individually. The suit claims officials, when they adopted the LUP in February, enacted policies that will prevent oceanfront property owners from protecting their property from erosion with sea walls and make it significantly harder for them to keep and maintain private beach stairways. Corn urged council members at the May 22 meeting to send the amendments “back to the drawing board,” noting the biggest problem is “it doesn’t seem

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that the city will budge on the three issues that are most troubling to the city’s coastal property owners.” Those issues address sea wall permits, private beach-access stairways and how far from the bluffs any new development or major redevelopment can occur. “The proposed amendments do not adequately address our concerns,” said resident Pam Richardson, who is currently president of the Seascape Shores homeowners association. “Don’t turn your backs on so many citizens of Solana Beach and those who would like to safely enjoy our beaches.” In addressing sea walls, the amendments state, “All permits for bluff retention devices shall expire 20 years after the building permit completion certification date, and a new (coastal development permit) must be obtained.” Bluff-top owners say sea walls are necessary to keep their property from collapsing onto the beach below because of erosion.They also say the devices protect the public from bluff failures. They claim the 20-year limit amounts to a “taking of private property” and the provision doesn’t guarantee renewal. City staff said the provision simply means permits must be revisited every 20 years. “You are allowed to protect your property if you have emergency conditions,” City Manager David Ott said. “If you still have those same conditions after 20 years then you will be TURN TO LAND-USE ON A22

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