By Dave Downey
North County Times
April 8, 2008

Legislation that would have scaled back the California Coastal Commission's power to appeal decisions by cities and counties to issue coastal development permits was killed in the state Senate Tuesday.

The Natural Resources and Water Committee voted 5-3 to stop the bill, introduced by Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny, D-San Diego.

Senate Bill 1295 was written to address complaints by local officials, including some sitting on North County city councils, that the commission routinely delays or kills projects they spend many months reviewing prior to approving.

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