South Coast Regional Commission v. Gordon

Opinion

FLEMING, J.

Since 1973 plaintiff South Coast Regional Commission (commission) has had an action pending against defendant Harold Gordon for violation of building permit requirements in a coastal conservation zone. In the phase of the cause now before us, the commission appeals the trial court’s denial of civil penalties against Gordon and its refusal to award attorneys fees to the commission as the prevailing party in an earlier phase of the cause. The sole question on appeal is the effect on the pending action of the January 1977 repeal of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act…