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What the Hell Is Going On?

Lobbyist feeding frenzy consumes California's Coastal Commission.

What the Hell Is Going On?
<strong>SHARKS IN THE WATER: </strong> Seaside life goes on despite scheming at the agency that regulates the coast.

COASTAL FEEDING FRENZY: I was worried. Very worried. As I sipped coffee down at sunny Leadbetter Beach, I thought I spotted Susan McCabe. Or was it Wendy Mitchell?

Where they’re involved, rough water or undertows too often follow for the California coast. What stretch of Santa Barbara County’s golden sands could they have their eyes on?

McCabe is a former member of the California Coastal Commission, whose duty it is to protect our precious coastline. But now she’s a powerful lobbyist whose website boasts 219 coastal commission permit clients, according to L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez.

Barney Brantingham