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A tale of tension at the Coastal Commission
Bixby Creek Bridge in Big Sur, south of Carmel. (Photo: Tom Tietz)For those attempting to oust Charles Lester, the executive director of the California Coastal Commission, the upcoming hearing is a referendum on his job performance. For the environmentalists who follow the commission, it’s a coup and an attempt to seize the upper hand in the power struggle between pro-development interests and an environmentalist staff that they believe has defined the commission since the reign of Peter Douglas.