He said he also discussed the matter with the commission's general counsel, the executive director of the Banning Ranch Conservancy and Banning Ranch representatives. "I see the importance of the law," Kinsey said at the beginning of Wednesday's Coastal Commission meeting. After he was contacted Tuesday by The Times about the Nov. 4 meeting, Kinsey said he would address the matter at Wednesday's commission meeting. In it, he made reference to the tour and challenged the staff's assessment of environmentally sensitive habitat on the Banning Ranch property. The Banning Ranch project calls for 895 homes, 45,100 square feet of retail space and a hotel to be built on 400 acres about 1,000 feet from the Pacific Ocean.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2016 19:15 UTC