Hey, dudes. Forget about Christmas in July; tomorrow is day at the beach in January!
For tomorrow's discussion of Nollan v. California Coastal Commission you are all encouraged to come dressed for a day at the shore. Feel free to wear an Hawaii Print Shirt or bring a boogie board.
Also, think about the relationship between ends and means of a regulatory scheme. What does it mean when the Court says that there must be an "essential nexus" between the ends or goals of a restriction on beachfront development and a condition imposed on the grant of permission to rebuild?
Suppose I go to my doctor for, say, strep throat, and he treats me by putting a band aid on my big toe. Do the means (the treatment) bear a reasonable relationship to the ends (curing my strep throat)? In other words, is there an "essential nexus" between the treatment and the goal of curing my strep throat? What would happen to a doctor who practiced this kind of medicine? [Would he end up serving on the California Coastal Commission?] Think about my big toe when you prepare for our discussion of Nollan.
