No, You Can?EUR??,,????'???t Cut Down 18,000 Trees for a Golf Course!, Says Calif. Coastal Commission

 

The Pebble Beach Co. owns 30 percent of the Del Monte Forest on the Monterey Peninsula. The Del Monte Forest Foundation, Inc., a non-profit group, owns approximately 14 percent of the land in the forest.

The Calif. Coastal Commission (CCC) did not make Clint Eastwood?EUR??,,????'???s day. On June 13, 2007 the CCC voted 8-4 to deny the film actor/director and ex-mayor of Carmel, Calif. and other investors in Pebble Beach Co., permission to cut down 15,000 Monterey pines and three thousand other trees in the Del Monte Forest to make way for the ninth golf course on the Monterey Peninsula.

Eastwood, Peter Ueberroth, chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Arnold Palmer are among the owners of Pebble Beach Co. One prominent investor is Tiger Woods, who Golf Digest reports will become the first billionaire athlete by the end of 2010.

On March 10, 2007, Sierra Club members from around California joined with the Monterey chapter members and other concerned citizens for a meeting of the Calif. Coastal Commission. Over 100 speakers had their say during the 13-hour meeting.

The Pebble Beach Co. plan was to build an 18-hole course just northeast of the famed Pebble Beach Golf Course along 17-Mile Drive, plus a driving range, equestrian center, 60 apartments (for employees) and 160 luxury hotel rooms.