Coastal Commission staff has recommended denial of coastal development permits for the development of U2 guitarist The Edge and his family and friends in Malibu. The commission will consider the project at its June 16 meeting in Marina del Rey. The project proposes building five luxury homes on 156 acres on contiguous parcels overlooking Serra Canyon, as well as a 6,000 foot access road extending from Sweetwater Mesa Road. The commission staff report concluded the project would result in significant visual impacts and would significantly disrupt the local vegetative habitat. Staff also determined that The Edge, whose real name is David Evans, and the other owners, who are each either friends or family, constituted a “unity of ownership,” and that they might seek to sell the houses for profit rather than live in them. Fiona Hutton, whose public relations firm represents the applicants, stated in a press release: “The five separate property owners have worked tirelessly over the past four years to develop sustainable home designs that will protect the area’s natural resources, blend with the surrounding landscape, and be responsive to the many changes sought by the Coastal Commission staff. The property owners have a clear legal right to develop their land and have cooperated and acted in good faith throughout the permitting process.”