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My recent concerns and opinions regarding STR advocacy group Oregon Coast Hosts: Oregon Coast Hosts legal petition to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) against Tillamook County was dismissed on Feb. 9, 2024. In a nutshell, LUBA said this is not a land use issue, and dismissed its claim. The fight was against County Ordinance 84 ( 2017 ) & Ordinance 84-2 . Fast forward over 2 weeks ago since this substantial legal decision and neither OCH’s website  nor its public FB page  discloses anything about this significant legal loss . Yet, the nonprofit’s website continues to fundraise with the clearly stated goal of financing legal action that, at least in the short term, appears to have already been settled. ( Still current but outdated info on the website :  “The Notice of Intent to Appeal was filed on Aug 8, 2023 and in 2024 we are still awaiting a decision on jurisdiction from the Land Use Board of Appeals.” ).   So, the BIG question is: why hasn’t this nonprofit publicly