The chairman of the California Coastal Commission on Wednesday asked the agency’s attorney to determine whether he should recuse himself from voting on a massive development along the Orange County coast after he held two unreported private meetings with project representatives.

Steve Kinsey’s surprise announcement comes a week after he acknowledged failing to publicly disclose a private meeting he attended Dec. 22 with developers of the Newport Banning Ranch project, saying he lost track of it during the holidays.

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Faust and attorney Deborah Sivas, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at Stanford University, said they do not know of any disclosure-related cases that have been brought against the commission.

Sivas added, “I would say about Kinsey there is some cause for concern.”