BILL NUMBER: ACR 101	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brough

                        AUGUST 17, 2015

   Relative to Coastal Cleanup Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 101, as introduced, Brough. Coastal Cleanup Day.
   This measure would encourage citizens, businesses, groups,
organizations, and public institutions to observe and participate in
coastal protection activities, and proclaim September 19, 2015, as
the 31st annual Coastal Cleanup Day.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The State of California has 1,100 miles of coastline,
including many sandy beaches, rocky shores, bluffs, estuaries,
marshes, tidal flats, urban areas, and harbors; and
   WHEREAS, The natural resources of the coastal zone are among
California's most important economic and environmental resources; and

   WHEREAS, The marine environment is one of the most valuable
resources for recreation, tourism, fishing, and other coastal
industries; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California is strongly committed to
thoughtful management of the state's coastline to ensure that the
environmental and economic value of the coastal zone will be
sustained; and
   WHEREAS, Preserving the productivity and quality of coastal
resources requires public awareness, support, and an understanding
that protection of the coast is a responsibility shared by individual
citizens, the business community, and public institutions; and
   WHEREAS, The California Coastal Commission has been the primary
sponsor of Coastal Cleanup Day since 1985; and
   WHEREAS, Coastal Cleanup Day is the largest annual volunteer event
in the state, with over 60 coordinating organizations and 70,000
volunteers participating; and
   WHEREAS, Over 1.3 million Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers have
collected over 21,000,000 pounds (10,500 tons) of trash from
California's beaches, shoreline, creeks, estuaries, and the ocean
floor over the last 30 years; and
   WHEREAS, The 31st annual Coastal Cleanup Day will be held on
September 19, 2015; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the 3rd Saturday
in September as Coastal Cleanup Day and encourages individual
citizens, businesses, groups, organizations, and public institutions
to observe Coastal Cleanup Day this year and every year, and to
participate in appropriate activities designed to promote a healthy
and productive coastal environment for the benefit of the people of
California and the nation, and hereby proclaims September 19, 2015,
as the 31st annual Coastal Cleanup Day in California; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.