BILL NUMBER: SCR 84 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 3, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe
(Coauthors: Senators De Len, Evans, Leno, Lieu,
Lowenthal, Pavley, Steinberg, and Wolk)
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Atkins, Block, Chesbro, Gordon,
Hill, Monning, Portantino,
and Williams )
APRIL 16, 2012
Relative to California Coastal Protection Week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 84, as amended, Kehoe. California Coastal Protection Week.
This measure would designate the week of September 8 through
September 15, 2012, and the 2nd we ek of September every
year thereafter as California Coastal Protection Week and would
urge all Californians to observe the week of September
8-15, 2012, that week as California Costal
Protection Week , and would designate that week, and the 2nd
week of September every year thereafter as California Coastal
Protection Week .
Fiscal committee: no.
WHEREAS, The enduring beauty of the California coastline is an
irreplaceable and continuing source of inspiration, transformation,
and spiritual renewal that has always been, and continues to be, a
magnet for people of all ages, means, and creeds; and
WHEREAS, On November 7, 1972, the voters of California passed
Proposition 20, which enacted the California Coastal Zone
Conservation Act of 1972 , by a majority vote of 55.1
percent; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 20 created the California Coastal Commission
as part of the state's first coastal management program for the
protection of significant coastal resources and public access; and
WHEREAS, The "Save Our Coast" campaign to pass Proposition 20 was
successful despite being outspent by the opponents by a margin of
greater than 4:1; and
WHEREAS, The "Save Our Coast" campaign was a true grassroots
effort organized by the Coastal Alliance, which grew to a coalition
of more than 700 environmental, business, and labor groups led by
the late Janet Adams, united by a common goal of saving
the California coast for the benefit of future generations; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 20 provided the framework for creating the
California Coastal Plan, one of the most ambitious
experiments in participatory land use planning ever attempted. More
than 6,000 California citizens attended 259 public hearings over the
course of three years, providing thousands of hours of public
testimony that were condensed into the 161 recommendations to the
Legislature embodied in the California Coastal Plan; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature heeded many of those recommendations in
the plan, and complied with the voters' mandate to enact a permanent
state coastal protection law within four years by passing Senate Bill
1277 of the 1975-76 Regular Session , (Chapter
1330 of the Statutes of 1976), which enacted the California Coastal
Act of 1976 (Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000));
30000) of the Public Resources Code); and
WHEREAS, California's coastal management program, which is
implemented and administered by state agencies including the
California Coastal Commission, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission, and the State Coastal Conservancy, was
described as the nation's "flagship" coastal program when it received
federal approval in 1977, giving the state critical authority over
federal projects such as offshore oil drilling and military
activities; and
WHEREAS, Since the passage of Proposition 20, the state has
created 2,000 new public accessways, designated over 500 miles of the
California Coastal Trail, and protected thousands of
acres of beaches, wetlands, woodlands, and dunes from inappropriate
development; and
WHEREAS, Since the passage of Proposition 20 , the
state has prevented any new offshore oil drilling
leasing in federal waters and minimized the risk of a
catastrophic marine oil spill; and
WHEREAS, Since the passage of Proposition 20 , the
state has encouraged, supported, and approved adequate amounts of
important public infrastructure and energy facilities, and
appropriately sited and designed commercial, residential, and
visitor-serving development within the coastal zone, as evidenced by
the state's $40 billion coastal economy; and
WHEREAS, California's clean and healthy coastal beaches, bays,
bluffs, forests, fens, wetlands, estuaries, and dunes, and the
trails, rivers, roads, and communities that connect them, draw over
100 million visitors annually; and
WHEREAS, California residents continue to express their ongoing
support for coastal protection through numerous volunteer activities
including Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest all-volunteer annual
activity in the state; and
WHEREAS, This year, 2012, marks the 40th anniversary of the
passage of Proposition 20 and the beginning of statewide coastal
protection in California as we have come to know it; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature urges all
Californians to observe the week of September 8-15, 2012,
designates the week of September 8 through September 15, 2012,
and the second week of September every year hereafter as
California Coastal Protection Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature designates the
urges all Californians to observe the week of September
8-15, 8 through September 15, 2012,
and the second week of September every year hereafter
as California Coastal Protection Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature encourages California public
schools to include coastal protection in their outdoor education
curriculum whenever possible during the month of September; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Legislature calls upon all Californians to
observe California Coastal Protection Week by recognizing the
passion, dedication, and commitment to the cause of coastal
protection exhibited by ordinary citizens involved in the campaign to
pass Proposition 20; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.