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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 84
Author: Kehoe (D), et al
Amended: 5/3/12
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : California Coastal Protection Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges all Californians to
observe the week of September 8-15, 2012 as California
Coastal Protection Week, and designates that week, and the
2nd week of September every year thereafter, as California
Coastal Protection Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. 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.
2. On November 7, 1972, the voters of California passed
Proposition 20, which enacted the California Coastal
Zone Conservation Act, by a majority vote of 55.1
percent.
3. Proposition 20 creates the California Coastal
Commission as part of the state's first coastal
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management program for the protection of significant
coastal resources and public access.
4. 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.
5. 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 Janet Adams, united by a common
goal of saving the California coast for the benefit of
future generations.
6. Proposition 20 provides the framework for creating the
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.
7. 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.
8. Since the passage of Proposition 20, the state has
created 2,000 new public accessways, designated over 500
miles of the Coastal Trail, and protected thousands of
acres of beaches, wetlands, woodlands, and dunes from
inappropriate development.
9. Since the passage of Proposition 20, the state has
prevented any new offshore oil drilling in federal
waters and minimized the risk of a catastrophic marine
oil spill.
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10.Since the passage of Proposition 20, the state
encourages, supports, and approves adequate amounts of
important public infrastructure and energy facilities,
and appropriately sites and designs commercial,
residential, and visitor-serving development within the
coastal zone, as evidenced by the state's $40 billion
coastal economy.
11.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.
12.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.
13.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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/7/12)
Audubon California
California Coastal Protection Network
Clean Water Action
Culbertson, Adams, & Associates
Defenders of Wildlife
Environment California
Forests Forever
Natural Resources Defense Concil
Nature Conservancy
North County Watch
Sierra Club
Surfrider Foundation
West Marine Environmental Action Committee
Wildcoast
CTW:do 5/9/12 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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