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          Date of Hearing:   June 28, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                     SCR 84 (Kehoe) - As Amended:  June 19, 2012

           SENATE VOTE  :   26-8
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Coastal Protection Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates the week of September 8 through September 
          15, 2012, and the 2nd week of September every year thereafter, 
          as California Coastal Protection Week and urges all Californians 
          to observe that week as California Coastal Protection Week.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative 
          findings:

          1)In 1972, California voters passed Proposition 20 which enacted 
            the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972 by a 
            majority vote of 55.1 percent; and 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.

          2)Proposition 20 provided the framework for creating the 
            California Coastal Plan; and, the Legislature heeded many of 
            the recommendations in the plan by passing Senate Bill 1277 
            (Chapter 1330, Statutes of 1976), which enacted the California 
            Coastal Act of 1976.

          3)Since the passage of Proposition 20, the state has created 
            2,000 new public accessways; designated over 500 miles of the 
            California Coastal Trail; protected thousands of acres of 
            beaches, wetlands, woodlands, and dunes from inappropriate 
            development; and prevented new offshore oil leasing in federal 
            waters minimizing the risk of a catastrophic marine oil spill.

          4)Since the passage of Proposition 20, the state has encouraged, 
            supported, and approved 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 $40 billion coastal 
            economy and the 100 million annual visitors.

          5)This year marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of 








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            Proposition 20; and Californians continue their ongoing 
            support for coastal protection through volunteer activities 
            including Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest all-volunteer 
            annual activity in the state.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          California Coastal Commission
          Natural Resources Defense Council
          Defenders of Wildlife
          Environment California
          Audubon California
          The Nature Conservancy
          Forest Forever
          Clean Water Action
          California Coastal Protection Network
          Surfrider Foundation
          Sierra Club
          North County Watch
          WildCOAST
          Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (EAC)
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800