Bill Text: CA SCR84 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Coastal Protection Week.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2012. [SCR84 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCR84-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 84	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe
   (Coauthors: Senators Evans, Leno, Lieu, Lowenthal, Pavley,
Steinberg, and Wolk)

                        APRIL 16, 2012

   Relative to California Coastal Protection Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 84, as introduced, Kehoe. California Coastal Protection Week.
   This measure would urge all Californians to observe the week of
September 8-15, 2012, 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, 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
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
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)); 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
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 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 $14
billion-dollar coastal economy; and
   WHEREAS, California's clean and healthy coastal beaches, bays,
bluffs, forests, fenns, 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, as California Coastal
Protection Week; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature designates the week of September
8-15, 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.