Bill Text: CA SCR84 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 84 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 92
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 24, 2012
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 21, 2012
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 13, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 9, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 3, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Kehoe
(Coauthors: Senators De León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Leno, Lieu,
Lowenthal, Pavley, Steinberg, and Wolk)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Atkins, Block, Chesbro,
Gordon, Hill, Huffman, Monning, Portantino, and Williams)
APRIL 16, 2012
Relative to California Coastal Protection Week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 84, Kehoe. California Coastal Protection Week.
This measure would designate the week of September 8 through
September 15, 2012, and the 2nd week of September every year
thereafter as California Coastal Protection Week and would urge all
Californians to observe that week as California Costal Protection
Week.
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) 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 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 designates the week of
September 8 through September 15, 2012, and the second week of
September every year thereafter as California Coastal Protection
Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges all Californians to observe
the week of September 8 through September 15, 2012, 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.
