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This concurrent resolution acknowledges and celebrates 50 years of coastal protection in California, stemming from the passage of Proposition 20 in 1972 and the subsequent California Coastal Act and State Coastal Conservancy Act in 1976. These laws established a framework for protecting the state's valuable coastal zone, creating the California Coastal Commission and the State Coastal Conservancy to implement policies that maximize public access, preserve natural lands, restore habitats, and guide orderly development. The resolution affirms California's ongoing commitment to safeguarding its coastal waters, emphasizing the need to carefully consider activities like offshore oil drilling and coastal development to align with state protection laws, climate goals, and the public's right to a clean coast, recognizing that ecologically sound protection and planned development are crucial for the state's future well-being.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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