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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 2 - Public Access › Section 30214.

30214. (a) The public access policies of this article shall be implemented in a manner that takes into account the need to regulate the time, place, and manner of public access depending on the facts and circumstances in each case including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Topographic and geologic site characteristics.
(2) The capacity of the site to sustain use and at what level of intensity.
(3) The appropriateness of limiting public access to the right to pass and repass depending on such factors as the fragility of the natural resources in the area and the proximity of the access area to adjacent residential uses.
(4) The need to provide for the management of access areas so as to protect the privacy of adjacent property owners and to protect the aesthetic values of the area by providing for the collection of litter.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the public access policies of this article be carried out in a reasonable manner that considers the equities and that balances the rights of the individual property owner with the public’s constitutional right of access pursuant to Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution. Nothing in this section or any amendment thereto shall be construed as a limitation on the rights guaranteed to the public under Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution.
(c) In carrying out the public access policies of this article, the commission and any other responsible public agency shall consider and encourage the utilization of innovative access management techniques, including, but not limited to, agreements with private organizations which would minimize management costs and encourage the use of volunteer programs.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 3.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 3 - Recreation › Section 30221.

30221. Oceanfront land suitable for recreational use shall be protected for recreational use and development unless present and foreseeable future demand for public or commercial recreational activities that could be accommodated on the property is already adequately provided for in the area.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 3 - Recreation › Section 30222.

30222. The use of private lands suitable for visitor-serving commercial recreational facilities designed to enhance public opportunities for coastal recreation shall have priority over private residential, general industrial, or general commercial development, but not over agriculture or coastal-dependent industry.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 3 - Recreation › Section 30222.5.

30222.5. Oceanfront land that is suitable for coastal dependent aquaculture shall be protected for that use, and proposals for aquaculture facilities located on those sites shall be given priority, except over other coastal dependent developments or uses.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 589. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 3 - Recreation › Section 30224.

30224. Increased recreational boating use of coastal waters shall be encouraged, in accordance with this division, by developing dry storage areas, increasing public launching facilities, providing additional berthing space in existing harbors, limiting non-water-dependent land uses that congest access corridors and preclude boating support facilities, providing harbors of refuge, and by providing for new boating facilities in natural harbors, new protected water areas, and in areas dredged from dry land.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30230.

30230. Marine resources shall be maintained, enhanced, and, where feasible, restored. Special protection shall be given to areas and species of special biological or economic significance. Uses of the marine environment shall be carried out in a manner that will sustain the biological productivity of coastal waters and that will maintain healthy populations of all species of marine organisms adequate for long-term commercial, recreational, scientific, and educational purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30231.

30231. The biological productivity and the quality of coastal waters, streams, wetlands, estuaries, and lakes appropriate to maintain optimum populations of marine organisms and for the protection of human health shall be maintained and, where feasible, restored through, among other means, minimizing adverse effects of waste water discharges and entrainment, controlling runoff, preventing depletion of ground water supplies and substantial interference with surface waterflow, encouraging waste water reclamation, maintaining natural vegetation buffer areas that protect riparian habitats, and minimizing alteration of natural streams.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30232.

30232. Protection against the spillage of crude oil, gas, petroleum products, or hazardous substances shall be provided in relation to any development or transportation of such materials. Effective containment and cleanup facilities and procedures shall be provided for accidental spills that do occur.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30234.

30234. Facilities serving the commercial fishing and recreational boating industries shall be protected and, where feasible, upgraded. Existing commercial fishing and recreational boating harbor space shall not be reduced unless the demand for those facilities no longer exists or adequate substitute space has been provided. Proposed recreational boating facilities shall, where feasible, be designed and located in such a fashion as not to interfere with the needs of the commercial fishing industry.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30234.5.

30234.5. The economic, commercial, and recreational importance of fishing activities shall be recognized and protected.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 802, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30235.

30235. Revetments, breakwaters, groins, harbor channels, seawalls, cliff retaining walls, and other such construction that alters natural shoreline processes shall be permitted when required to serve coastal-dependent uses or to protect existing structures or public beaches in danger from erosion and when designed to eliminate or mitigate adverse impacts on local shoreline sand supply. Existing marine structures causing water stagnation contributing to pollution problems and fishkills should be phased out or upgraded where feasible.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment › Section 30236.

30236. Channelizations, dams, or other substantial alterations of rivers and streams shall incorporate the best mitigation measures feasible, and be limited to (1) necessary water supply projects, (2) flood control projects where no other method for protecting existing structures in the flood plain is feasible and where such protection is necessary for public safety or to protect existing development, or (3) developments where the primary function is the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources › Section 30240.

30240. (a) Environmentally sensitive habitat areas shall be protected against any significant disruption of habitat values, and only uses dependent on those resources shall be allowed within those areas.
(b) Development in areas adjacent to environmentally sensitive habitat areas and parks and recreation areas shall be sited and designed to prevent impacts which would significantly degrade those areas, and shall be compatible with the continuance of those habitat and recreation areas.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources › Section 30241.

30241. The maximum amount of prime agricultural land shall be maintained in agricultural production to assure the protection of the areas’ agricultural economy, and conflicts shall be minimized between agricultural and urban land uses through all of the following:
(a) By establishing stable boundaries separating urban and rural areas, including, where necessary, clearly defined buffer areas to minimize conflicts between agricultural and urban land uses.
(b) By limiting conversions of agricultural lands around the periphery of urban areas to the lands where the viability of existing agricultural use is already severely limited by conflicts with urban uses or where the conversion of the lands would complete a logical and viable neighborhood and contribute to the establishment of a stable limit to urban development.
(c) By permitting the conversion of agricultural land surrounded by urban uses where the conversion of the land would be consistent with Section 30250.
(d) By developing available lands not suited for agriculture prior to the conversion of agricultural lands.
(e) By assuring that public service and facility expansions and nonagricultural development do not impair agricultural viability, either through increased assessment costs or degraded air and water quality.
(f) By assuring that all divisions of prime agricultural lands, except those conversions approved pursuant to subdivision (b), and all development adjacent to prime agricultural lands shall not diminish the productivity of prime agricultural lands.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 43, Sec. 10. Effective February 17, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources › Section 30241.5.

30241.5. (a) If the viability of existing agricultural uses is an issue pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30241 as to any local coastal program or amendment to any certified local coastal program submitted for review and approval under this division, the determination of “viability” shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of an economic feasibility evaluation containing at least both of the following elements:
(1) An analysis of the gross revenue from the agricultural products grown in the area for the five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of a proposed local coastal program or an amendment to any local coastal program.
(2) An analysis of the operational expenses, excluding the cost of land, associated with the production of the agricultural products grown in the area for the five years immediately preceding the date of the filing of a proposed local coastal program or an amendment to any local coastal program.
For purposes of this subdivision, “area” means a geographic area of sufficient size to provide an accurate evaluation of the economic feasibility of agricultural uses for those lands included in the local coastal program or in the proposed amendment to a certified local coastal program.
(b) The economic feasibility evaluation required by subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the commission, by the local government, as part of its submittal of a local coastal program or an amendment to any local coastal program. If the local government determines that it does not have the staff with the necessary expertise to conduct the economic feasibility evaluation, the evaluation may be conducted under agreement with the local government by a consultant selected jointly by local government and the executive director of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 259, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources › Section 30242.

30242. All other lands suitable for agricultural use shall not be converted to nonagricultural uses unless (1) continued or renewed agricultural use is not feasible, or (2) such conversion would preserve prime agricultural land or concentrate development consistent with Section 30250. Any such permitted conversion shall be compatible with continued agricultural use on surrounding lands.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources › Section 30243.

30243. The long-term productivity of soils and timberlands shall be protected, and conversions of coastal commercial timberlands in units of commercial size to other uses or their division into units of noncommercial size shall be limited to providing for necessary timber processing and related facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources › Section 30244.

30244. Where development would adversely impact archaeological or paleontological resources as identified by the State Historic Preservation Officer, reasonable mitigation measures shall be required.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30250.

30250. (a) New residential, commercial, or industrial development, except as otherwise provided in this division, shall be located within, contiguous with, or in close proximity to, existing developed areas able to accommodate it or, where such areas are not able to accommodate it, in other areas with adequate public services and where it will not have significant adverse effects, either individually or cumulatively, on coastal resources. In addition, land divisions, other than leases for agricultural uses, outside existing developed areas shall be permitted only where 50 percent of the usable parcels in the area have been developed and the created parcels would be no smaller than the average size of surrounding parcels.
(b) Where feasible, new hazardous industrial development shall be located away from existing developed areas.
(c) Visitor-serving facilities that cannot feasibly be located in existing developed areas shall be located in existing isolated developments or at selected points of attraction for visitors.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1090.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30251.

30251. The scenic and visual qualities of coastal areas shall be considered and protected as a resource of public importance. Permitted development shall be sited and designed to protect views to and along the ocean and scenic coastal areas, to minimize the alteration of natural land forms, to be visually compatible with the character of surrounding areas, and, where feasible, to restore and enhance visual quality in visually degraded areas. New development in highly scenic areas such as those designated in the California Coastline Preservation and Recreation Plan prepared by the Department of Parks and Recreation and by local government shall be subordinate to the character of its setting.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30252.

30252. The location and amount of new development should maintain and enhance public access to the coast by (1) facilitating the provision or extension of transit service, (2) providing commercial facilities within or adjoining residential development or in other areas that will minimize the use of coastal access roads, (3) providing nonautomobile circulation within the development, (4) providing adequate parking facilities or providing substitute means of serving the development with public transportation, (5) assuring the potential for public transit for high intensity uses such as high-rise office buildings, and by (6) assuring that the recreational needs of new residents will not overload nearby coastal recreation areas by correlating the amount of development with local park acquisition and development plans with the provision of onsite recreational facilities to serve the new development.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30253.

30253. New development shall do all of the following:
(a) Minimize risks to life and property in areas of high geologic, flood, and fire hazard.
(b) Assure stability and structural integrity, and neither create nor contribute significantly to erosion, geologic instability, or destruction of the site or surrounding area or in any way require the construction of protective devices that would substantially alter natural landforms along bluffs and cliffs.
(c) Be consistent with requirements imposed by an air pollution control district or the State Air Resources Board as to each particular development.
(d) Minimize energy consumption and vehicle miles traveled.
(e) Where appropriate, protect special communities and neighborhoods that, because of their unique characteristics, are popular visitor destination points for recreational uses.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 187. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30254.

30254. New or expanded public works facilities shall be designed and limited to accommodate needs generated by development or uses permitted consistent with the provisions of this division; provided, however, that it is the intent of the Legislature that State Highway Route 1 in rural areas of the coastal zone remain a scenic two-lane road. Special districts shall not be formed or expanded except where assessment for, and provision of, the service would not induce new development inconsistent with this division. Where existing or planned public works facilities can accommodate only a limited amount of new development, services to coastal-dependent land use, essential public services and basic industries vital to the economic health of the region, state, or nation, public recreation, commercial recreation, and visitor-serving land uses shall not be precluded by other development.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30254.5.

30254.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may not impose any term or condition on the development of any sewage treatment plant which is applicable to any future development that the commission finds can be accommodated by that plant consistent with this division. Nothing in this section modifies the provisions and requirements of Sections 30254 and 30412.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 6 - Development › Section 30255.

30255. Coastal-dependent developments shall have priority over other developments on or near the shoreline. Except as provided elsewhere in this division, coastal-dependent developments shall not be sited in a wetland. When appropriate, coastal-related developments should be accommodated within reasonable proximity to the coastal-dependent uses they support.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1090.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development › Section 30260.

30260. (a) Coastal-dependent industrial facilities shall be encouraged to locate or expand within existing sites and shall be permitted reasonable long-term growth where consistent with this division.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), where new or expanded coastal-dependent industrial facilities cannot feasibly be accommodated consistent with other policies of this division, they may nonetheless be permitted in accordance with this section and Sections 30261 and 30262 if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) Alternative locations are infeasible or more environmentally damaging.
(2) Permitting the development would not adversely affect the public welfare.
(3) Adverse environmental effects are mitigated to the maximum extent feasible.
(4) The new or expanded coastal-dependent industrial facility is not an oil and gas development, refinery, or petrochemical facility.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 292, Sec. 2. (SB 704) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development › Section 30261.

30261. Multicompany use of existing and new tanker facilities shall be encouraged to the maximum extent feasible and legally permissible, except where to do so would result in increased tanker operations and associated onshore development incompatible with the land use and environmental goals for the area. New tanker terminals outside of existing terminal areas shall be situated as to avoid risk to environmentally sensitive areas and shall use a monobuoy system, unless an alternative type of system can be shown to be environmentally preferable for a specific site. Tanker facilities shall be designed to (1) minimize the total volume of oil spilled, (2) minimize the risk of collision from movement of other vessels, (3) have ready access to the most effective feasible containment and recovery equipment for oilspills, and (4) have onshore deballasting facilities to receive any fouled ballast water from tankers where operationally or legally required.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 182, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development › Section 30263.

30263. (a) New or expanded refineries or petrochemical facilities shall not be considered a coastal-dependent industrial facility for the purposes of Section 30260, and may be permitted only if found to be consistent with all applicable provisions of this division.
(b) New or expanded refineries or petrochemical facilities shall minimize the need for once-through cooling by using air cooling to the maximum extent feasible and by using treated waste waters from inplant processes where feasible.
(c) Repair and maintenance of existing refineries or petrochemical facilities may be permitted in accordance with Section 30260 only if the following conditions are met:
(1) The development does not result in expansion of capacity of existing refineries or petrochemical facilities.
(2) Alternative locations are not feasible or are more environmentally damaging.
(3) Adverse environmental effects are mitigated to the maximum extent feasible.
(4) Permitting the development would not adversely affect the public welfare.
(5) The development is not located in a highly scenic or seismically hazardous area, on any of the Channel Islands, or within or contiguous to environmentally sensitive areas.
(6) The development is sited so as to provide a sufficient buffer area to minimize adverse impacts on surrounding property.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this section and paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 30260, development of facilities for the purposes of producing low-carbon fuels at an existing refinery or petrochemical facility may be permitted in accordance with Section 30260 if all requirements of that section and subdivision (c) of this section are met.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 292, Sec. 4. (SB 704) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development › Section 30264.

30264. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division except subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 30413, new or expanded thermal electric generating plants may be constructed in the coastal zone if the proposed coastal site has been determined by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to have greater relative merit pursuant to the provisions of Section 25516.1 than available alternative sites and related facilities for an applicant’s service area which have been determined to be acceptable pursuant to the provisions of Section 25516.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development › Section 30265.

30265. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Transportation studies have concluded that pipeline transport of oil is generally both economically feasible and environmentally preferable to other forms of crude oil transport.
(b) Oil companies have proposed to build a pipeline to transport offshore crude oil from central California to southern California refineries, and to transport offshore oil to out-of-state refiners.
(c) California refineries would need to be retrofitted if California offshore crude oil were to be used directly as a major feedstock. Refinery modifications may delay achievement of air quality goals in the southern California air basin and other regions of the state.
(d) The County of Santa Barbara has issued an Oil Transportation Plan that assesses the environmental and economic differences among various methods for transporting crude oil from offshore California to refineries.
(e) The Governor should help coordinate decisions concerning the transport and refining of offshore oil in a manner that considers state and local studies undertaken to date, that fully addresses the concerns of all affected regions, and that promotes the greatest benefits to the people of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 294, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development › Section 30265.5.

30265.5. (a) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall coordinate activities concerning the transport and refining of offshore oil. Coordination efforts shall consider public health risks, the ability to achieve short-term and long-term air emission reduction goals, the potential for reducing California’s vulnerability and dependence on oil imports, economic development and jobs, and other factors deemed important by the Governor, or the Governor’s designee.
(b) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall work with state and local agencies, and the public, to facilitate the transport and refining of offshore oil in a manner that will promote the greatest public health and environmental and economic benefits to the people of the state.
(c) The Governor, or the Governor’s designee, shall consult with any individual or organization having knowledge in this area, including, but not limited to, representatives from the following:
(1) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(2) State Air Resources Board.
(3) California Coastal Commission.
(4) Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(5) State Lands Commission.
(6) Public Utilities Commission.
(7) Santa Barbara County.
(8) Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District.
(9) Southern California Association of Governments.
(10) South Coast Air Quality Management District.
(11) Oil industry.
(12) Public interest groups.
(13) United States Department of the Interior.
(14) United States Department of Energy.
(15) United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(16) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(17) United States Coast Guard.
(d) This act is not intended, and shall not be construed, to decrease, duplicate, or supersede the jurisdiction, authority, or responsibilities of any local government, or any state agency or commission, to discharge its responsibilities concerning the transportation and refining of oil.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 97, Sec. 3. (SB 1497) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies › ARTICLE 8 - Sea Level Rise › Section 30270.

30270. The commission shall take into account the effects of sea level rise in coastal resources planning and management policies and activities in order to identify, assess, and, to the extent feasible, avoid and mitigate the adverse effects of sea level rise.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 236, Sec. 2. (SB 1) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Creation, Membership, and Powers of Commission and Regional Commissions › ARTICLE 1 - Creation, Membership of Commission and Regional Commission › Section 30300.

30300. There is in the Resources Agency the California Coastal Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1173, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Creation, Membership, and Powers of Commission and Regional Commissions › ARTICLE 1 - Creation, Membership of Commission and Regional Commission › Section 30301.

30301. The commission shall consist of the following 15 members:
(a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(b) The Secretary of Transportation.
(c) The Chairperson of the State Lands Commission.
(d) Six representatives of the public from the state at large. The Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint two of these members.
(e) Six representatives selected from six coastal regions. The Governor shall select one member from the north coast region and one member from the south central coast region. The Speaker of the Assembly shall select one member from the central coast region and one member from the San Diego coast region. The Senate Committee on Rules shall select one member from the north central coast region and one member from the south coast region. For purposes of this division, these regions are defined as follows:
(1) The north coast region consists of the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino.
(2) The north central coast region consists of the Counties of Sonoma and Marin and the City and County of San Francisco.
(3) The central coast region consists of the Counties of San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.
(4) The south central coast region consists of the Counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
(5) The south coast region consists of the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange.
(6) The San Diego coast region consists of the County of San Diego.
(f) Of the representatives appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (d) or (e), one of the representatives shall reside in, and work directly with, communities in the state that are disproportionately burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution and issues of environmental justice, including, but not limited to, communities with diverse racial and ethnic populations and communities with low-income populations. The Governor shall appoint a representative qualified pursuant to this subdivision to a vacant position from the appointments available pursuant to either subdivision (d) or (e) no later than the fourth appointment available after January 1, 2017.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 578, Sec. 3. (AB 2616) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Creation, Membership, and Powers of Commission and Regional Commissions › ARTICLE 1 - Creation, Membership of Commission and Regional Commission › Section 30301.2.

30301.2. (a) The appointments of the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 30301, shall be made as prescribed in this section. Within 45 days from the date of receipt of a request for nominations by the appointing authority, the board of supervisors and city selection committee of each county within the region shall nominate supervisors, mayors, or city council members who reside in the region from which the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, or the Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint a replacement. In regions composed of three counties, the board of supervisors and the city selection committee in each county within the region shall each nominate one or more supervisors and one or more mayors or city council members. In regions composed of two counties, the board of supervisors and the city selection committee in each county within the region shall each nominate not less than two supervisors and not less than two mayors or city council members. In regions composed of one county, the board of supervisors and the city selection committee in the county shall each nominate not less than three supervisors and not less than three mayors or city council members. Immediately upon selecting the nominees, the board of supervisors and the city selection committee shall send the names of the nominees to either the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, or the Speaker of the Assembly, whoever will appoint the replacement.
(b) Within 30 days from the date of receipt of the names of the nominees pursuant to subdivision (a), the Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, or the Senate Committee on Rules, whoever will appoint the replacement, shall either appoint one of the nominees or notify the boards of supervisors and city selection committees within the region that none of the nominees are acceptable and request the boards of supervisors and city selection committees to make additional nominations. Within 45 days from the date of receipt of a notice rejecting all of the nominees, the boards of supervisors and city selection committees within the region shall nominate and send to the appointing authority the names of additional nominees in accordance with subdivision (a). Upon receipt of the names of those additional nominees, the appointing authority shall appoint one of the nominees.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 38. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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30301.5. A member of the commission serving pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 30301 shall be a nonvoting member and may appoint a designee to serve at the member’s pleasure who shall have all the powers and duties of the member pursuant to this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 97, Sec. 4. (SB 1497) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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30304. (a) Any member of the commission may, subject to the confirmation of the member’s appointing power, appoint an alternate member to represent the member at any commission meeting. An alternate for a locally elected official need not also be a locally elected official. An alternate may serve before confirmation for a period not to exceed 90 days from the date of appointment unless and until confirmation is specifically refused. The alternate shall serve at the pleasure of the member who appointed them and shall have all the powers and duties as a member of the commission, except that the alternate shall only participate and vote in meetings in the absence of the member who appointed them.
(b) All provisions of law relating to conflicts of interest that are applicable to a member shall apply to an alternate member. Whenever a member has, or is known to have, a conflict of interest on any matter, the member’s alternate is not eligible to vote on that matter.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 97, Sec. 5. (SB 1497) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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30305. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the commission shall succeed to any and all obligations, powers, duties, responsibilities, benefits, or legal interests of regional coastal commissions which existed prior to July 1, 1981.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1173, Sec. 5.)
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30310. In making their appointments pursuant to this division, the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the Assembly shall make good faith efforts to assure that their appointments, as a whole, reflect, to the greatest extent feasible, the economic, social, and geographic diversity of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 163. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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30312. The term of office of commission members shall be as follows:
(a) (1) A person appointed by the Governor and qualified for membership because the person holds a specified office as a locally elected official shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. However, the membership shall cease 60 days after the member’s term of office as a locally elected official ceases, or when a person has been appointed to fill that position by the Governor, if that occurs sooner.
(2) A person appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules or by the Speaker of the Assembly and qualified for membership because the person holds a specified office as a locally elected official shall serve a term of four years. However, the membership shall cease 60 days after the member’s term of office as a locally elected official ceases, if that occurs sooner.
(b) (1) A member appointed by the Governor shall serve for two years at the pleasure of the Governor, and may be reappointed for succeeding two-year periods, provided that the member may continue to serve beyond the two-year term until the Governor has acted and the appointee is authorized to sit and serve on the commission.
(2) A member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules or the Speaker of the Assembly shall serve for four years, and may be reappointed for succeeding four-year periods, provided that the member may continue to serve beyond the four-year term until the member’s appointing authority has acted and the appointee is authorized to sit and serve on the commission. If the Senate Committee on Rules or the Speaker of the Assembly has not acted within 60 days after the expiration of a member’s term, the position shall become vacant until a person is appointed to a four-year term, calculated from the expiration date of the preceding term.
(c) If a vacancy occurs before the expiration of the term for the vacated seat, the appointing authority shall appoint a member for the remainder of the unexpired term pursuant to this chapter.
(d) On the effective date of the act adding this subdivision, the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint two members to serve two-year terms and two members to serve four-year terms. All subsequent terms shall be for four years.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 97, Sec. 6. (SB 1497) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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30313. (a) Vacancies that occur shall be filled within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, and shall be filled in the same manner in which the vacating member was selected or appointed.
(b) The executive director of the commission shall notify the appropriate appointing authority of any expected vacancies on the commission. If the expected vacancy is a person qualified for membership because he or she holds a specified office as a locally elected official, whose term of office as a locally elected official is expected to expire or has expired, then the appointing authority shall notify the boards of supervisors and city selection committees of each county within the affected region of the expected vacancy.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1469, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1982.)
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30314. (a) Except as provided in this section, members or alternates of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to the extent that reimbursement for those expenses is not otherwise provided or payable by another public agency or agencies, and shall receive fifty dollars ($50) for each full day of attending meetings of the commission. In addition, members or alternates of the commission shall receive twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) for each hour actually spent in preparation for a commission meeting, provided that for each meeting no more than eight hours of preparation time shall be compensated as provided in this section.
(b) An alternate shall be entitled to payment and reimbursement for the necessary expenses incurred in participating in commission meetings, provided that only the member or the member’s alternate shall receive that payment and reimbursement, and if both the member and alternate prepare for, attend, and participate in any portion of a commission meeting, only the alternate shall be entitled to that payment and reimbursement.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “full day of attending a meeting” means presence at, and participation in, not less than 60 percent of the total meeting time of the commission during any particular 24-hour period.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 97, Sec. 7. (SB 1497) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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30315. (a) The commission shall meet at least 11 times annually at a place convenient to the public. Each meeting shall occur not more than 45 working days after the previous meeting. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public.
(b) A majority of the total appointed membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum. An action taken by the commission under this division requires a majority vote of the members present at the meeting of the commission, with a quorum being present, unless otherwise specifically provided for in this division.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 546, Sec. 29. (SB 1473) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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30315.1. Adoption of findings for any action taken by the commission requires a majority vote of the members from the prevailing side present at the meeting of the commission, with at least three of the prevailing members present and voting.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 590. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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30315.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall make the notice of any public meeting or hearing of the commission available in both English and Spanish, and may also make the notice available in any other language.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 866, Sec. 1. (AB 288) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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30316. The commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 12.)
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30317. The headquarters of the commission shall be in a coastal county, but it may meet and may exercise any or all of its powers in any part of the state. The commission may maintain regional offices, if it finds that accessibility to, and participation by, the public will be better served or that the provisions of this division can be implemented more efficiently through the maintenance of those offices.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 13.)