ActCoastal is a campaign to protect California’s coast and the public’s right to access it by ensuring transparency and accountability for the actions of the California Coastal Commission and other government agencies. To ensure the Coastal Commission upholds the Coastal Act, a landmark environmental law passed in 1976, we track and report on the monthly voting record of the 12 members of the Commission for select issues of significant consequence to coastal conservation, environmental justice and public access. These monthly vote charts are compiled in the annual Coastal Commission Report Card that has been published for over 20 years.
The Coastal Commission meeting took place in Sacramento on March 13-15. The meeting featured several important issues and resulted in three vote charts, including enforcement action for Toes Beach, denial of a seawall in Rio Del Mar and approval of the Morro Bay Implementation Plan comprehensive update.