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• Agriculture
• Coastal Processes
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• Wetlands

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Information on topics of current interest to coastal planners and managers.

• Public Access (link to the Coastal Commission's Public Access Program)
  • Easements/Offers to Dedicate (Opens new window)
    Learn about public access easements and offers to dedicate on the CCC's Public Access web pages.
  • Prescriptive Rights (Opens new window)
    The Coastal Commission has a program dedicated to researching the public prescriptive rights of access. Learn more on the Commission's Public Access web pages.
  • Completing the California Coastal Trail , California Coastal Conservancy, January 2003 (12 MB PDF file opens new window)
  • California Coastal Trail Maps, California Coastal Commission, et al. (7.25 MB PDF file, opens new window)
  • Memorandum Regarding Condominium-Hotel Development in the Coastal Zone, December 2006 (Opens new window)
• Agriculture
  • Affirmative Agricultural Easement Workshops: A Summary (5.6 MB PDF file, opens new window)
• Coastal Processes
  • Sample LCP Policies for Planners (94KB PDF file, opens new window)
    Example LCP policies on shoreline protective structures, hazards and beach erosion. 30 pages.
  • Shoreline Protection and Beach Nourishment Projects (Opens new window)
    A 1997 California Coastal Commission publication about monitoring beach nourishment projects.
  • Procedural Guidance Document: Monitoring[Shoreline Protection and Beach Nourishment Projects], California Coastal Commission, January, 1997
  • Report on In-Lieu Fee Beach Sand Mitigation Program: San Diego County, California Coastal Commission, January 1997 (revised September, 1997).
  • Resources for Local Governments Coastal Processes Links Page
    Links on the Internet specific to Coastal Processes.
  • Overview of Sea Level Rise and Some Implications for Coastal California: Briefing to the California Coastal Commission on Sea Level Rise, (June 2001) (Opens new window)
  • Tsunami Workshop from the September 2005 Coastal Commission Meeting. [This Workshop Agenda contains links to PowerPoint presentations given that day.]
• Water Quality
  Links, publications and sample ordinances, including MURP, the Model Urban Runoff Program "how-to" manual.
  • Seawater Desalination And the California Coastal Act. March, 2004
• Wetlands
  • Evaluating Wetland Mitigation Projects in California's Coastal Zone: Procedural Guidance (Opens new window)
    Provides an analytical framework for the review of compensatory wetland mitigation plans, and for evaluating the performance of the subsequent projects. CCC, September 1995.
  • Review of Wetland Projects in California's Coastal Zone: Procedural Guidance (Opens new window)
    Suggests a consistent process for the review of proposed wetland development projects in the California coastal zone.  CCC, June 1994.
  • Coastal Act Statutory and Regulatory Wetland Definitions
    Definitions of "wetlands", from the Coastal Act and the California Code of Regulations.
  • Resources for Local Governments Wetlands Links Page
    Links on the Internet specific to Wetlands.