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Oil Spill
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Join a Cleanup
Coastal Cleanup Day
Adopt-A-Beach
Self-Guided Cleanups
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Contests
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Climate Storytelling Contest
Student Art & Poetry
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Boating Clean & Green
Protect The Coast Tax Check-Off
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California Coastal Trail
Coastal Access Guides
Beach Wheelchairs
Hollister Ranch
Lower Cost Coastal Lodging
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Escondido Beach (Malibu) Public Shoreline Access Guide
Broad Beach (Malibu) Public Shoreline Access Guide
Capistrano Beach (Dana Point) Shoreline Access Guide
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The Coastal Act
Full —
California Coastal Act
Chapter 1 —
Findings and Declarations and General Provisions
Chapter 2 —
Definitions
Chapter 2.5 —
Revisions to the Coastal Zone Boundary
Chapter 3 —
Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies
Article 1 —
General
Article 2 —
Public Access
Article 3 —
Recreation
Article 4 —
Marine Environment
Article 5 —
Land Resources
Article 6 —
Development
Article 7 —
Industrial Development
Article 8 —
Sea Level Rise
Chapter 4 —
Creation, Membership, and Powers of Commission and Regional Commissions
Article 1 —
Creation, Membership of Commission and Regional Commission
Article 2 —
Qualifications and Organization
Article 2.5 —
Fairness and Due Process
Article 3 —
Powers and Duties
Article 4 —
Local Coastal Program Implementation Costs
Chapter 5 —
State Agencies
Article 1 —
General
Article 2 —
State Agencies
Chapter 6 —
Implementation
Article 1 —
Local Coastal Program
Article 2 —
Procedure for Preparation, Approval, and Certification of Local Coastal Programs
Article 3 —
Coastal Public Access Program
Chapter 7 —
Development Controls
Article 1 —
General Provisions
Article 2 —
Development Control Procedures
Chapter 8 —
Ports
Article 1 —
Findings and General Provisions
Article 2 —
Policies
Article 3 —
Implementation; Master Plan
Chapter 9 —
Judicial Review, Enforcement, and Penalties
Article 1 —
General Provisions
Article 2 —
Penalties
Chapter 10 —
Severability
Related Laws
California Code of Regulations
Title 14, Natural Resources
Division 5.5, California Coastal Commission
Conflict of Interest Code
Rulemaking
Coastal Zone Management Act
Title 16, U.S. Code (U.S.C.)
§ 1451 et seq.
Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
Parts 923 and 930
Coastal Conservancy
Division 21, State Coastal Conservancy
§ 31000 et seq.
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Title 7.2, Government Code
§ 66600 et seq.