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Findings and Recommendations
 for the Santa Monica Mountains/Malibu
Regional Cumulative Assessment Project (ReCAP)

June 1999

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CH 1: INTRODUCTION     Page 1

BACKGROUND TO THE ReCAP     Page 1
THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS/MALIBU ReCAP     Page 2
CUMULATIVE IMPACT ISSUES     Page 3
THE ReCAP REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS     Page 4
A NOTE ON THE DATA     Page 4  

CH 2: ReCAP AREA REGIONAL OVERVIEW     Page 7

POPULATION     Page 8
LAND USE PLANNING AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES     Page 9
REGULATORY OVERVIEW/PROJECTIONS     Page 10

CH 3: CONCENTRATION AND LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT     Page 13

OVERVIEW   Page 13
MANAGING THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL GROWTH    Page 19
MODIFYING CRITERIA FOR DONOR AREAS    Page 22
IMPROVING IMPLEMENTATION OF MITIGATION    Page 29
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LOCAL COASTAL PLANNING    Page 34
REDUCING THE IMPACTS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT    Page 38

CH 4: PUBLIC ACCESS     Page 41

OVERVIEW     Page 39
SHORELINE ACCESS     Page 43

IMPROVING EXISTING ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES     Page 43
PARKING    Page 48
IMPROVING ACCESS MITIGATION MEASURES    Page 51
VENTURA COUNTY ACCESS POLICIES    Page 58
REGIONAL ACCESS GUIDE    Page 59

PUBLIC LANDS AND INLAND TRAILS    Page 60

IMPROVING TRAIL ACCESS MITIGATION    Page 61
IMPROVING TRAIL ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES    Page 65

CH 5: SHORELINE ARMORING     Page 67

OVERVIEW    Page 67
POLICY BACKGROUND    Page 68
SHORELINE CONDITIONS    Page 69
MEASURES TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE FUTURE ARMORING    Page 70
MEASURES TO MINIMIZE AND MITIGATE IMPACTS FROM PERMITTED ARMORING    Page 74
EMERGENCY ARMORING OF THE SHORELINE    Page 78
BEACH NOURISHMENT OPPORTUNITIES    Page 81
MITIGATING IMPACTS OF ARMORING PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY    Page 83
ADDRESSING SEA LEVEL RISE 86

CH 6: CONCLUSION     Page 89

APPENDIX

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

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Figures

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Figure 2-1: ReCAP Region
Figure 2-2: Ownership Patterns     Page 7
Figure 2-3: Population Trends 1970-2020……………………………….................… Page 8
Figure 2-4: Development Types of Coastal Commission Actions 1978-1996............. Page 10
Figure 2-5: Distribution of Vacant and Developed Parcels………………...............… Page 11
Figure 3-1: New Development Approved in the Santa Monica Mountains Coastal Zone 1978-1996
Figure 3-2: Location of Potential Additional Development
Figure 3-3: Location of Constraints on Potential Additional Development
Figure 3-4: Future Development Potential: Distribution by Jurisdiction and Degree of Constraint
Figure 3-5: Vacant, Retired and Developed Lots in Small Lot Subdivisions in L.A. County and Malibu
Figure 3-6: Approved Development and Retired Lots in Sensitive Resource Areas within L.A. County 1978-1996
Figure 3-7: Number of Open Space OTDs by Expiration Year on TDC/GSA Lots…........... Page 32
Figure 3-8: Areas of Unconstrained Land
Figure 4-1: Public Recreation Acquisitions
Figure 4-2: Public Access-Dedicated Easement Parcel Map
Figure 4-3: Overview of Existing Shoreline Access
Figure 4-4: Inland Trail OTDs required….......................................................................Page 63
Figure 4-5: Trail Corridors and Offers to Dedicate Inland Public Trail Easements
Figure 5-1: Littoral Cells and Sediment Budget for the Santa Monica Mountains/Malibu Region
Figure 5-2: Applications for SPDs filed in Project Area 1978 –1996   ...............................Page 71
Figure 5-3: Commission Actions on Applications for SPDs in the Project Area,1978-1996 .Page 71

Figure A-1: Existing Land Use.
Figure A-2: Land Use Designations from Local Government Planning Documents (1983-1991)
Figure A-3 (a-f): Public Access to and along the Shore (from West to East):
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Figure A-4 (a-f) Shoreline Armoring Inventory (from West to East):
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