ActCoastal is a campaign to protect California's coast and the public's right to access it by holding the California Coastal Commission accountable to its mission. Each month, we track and report on the Commission's most consequential votes on coastal conservation, environmental justice, and public access — rating each decision pro-coast or anti-coast — so Californians can judge whether their Commissioners are living up to the public trust and the promises of the Coastal Act. These monthly voting reports inform an annual report card that has been published continuously for over 20 years.
The Commission met in Oceanside October 7-9 and tackled a busy agenda that included the fallout from last month’s Hurricane Marie swells. Over 30 emergency armoring permits were doled out for Orange County, inluding up to 15,000 more tons of boulders to protect the rail corridor through San Clemente. Carlsbad and Pismo Beach both updated their LCPs.